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Olivia MacDonald
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St. Bonaventure SBU 2-23, 2-1 Atlantic 10
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Winner Rhode Island URI 4-8, 1-5 Atlantic 10
St. Bonaventure SBU
2-23, 2-1 Atlantic 10
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Final
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Rhode Island URI
4-8, 1-5 Atlantic 10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
St. Bonaventure SBU 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 7 11 3
Rhode Island URI 1 0 2 1 0 3 0 1 8 9 2

W: Kuhnel, Olivia (1-0) L: Lomelin, Ava (1-5)

Game Recap: Softball |

Wild Rally Lifts Rams Over St. Bonaventure in Eight Innings

Rhode Island Starters
Snyder (RF); Odorff (LF); Bulinski (C); Zawistowski (DP); Torres (SS); Hernandez (CF); Knarr (1B); Ialongo (3B); Miller (2B); Gerry (P/F)

St. Bonaventure Starters
Beers (2B); DeGram (CF); Moyer (DP); Dundon (LF); Stull (P); Wang (RF); Miller (3B); Park (C); Ahern (SS); Burke (RF/F)

How It Happened
Rhode Island rallied from a late three-run deficit to defeat St. Bonaventure 8-7 in extra innings for its first Atlantic 10 win of the season Sunday afternoon.

Trailing 7-4 heading into the bottom of the sixth, things looked bleak for the Rams (4-8, 1-5 A-10). However, Katie Knarr drew a leadoff walk before Natalie Maleitzke delivered the team's biggest hit of the season, a two-run, pinch-hit home run to dead center field that sparked Rhode Island. The shot pulled URI within 7-6. Two batters later, Sydney Orndorff looped a two-out triple down the left field line and then came in with the tying run when Kylie Bulinski lofted a long double to left-center field.

Neither team scored in the seventh inning. St. Bonaventure (2-23, 2-1 A-10) got a leadoff single from Abigail Ahern to start the eighth, but Olivia Kuhnel (1-0) got the next three batters in a row.

Casey Miller singled to start the home half of the eighth. She was retired at second base when Rayah Snyder reached on a fielder's choice. With one down, Snyder stole second base and then moved up to third when the throw went into center field. After an intentional walk to Bulinski put runners on the corners, the Bonnies were trying to also intentionally walk Becca Zawistowski to load the bases and set up a force at every base. Instead, a wild pitch allowed Snyder to dive across the plate with the game-winning run, snapping a six-game skid for URI in the process.

Inside the Box Scores
  • The victory was Rhode Island's third walk-off win of the season.
  • Rhody had five extra-base hits in the game, getting three doubles, one triple and one home run. The Rams had five seven extra base hits combined through the first 11 games of the season.
  • Kylie Bulinski reached in all five of her plate appearances. She doubled twice, walked three times, drove in two runs and scored once.
  • Bulinski moved into second place in program history with 74 career walks. She needs eight more to break Nicole Massoni's all-time record of 81 from 2009-12.
  • The home run by Natalie Maleitzke was the first of her career and the first of the season for the Rams.
  • Sydney Orndorff tripled, singled and scored two runs.
  • Becca Zawistowski singled and had her second sacrifice fly of the season.
  • She has at least one RBI in three straight games.
  • Olivia Kuhnel earned her first career win with 2.2 innings of scoreless relief.
  • Kuhnel made her collegiate debut on Saturday and had 4.0 innings of scoreless relief with four strikeouts over two appearances on the weekend.
  • Hannah Hernandez doubled, singled and scored once.
  • Casey Miller singled, walked, drove in one and scored once.
  • Due to snow still on the URI Softball Complex field, the doubleheader was played on Providence College's Glay Field.
Up Next
Rhode Island heads to Tarleton State for a pair of doubleheaders from March 20-21.
 
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