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Freshman Sarah Jackson
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Eastern Kentucky EKU 11-13
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Winner Dayton UD 14-9
Eastern Kentucky EKU
11-13
1
Final
2
Dayton UD
14-9
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Eastern Kentucky EKU 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
Dayton UD 0 0 1 1 0 0 X 2 3 1

W: CASH, Manda (5-1) L: Pittsenbarger, Leanna (5-6) S: SNYDER, Gabrielle (2)

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Eastern Kentucky EKU 11-14
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Winner Dayton UD 15-9
Eastern Kentucky EKU
11-14
9
Final
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Dayton UD
15-9
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
Eastern Kentucky EKU 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 16 1
Dayton UD 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 10 16 1

W: ENGLISH, Kayla (6-4) L: Robb, Shaylon (5-4)

Game Recap: Softball |

Dayton Takes Two From EKU Softball

PDF Stats (game 1) | PDF Stats (game 2)

DAYTON, Ohio – Host Dayton took both games of a doubleheader Wednesday afternoon over the Eastern Kentucky University softball team, including a marathon 12-inning affair in the second game. The Flyers won by scores of 2-1 and 10-9.
 
Eastern Kentucky (11-14) grabbed the early lead in both games, but could not hold on in either contest.
 
In game one, the Colonels struck first in the opening inning thanks to junior Sarah Fobbs' RBI double. EKU had a chance to put up more runs in the first only to see Dayton (15-9) pitcher Kayla English escape a bases-loaded jam.
 
Dayton evened the score in the third inning behind Natalie Mariano's solo home run. The Flyers proceeded to score the winning run on a sacrifice fly in the ensuing inning.
 
The Colonels stranded seven runners on base including two more in the fifth inning and one in the final frame.
 
The second game was the longest game played by a Colonel team in almost four years (May 8, 2011 – 12 innings). EKU never trailed until Dayton scored the game-winner in the bottom of the 12th inning.
 
Fobbs went 4-for-6 at the plate in game two with a home run and four RBIs. The left fielder put Eastern ahead in the first inning with her fourth homer of the season, a two-run blast to left center.
 
The Colonels scored four more runs in the second and two in the fourth to extend their cushion to 8-4.
 
However, the Flyers slowly fought back to tie the game in the bottom of the seventh. EKU was one out away from the win when Kayla Haberstich came up with an RBI single to send the game to extra innings.
 
Both teams scored a run in the eighth to make the score, 9-9. Dayton finally ended the three-hour game when Mariano notched a bases-loaded RBI single in the 12th inning.
 
Five other Colonels besides Fobbs had multiple hits, highlighted by freshman Sarah Jackson, who had two hits and three RBIs.
 
Eastern Kentucky will play its first home game of the spring this coming Saturday, March 21 against preseason OVC favorite SIUE. Game one of the doubleheader is slated to begin at 1 p.m.





 
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