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Maddie Hickingbottom
6
Youngstown State YSU 19-16
7
Winner Niagara University NIA 10-14
Youngstown State YSU
19-16
6
Final
7
Niagara University NIA
10-14
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Youngstown State YSU 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 12 4
Niagara University NIA 1 0 1 4 1 0 0 7 7 2

W: Crum, Riley (5-3) L: Buffenbarger (13-6) S: Hickingbottom, Maddie (1)

0
Youngstown State YSU 19-17
2
Winner Niagara University NIA 11-14
Youngstown State YSU
19-17
0
Final
2
Niagara University NIA
11-14
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Youngstown State YSU 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
Niagara University NIA 0 2 0 0 0 0 X 2 5 0

W: Hickingbottom, Maddie (2-5) L: Howell (2-6)

Game Recap: Softball |

Purple Eagles Top Penguins in Tuesday Doubleheader

NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, NY – The Purple Eagles picked up a two-game sweep of Youngstown State Tuesday afternoon following a 14-strikeout performance by Maddie Hickingbottom in a 2-0 shutout win in game two.

Game 1 Recap: W, 7-6
• The Purple Eagles found themselves in an early 4-0 hole as the Penguins put across four in the first inning.
• Niagara would get one run back in the home half following a Maggie Kellner single that drove in Kelsey Harrigan.
• A second Purple Eagle run came across in the third on a Riley Crum RBI single that scored Samantha Hare and cut the YSU lead in half, 4-2.
• In the bottom of the fourth, the Purple and White plated four runs to take a 6-4 lead over the visiting Penguins.
• Hare drove in two with a single to tie the game, and Kellner helped plate the two go-ahead runs with a hard-hit ball to first, resulting in a pair of Penguin errors.
• Niagara scored its seventh run in the fifth with a single from Maggie Vesneske that plated Hannah Mingle.
• The Penguins pulled within one and had the bases loaded with no outs in the top of the seventh when Maddie Hickingbottom was called on to pitch.
• The junior fanned two of the final three YSU batters to strand the game-tying run at third and earn the save. 
• After allowing four runs in the first, Crum settled down and pitched 5.0 innings, allowing eight hits, three walks, and striking out two.
• Cara Leone pitched 2.0 innings in relief, allowing three hits and one run with one strikeout.

Game 2 Recap: W, 2-0
• Hickingbottom pitched a two-hit complete-game shutout in game two, striking out 14 batters.
• Niagara's two runs came in the second inning following a lead-off double by Kellner. The sophomore later scored on an error by the first baseman with the bases loaded.
• Crum would score two batters later with a bases-loaded walk by Vesneske.
• Kellner and Kaity McInall collected two hits in the win, followed by Hare, who finished the day 1-for-3 at the plate.
• Niagara drew two free passes while Hickingbottom did not surrender a single walk to a Penguin batter.
• Niagara left six runners on base in the contest.

Niagara Notes
• Niagara and Youngstown State split their season series, with each team taking their respective home games.
• The Purple and White improved to 11-14 overall and 6-0 at home.
• Hickingbottom's 14 punchouts are the most by a Purple Eagle since Sierra Bertrand struck out 13 against Saint Peter's in 2018.
• The transfer was one K shy of tying the Niagara single-game record set by Joni Sontrop in 1998 and again by Kim Bryson in 2012.
• Kellner finished 3-for-7 at the plate, including her seventh multi-hit game in game two.
• The game two shutout was Niagara's fourth shutout this season and first since Saturday, April 9, at Monmouth.

Up Next
The Purple Eagles travel to Auburn, Alabama, for a three-game set with No. 19 Auburn beginning Friday, April 15, with a twin bill.









 
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