How It Happened
Rhode Island (2-16) split a doubleheader at Tennessee Tech Tuesday to wrap up its seven-game road trip. The Rams won the opening game to snap a 13-game losing streak.

Game 1 – Rhode Island 9, Tennessee Tech 7
Cassie Swenson swung a big bat in the opener, driving in five runs to lead the offense. Her biggest hit was a bases-loaded triple in the fourth inning that gave Rhody a 7-3 lead at the time. Ashley Hibbard (1-2) and Liz Lynchard each pitched 3.0 innings of relief to make sure the Rams held on for the win.

Game 2 –Tennessee Tech 4, Rhode Island 0
Tennessee Tech pitcher Peyton Wagner (4-1) scattered five hits – four of which were singles, as she stymied the Rams in the second game.

Inside the Box Scores

• Cassie Swenson tripled, doubles, drove in a career-high five runs and scored once in the first game. She also had a single that was later overturned and ruled an error.
• Skyler Rapuano singled twice, walked and scored three runs in the opener.
• Leilyn Alvarez singled and scored once in the first game.
• Casey Miller single in each game.
• Kylie Bulinski single once in each game and had an RBI.
• Elena Gonzalez had three hits on the day, getting a double and single in the opener, and then one single in the nightcap.
• Sydney Yoder walked and scored in the first game, then singled in the second.
• Riley Frickleton had an RBI pinch-hit single and one run scored in the first game. Then she doubled and had a sacrifice bunt in the later game.

What's Next
Rhode Island opens Atlantic 10 play with a three-game series at Fordham, which the Rams eliminated in the 2023 Atlantic 10 Championship. The series starts with a doubleheader Saturday, March 16 at 12 p.m.