Softball Splits Pair of Walk-Offs on Day Two of Florida Slate

CLERMONT, Fla. – The Wentworth Institute of Technology softball team (3-1) found themselves on both sides in a pair of walk-off games that required extras Monday, first with the Leopards prevailing by a 6-5 score over Elizabethtown (1-1) before falling to Husson (4-2) by a 3-2 score later on.

GAME ONE: WENTWORTH 6, ELIZABETHTOWN 5 (FINAL – 9 INNINGS)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The Blue Jays took a 2-0 lead in the opening inning as a triple by junior Kristen Aydelotte (Collingswood, N.J.) brought home a run before a single by freshman Kassidy Kehoe (Landsdale, Pa.) drove home Aydelotte.
• The Leopards cut the deficit to one at 2-1 in the back half of the inning as a double by freshman Kelsey Medalia (Tacoma, Wash.) drove home a run.
• Wentworth tied the score and later took the lead in the second inning as a single by junior Katelin Howe (Bow, N.H.) brought home a score by junior Jess Rowe (Yardley, Pa.). Later, an error led to a run scored by Howe, giving the Leopards a 3-2 lead.
• Later in the second, a single by Medalia brought home both runners on base to extend Wentworth's lead to 5-2. However, in the sixth inning, the Blue Jays knotted the score at five-all as a single by sophomore Brooke Huczko (Macugnie, Pa.) combined with errors brought home three base runners.
• The two teams stayed pat until the ninth inning when sophomore Kyla Igawa (Long Beach, Calif.) sent a sac fly to the outfield, bringing home a game-winning run by graduate student Kaitlin Pettenger (Budd Lake, N.J.) to mark a 6-5 score.
• Medalia (2-4, 3 RBI) and Rowe (3-3) paced the Leopards' bats while Rowe struck out two across six innings of action in the circle before sophomore Julie Schriver (Moscow, Pa.) picked up the save and the win in relief.

SERIES NOTES:

• The Black & Gold are 2-0 all-time against the Blue Jays.

GAME TWO: HUSSON 3, WENTWORTH 2 (FINAL – 8 INNINGS)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The first three innings were paced by a pitching duel between Schriver and freshman Ana Lang (Searsport, Maine) before Husson opened the scoring in the fourth inning as a double by junior Tori Exel (North Berwick, Maine) drove home a score to put the Eagles ahead, 1-0.
• The Leopards knotted the score and took a 2-1 edge in the fifth inning as a double by Igawa brought in a run before a sac fly by Medalia later drove home Howe. The Eagles tied things up at two aside in the sixth inning on a single by freshman Josie Cornell (Big Rapids, Mich.).
• The two teams hashed it out in extra innings before the Eagles prevailed with the game-winning run in the ninth inning on another single by Cornell with two runners in scoring position.
• Lang posted 15 strikeouts in the win for the Eagles while Schriver struck out eight batters across a complete game. Igawa and freshman Brianna Miller (West Haven, Conn.) both notched two-hit games at the plate.

NEXT UP:

• Wentworth is off tomorrow before battling Carthage and Neumann Wednesday afternoon in Leesburg.

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