MIAMI, Fla. - The Stony Brook softball team split a pair of contests on opening day at the Felsberg Invitational in Miami, knocking off Ohio State in game two. The Seawolves upended the Buckeyes, 7-5, behind a complete-game effort from senior transfer Gabrielle Maday in her Stony Brook debut. The win marks the second straight season that the Seawolves picked off a Power 5 opponent.
GAME 1: SEMO 7 - STONY BROOK 5
- Corinne Badger opened the scoring for Stony Brook with a solo homer in the top of the second.
- The Seawolves added four more runs in the top of the seventh inning when pinch hitter Naiah Ackerman opened the scoring with a single that brought home Julianna Sanzone.
- Sofia Chambers plated another run with a single that brought around Madelyn Stepski. Alyssa Costello produced a run-scoring ground out that scored Chambers for Stony Brook's fourth run of the seventh inning.
- Kyra McFarland and Sanzone each tallied two hits apiece for the Seawolves. McFarland went 2-for-4 at the plate while Sanzone went 2-for-3 at the dish.
- Mia Haynes made the start in the season opener. She tossed five innings, tallying four strikeouts.
- Ashton Melaas entered in relief in the sixth inning, allowing a pair of unearned runs to score.
GAME 2: STONY BROOK 7 - OHIO STATE 5
- Maday tossed a complete game, scattering seven hits and allowing five runs. Despite not registering a strikeout, Maday produced big outs to strand six runners. She set down 11 of the final 13 batters she faced after the Seawolves put up a six-spot in the third inning to take a 7-3 lead.
- The Seawolves opened the scoring in the second inning on an Alicia Orosco single. The two-out single with the bases loaded plated Brooke Dye.
- The Buckeyes tied the contest in the following half inning, taking a 3-1 lead on a two-out, two-run single.
- The Seawolves responded with a six-run outburst in the bottom of the third, batting around in the inning.
- Badger started things with a triple down the left-field line to plate Costello, who walked to begin the frame. Badger came around to score on Catherine Anne Kupinski's single, tying the game at three.
- Sanzone drew a base on balls, forcing Ohio State to make a pitching change. The Seawolves loaded the bases after a sacrifice bunt and a four-pitch walk, then saw two runners score without a ball being put in play (hit by pitch, base on balls).
- Following another Buckeye pitching change, McFarland tacked on a pair of insurance runs with a single into center.
- Staked to a four-run advantage, Maday was tagged for two more runs in the sixth inning, but retired the side in order in the seventh to close out her first win as a Seawolf.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"We played a complete game to beat Ohio State — great pitching, defense and offensive approach," head coach Megan T. Bryant noted. "We were able to generate and keep momentum and our composure. It's a good team win and a terrific response after the first game of the day".
UP NEXT
Stony Brook returns to action tomorrow for the second day of the Felsberg Invitational. The Seawolves face the host, FIU, at 12:30 p.m., followed by a still-to-be-determined opponent later in the day.
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