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Gabriele
3
Niagara NIA 3-6
5
Winner Grand Canyon GCU 8-8
Niagara NIA
3-6
3
Final
5
Grand Canyon GCU
8-8
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Niagara NIA 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 10 0
Grand Canyon GCU 0 1 0 1 0 3 X 5 8 1

W: Aguilar, Brianna (5-4) L: Bertrand, Sierra (2-2)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Falls To Grand Canyon In Final Day Of GCU Purple Classic

PHOENIX, Ariz. – In their final game of the GCU Purple Classic on Sunday, the Purple Eagles fell to Grand Canyon, 5-3.

Game Summary
Final Score: Grand Canyon 5, Niagara 3
Game Leaders: Jennifer Timm (2H, 1R, 1 2B), Maria Gabriele (2H, 1 2B)
Records: Grand Canyon (8-8), Niagara (3-5)

Game Recap
  • Grand Canyon got on the board first, taking a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning. Niagara answered quickly in the top of the third. Kendall Watkins singled to catcher, scoring Taylor Moody to tie the score, 1-1.
  • The Purple Eagles took the lead in the fourth inning. Rachel Funk singled to score Timm and Moody then singled up the middle to score Gabriele and put NU up, 3-1, over the Antelopes.
  • A solo homerun from GCU in the bottom of the fourth put the Antelopes down by only one run, 3-2. A three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth iced the win for Grand Canyon.

Inside the Numbers
  • Timm and Gabriele led the Purple Eagles with two hits each and each had one double.
  • Watkins, Funk and Moody each had one RBI.
  • Sierra Bertrand (2-2) threw a complete game in the circle. She faced 29 batters in 6.0 innings pitched.

Up Next
  • Niagara is back in action March 3-4 at the D9 Citrus Classic. The Purple Eagles take on UC- Santa Barbara (3:00 p.m.) and Troy (5:30 p.m.) on March 3 and Ball State (9:00 a.m.) and the Czech Republic national team (11:30 a.m.) on March 4.

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