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Bertrand
5
Niagara NIA 5-14
6
Winner Kennesaw State KSU 19-10
Niagara NIA
5-14
5
Final
6
Kennesaw State KSU
19-10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Niagara NIA 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 5 5 0
Kennesaw State KSU 3 0 2 0 1 0 X 6 8 1

W: Andrews (4-0) L: Cotton, Karsen (2-4)

1
Niagara NIA 5-15
9
Winner NC State ST 16-11
Niagara NIA
5-15
1
Final
9
NC State ST
16-11
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Niagara NIA 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2
NC State ST 4 3 1 0 1 9 7 1

W: Harli Hubbard (2-1) L: Bertrand, Sierra (2-5)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Falls To Kennesaw State, NC State

RALEIGH, N.C. – The Purple Eagles fell to Kennesaw State, 6-5, and NC State, 9-1, on the first day of the Homewood Suites by Hilton RDU/RTP Challenge on Friday.

Game 1: Kennesaw State 6, Niagara 5
  • The Owls (19-10) took the lead, 3-0, in the first inning with a three-run homerun.
  • Niagara (5-15) answered in the second inning. Taylor Moody grounded out to second base, scoring Margaret Vesneske to leave NU trailing by only two runs, 3-1.
  • Niagara tied things up, 3-3, in the third with a two RBI single from Jerri Ann Orfano.
  • The Owls reclaimed the lead, 5-3, in the bottom of the third inning.
  • The Purple Eagles tied things up again, 5-5, in the fifth. Kelsey Harrigan scored on a wild pitch and Kendall Watkins scored on a passed ball.
  • Kennesaw State scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the fifth.
  • Heather Haberman led the Purple Eagles with two hits and Orfano had a team-high two RBIs.
  • Karsen Cotton started in the circle, striking out two and allowing six earned runs in 4.0 innings pitched.

Game 2: NC State 9, Niagara 1
  • The Wolfpack (16-11) jumped out to an early 4-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. They tacked on three more runs in the second inning and one in the third to take an 8-0 lead over the Purple Eagles.
  • Niagara got on the board in the fifth inning; Erika Siegel grounded out to short to score Watkins.
  • NC State added one more run in the bottom of the fifth and came away with the 9-1 victory.
  • Kelsey Harrigan, Vesneske and Brianna Clark each had one hit for the Purple Eagles and Siegel had one RBI.
  • In the circle, Sierra Bertrand (2-5) fanned two and allowed four earned runs in 3.0 innings pitched.

Up Next
  • The Purple Eagles will face MAAC opponent Marist as part of the tournament at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 24. NU will play a second game on the 24th, with the time and opponent being determined by the results of the morning games.

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