WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The Purdue Northwest softball team fell 5-1 to Post University (CT) in the second game of Sunday's doubleheader at DiamondPlex.
Both teams produced five hits in the contest but Post (1-0) was able to make the hits count, scoring at least one run on every one of its base knocks.
PNW got on the board first with
Myah Stuckey's (Noblesville, Ind./Noblesville) two-out RBI infield single with the bases loaded in the second inning. That gave the Pride an early 1-0 lead similar to the morning game against IUP.
Starter
Maddison Roop (Hudson, Ill./University) retired the first seven batters she faced, and looked dominant through the early going, but a pair of back-to-back walks on close pitches came back to haunt as Post's Bailee Zaccaro tied the game with a two-out single in the third.
Roop (1-1) finished four-and-a-third innings of work with four strikeouts, four walks and four hits allowed.
Selena Michko (Dyer, Ind./Lake Central) made her second appearance in the circle to close out the game.
The Pride stranded a pair of runners in the fourth, before the Eagles tacked on another run in the bottom half to take a 2-1 lead. The next inning, Post's Allyson Wallauer and Brianna Koref delivered with clutch back-to-back RBI doubles to extend the Eagles' lead to 5-1.
Koref (1-0) earned the win inside the circle on Opening Day for the Eagles. The southpaw struck out three and walked three with the only run marked unearned.
Amanda Noblett (Schererville, Ind./Lake Central) led the way and reached base three times with a pair of hits and a walk. Michko, Stuckey and
Sydney Siedentopf (Lowell, Ind./Lowell) each registered a hit.
UP NEXT
PNW will play another doubleheader tomorrow afternoon against Bentley (MA) and New Haven (CT). First pitch against Bentley is slated for 1:45 p.m. CDT, with the second game against New Haven to follow.
All 10 of PNW's upcoming matchups at The Spring Games will air live on
FloSoftball and live stats will be available on PNWathletics.com.
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