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University of Rhode Island

041425 softball recap
Connor Caldon
3
Winner Saint Louis SLU 21-19, 10-5 A-10
0
Rhode Island URI 9-24, 3-10 A-10
Winner
Saint Louis SLU
21-19, 10-5 A-10
3
Final
0
Rhode Island URI
9-24, 3-10 A-10
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Saint Louis SLU 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 5 0
Rhode Island URI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1

W: HOCHMAN, Taylor (11-6) L: Hibbard, Ashley (3-11)

Game Recap: Softball |

Rams Blanked by Billikens in Game One

Rhode Island Starters 
Miller (2B), Orndorff (LF), Bulnski (C), Knarr (1B), Sterner (RF), Power (3B), Torres (SS), Hernandez (CF), Maleitzke (DP), Hibbard (P)

Saint Louis Starters
Jany (CF), Ulsas (2B), Sullivan (LF), Mallo (C), Kaniecki (1B), Gallagher (DP), Rhine (SS), Johnson (3B), Marietta (RF), Hochman (P)

How it Happened
Despite getting the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the seventh, Rhode Island fell 3-0 to Saint Louis in the opening game of a doubleheader at the URI Softball Complex on Monday.

Julianne Torres (double) and Natalie Meleitzke (hit by pitch) reached for the Rams (9-24, 3-10 A-10) in the frame but the Billikens' Taylor Hochman preserved her shutout. 

For the visitors, a trio of crooked numbers was the difference in their narrow victory. SLU (21-19, 10-5 A-10) first got on the board in the top of the third when a long single plated a run. The team then loaded up the bases in a threat to do further damage, but Ashley Hibbard got out of the jam.

After issuing a walk and plunking a batter to start the sixth, Hibbard was relieved by Katie Zaunn who allowed one of the inherited runners to score before ending the inning. A single up the middle tacked on the Billikens' final run in the seventh. 

Rhode Island left five runners on base over the last three frames, struggling to answer SLU's slow attack. Though the team had a glimmer of hope in the seventh, it was snuffed out by Hochman. 

Inside the Box Score
  • Freshman Julianne Torres doubled twice and contributed three assists from shortstop. She was the only URI player with a multi-hit game.
  • Senior Emily Power doubled with two outs in the bottom of the second. 
  • Senior Kylie Bulinski, freshman Katie Knarr, and junior Hannah Hernandez had one single apiece.
  • As a team, the Rams struck out just once. 
  • Junior Ashley Hibbard (3-11) fanned three batters in her 5.0-inning start. She scattered three hits while issuing two walks and was tagged with two runs. 
  • Senior Katie Zaun allowed one run on two hits in 2.0 innings of relief. 
Up Next
The teams will continue the doubleheader with game two at approximately 12:40 p.m. 

 
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