Tennessee Tech Starters
Martin (LF); Paderez (3B); Capelbouto (2B); Klinefelter (C); Harvey (1B); Harris (RF); Bishop (SS); Carroll (DP); Abell (P)

Rhode Island Starters
Hernandez (CF); Frickleton (3B); Zawistowski (DP); Torres (SS); Knarr (1B); Fairbanks (C); Orndorff (LF); Snyder (RF); Miller (2B); Vale-Cruz (P)

How It Happened
Riley Frickleton delivered Hannah Hernandez with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth inning to give Rhode Island its second walk-off win of the season as the Rams defeated Tennessee Tech 2-1 Friday morning.

Playing at the Georgia Southern GATA Challenge, Rhode Island (2-2) got the second complete game in as many starts from Avery Vale-Cruz. She hurled eight innings without allowing an earned run.

With an automatic runner placed on second for Tennessee Tech (1-8) to start the top of the eighth, Vale-Cruz got a pop up, a ground out and a fly out to escape the frame unscathed.

Hernandez was placed on second to start the bottom of the inning. She advanced to third on a wild pitch and came in when Frickleton sent a fly ball to left field. Hernandez' third run of the second ended the game.

Inside the Box Score

• Avery Vale-Cruz (2-0) earned her second win while allowing just four hits and one walk. She struck out four batters.
• Vale-Cruz has a 0.93 earned-run average, giving up just two earned runs over 15.0 innings of work this season.
• Julianne Torres walked and scored one run. She and Hannah Hernandez have scored all six runs for the team thus far.
• Hernandez had a single and one run scored.
• Brooke Fairbanks singled and drove in one run. She has three runs batted in through four games.
• Becca Zawistowski had one single to extend her hitting streak to four games.
• Katie Knarr, Sydney Orndorff, Rayah Snyder and Casey Miller all had one single.

Up Next
Rhode Island plays a second game Friday, taking on Eastern Kentucky at 11:30 a.m.