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| Brianna Lore (Image by Thom Kendall) |
WP-Brianna Lore (14-14)
LP-Courtney Martin (13-12)
Brianna Lore got in a groove early and the Colonials struggled to figure her out. Lore induced a lot of weak ground balls and her defense did an excellent job of backing her up, save for a brief lapse in the 6th. St. Louis got things going on offense by simply putting pressure on the George Washington defense. The Billikens were able to get productive outs and clutch hits to jump out to a 4-0 lead. The Billikens chased Colonial starter Courtney Martin, but Meghan Rico came in and shut the door on the St. Louis offense, going 5 innings and allowed just 1 hit in relief. Laura Bohning led St. Louis' 6 hit attack by going 2-4 with a RBI, Lindsay Friedman, Kelsey Biggs, Jessica Van Nostrand, and Aly Brand added hits as well. Tori Valos and Autumn Taylor each went 2-3 and drove in a run for the Colonials. Julie Orlandi recorded the other hit for George Washington.
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| Ali Robinson (Image by Thom Kendall) |
Game 2: Temple 7 Dayton 2
WP-Kelsey Dominik (15-6)
LP-Emily Froment (8-5)
Dayton made an interesting choice to start freshman Emily Froment instead of sophomore ace Kayla English. Froment is a down ball pitcher, while English throws the high heat. Temple jumped on top early and never looked back. Ali Robinson sat back on an off-speed pitch and deposited it over the left field fence to give Temple a 1-0 lead in the first. The home run was Robinson's 15th and it broke a four-way tie for the team lead and it was also Temple's 92nd homer of the year. In the second, the bottom four hitters in the Temple order got the job done as Devynne Nelons, Annie Marcopolous, Julia Kastner, and Lacey McKeon all reached and scored for the Owls in the 2nd. The big four for the Owls got it done driving in runs once again, as Sarah Prezioso went 1-3 with a RBI, Robinson went 2-3 with 3 runs scored, Steph Pasquale went 3-3 with 2 RBI and a walk, and Kelsey Dominik went 1-4 with 2 RBI. Dominik was in control all game en route to her 15th win of the season. She limited Dayton to just 8 hits and got great defense behind her, as Gina Sciarrone and Steph Pasquale made web gems for the Owls. Kathleen Maloof and Rachel Archer each picked up two hits for the Flyers.
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| Courtney Martin (Image by Thom Kendall) |
Game 3: George Washington 2 Dayton 1
WP-Courtney Martin (14-12)
LP-Kayla English (9-11)
The final game of the day was a real pitcher's duel, which was finished in some questionable weather conditions. Courtney Martin got the start again for George Washington and she was sharp, as she allowed just 4 hits and 1 ER while striking out 7. Jordan Jennings put Dayton on the board first in the 5th as she slammed a HR to LF and she also recorded a double in the 7th. After Dayton went on top 1-0, George Washington immediately responded as the first two hitters reached and Samantha Dos Santos drove them in with a 2 out single to give the Colonials the 2-1 lead. Martin kept the Flyers off the board, despite horrendous playing conditions, in which she was barely able to grip the ball. Kayla English picked up the loss for Dayton as she allowed 3 hits in 6 innings.
Game Notes:
-Of the 18 runs scored today, only 10 were ER
-Every team committed at least one error and 9 total were committed
-Two home runs were hit
-No triples were hit
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