STONY BROOK, N.Y. — Stony Brook softball won its ninth straight conference game, downing Monmouth 8-0 on Friday afternoon at University Field.
Alyssa Costello homered and drove in four runners and
Crimson Rice twirled a complete-game, one-hit shutout of the Hawks.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Stony Brook put two runners on with nobody out in the first inning, but could not come away with runs.
- The Seawolves loaded the bases with one out in the second frame, breaking the ice on a Costello single into right field.
- Rice worked around a one-out walk, her second of the game, to complete a third straight hitless inning to begin her afternoon.
- Mia Vannelli added to the Seawolves' lead with a solo shot in the third inning. Emma Scheitinger followed with a triple and scored on an Emily Reinstein sacrifice fly to make it 3-0 in favor of Stony Brook.
- Monmouth broke up the no-hitter in the fourth frame with a two-out double that put a pair of runners in scoring position. Rice induced a ground ball to escape the jam and keep the shutout intact.
- Stony Brook opened things up in the fourth inning. Naiah Ackerman and Kyra McFarland reached safely to start the frame, trotting around to score on Costello's three-run blast that forced Monmouth to go to the bullpen.
- Leading by six runs entering the fifth inning, the Seawolves put the winning run on second base, but could not enact the eight-run rule. McFarland made it a 7-0 game with a sacrifice fly, but the winning run was left 60 feet shy of the plate.
- Stony Brook pushed the winning run across in the sixth inning on a Reinstein single to the opposite field.
STATS AND NOTES
- Costello hit her team-leading fourth home run of the season, plating a season-best four runs in the win. Costello extended her hitting streak to a team-high nine straight games, notching her 11th multi-hit game of the season and driving in multiple runs for the fifth time this season.
- All nine of Stony Brook's starters registered a hit. The Seawolves matched a team-best effort with 15 hits.
- Rice earned her seventh win of the season, allowing just one hit. She went six innings, completing her second shutout of the season.
- Rice has earned the win in five consecutive starts. She improved to 5-2 against league opponents this season.
- McFarland tallied multiple hits for the 16th time this season. In doing so, she extended her on-base streak to 20 straight games, the longest such streak for a Seawolf this season.
- Stony Brook won its ninth straight game against a conference foe. The Seawolves also notched their sixth straight win at home.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"Great start to the series for us. We talked before the game about playing complimentary softball in all three parts of our game and we did that today to get off to that great start," head coach Megan T. Bryant said postgame.
UP NEXT
Stony Brook and Monmouth continue the series on Saturday, April 12. First pitch is scheduled for 2:30 pm from University Field, streaming live on FloCollege.
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