STONY BROOK, N.Y. — Stony Brook softball defeated Wagner in a mid-week contest, 5-1, on Wednesday afternoon. The Seawolves tallied 10 hits, with
Alyssa Costello and
Emma Scheitinger putting together multiple-hit performances.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Crimson Rice started things in the circle for Stony Brook, stranding a pair of runners to throw a scoreless first inning.
- Stony Brook's offense started fast with Kyra McFarland and Costello extended their hitting streaks with a single and a double, respectively. Nicole Allen plated the game's first run with a ground out to the right side.
- Rice worked around a lead-off base runner to complete a second scoreless inning, giving way to Maddie Male in the third inning.
- The Seawolves added three runs in the third inning to go ahead 4-0. Costello and Allen led off with back-to-back singles and scored on a Mia Vannelli single and an Emily Reinstein sacrifice fly. Vannelli later scored on a wild pitch to push the Seawolves' advantage to four runs.
- Male faced just six batters in her two innings of work, retiring the side in order in both the third and fourth frames.
- Gabrielle Maday entered in the fifth and set down the Seahawks in order, signifying the 10th straight hitter retired in a row by Stony Brook's pitchers.
- Reinstein and Scheitinger hit back-to-back doubles with one out in the fifth to stretch the lead to five runs.
- Wagner got on the board in the sixth, with help from a defensive miscue in the infield, to trim its deficit to four runs.
- Maday put together a 1-2-3 inning in the seventh to secure her fifth save of the season.
STATS AND NOTES
- The trio of Rice, Male and Maday combined to two-hit Wagner, allowing one unearned run in the victory.
- Costello (17), McFarland (9) and Reinstein (9) all hit safely to extend their respective hitting streaks. Reinstein's nine-game hit streak is a season long. Costello (28) and McFarland (18) also expanded on their reached-base streaks, respectively.
- Costello notched her 16th multi-hit game, five shy of McFarland's team-best 21 multi-hit performances this season.
- As a team, Stony Brook tallied double-digit hits for the 11th time this season and for the sixth time in its last nine games.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"It was a solid mid-week win for us. I thought our pitching staff combined to give us a great effort and our defense was pretty good. 10 hits on the day is good, but we could have been more productive offensively," head coach Megan T. Bryant said postgame.
UP NEXT
Stony Brook welcomes Hofstra for a three-game series, beginning on Friday, April 25. The Seawolves and the Pride get going on Friday at 3 pm.
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