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Softball Celebration following sweep of Quinnipiac
Braden York
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Quinnipiac Bobcats QUI 5-17, 0-3 MAAC
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Winner Niagara University NIA 7-9, 3-0 MAAC
Quinnipiac Bobcats QUI
5-17, 0-3 MAAC
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Final
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Niagara University NIA
7-9, 3-0 MAAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Quinnipiac Bobcats QUI 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 6
Niagara University NIA 3 4 1 0 1 9 6 2

W: Crum, Riley (3-2) L: Sydney Horan (3-7)

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Quinnipiac Bobcats QUI 5-18, 0-4 MAAC
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Winner Niagara University NIA 8-9, 4-0 MAAC
Quinnipiac Bobcats QUI
5-18, 0-4 MAAC
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Final
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Niagara University NIA
8-9, 4-0 MAAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Quinnipiac Bobcats QUI 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 5 2
Niagara University NIA 0 0 0 3 1 1 X 5 4 2

W: Thompson, Julia (2-0) L: Jaclyn Gonzalez (1-5)

Game Recap: Softball |

Niagara Takes Two From Bobcats

NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, NY – The Purple Eagles earned a series win over Quinnipiac Sunday afternoon with 9-1 and 5-4 victories over the Bobcats in MAAC softball action on Monteagle Ridge. 


Niagara improves to 4-0 in league play and 8-9 overall with the wins. 


Game 1 Recap: W, 9-1
• Niagara only needed five innings to pick up the game one win over the Bobcats. 
• The Purple Eagles scored three in the bottom of the first, with Maggie Kellner, Riley Crum, and Shayna Myshrall driving in a run. 
• In the second, NU made it a 7-0 ball game thanks to an RBI single from Samantha Hare, followed by RBIs from Heather Haberman and Kellner. 
• Quinnipiac would score a run in the top of the third, but the Purple Eagles answered in the bottom half with a tally, scored by Hannah Mingle on a wild pitch. 
• Bayliegh McCullough would lead off the fifth with a pinch-hit double to center. The freshman would later come around to score the game-clinching run on a Hare walk after Niagara loaded the bases. 
• Hare finished game one with one hit, two RBI, and three walks. Kellner also collected two RBI in the offensive outburst and finished the first leg of the doubleheader 1-for-3 at the dish. 
• Crum got the start in the circle for Niagara, pitching 3.0 innings and picking up, allowing two hits and one run. 
• Cara Leone came in to pitch in the fourth and allowed one hit in 2.0 innings. 


Game 2 Recap: W, 5-4
• Niagara jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the fourth when Myshrall flew hit a sac fly to center to score Hare. 
• Kellner would score on a passed ball to make it a 2-0 game, followed by a Crim single that scored pinch-runner Madison LaPenta from first.  
• In the fifth, Hare singled through the left side of the infield to score Kelsey Harrigan and make it a 4-0 Purple Eagle lead. 
• Quinnipiac tied the game with a four-run top of the sixth. 
• Before the start of the sixth, Niagara starter Maddie Hickingbottom had no-hit the Bobcats through five. She would be relieved by Julia Thompson after allowing two hits, a walk, and a run to start the sixth. 
• Haberman would start the home half of the sixth with a single, and Hannah Mingle would come in to run for the grad student.
• Mingle, who represented the go-ahead run, advanced to second on a passed ball and stole third to put herself into scoring position.  
• McCullough was called on to pinch-hit for Kaity McInall, and she would ground out to second, allowing Mingle to score the eventual game-winning run. 
• Thompson, who came in for Hickingbottom in the sixth, put the Bobcats down in order in the seventh to complete the sweep.


Niagara Notes
• The Purple Eagles' 4-0 start to league play is the team's best since beginning league play 3-0 in 2008. 
• Niagara improves to 9-11 all-time against Quinnipiac and 8-10 since the Bobcats joined the MAAC in 2013. 
• The Purple and White's nine runs in game one matched its season-high set on March 11 against Merrimack. 
• Hare finished the twin bill with three walks, three runs scored, and three RBI. The sophomore outfielder now has a team-high 14 RBI this season. 
• Kellner has hit safely in four straight games, and Harrigan improves her on-base streak to six games. 
• Haberman picked up her first two hits of the season on Sunday. The grad student also scored twice in the sweep. 
• Thompson got the win in game two, her second of the season. 
• Crum improved to 3-2 in the circle with her victory in game one. 


Up Next 
• Niagara will travel to Youngstown, Ohio, to take on the Penguins of Youngstown State Wednesday, April 6. The twin bill against YSU is scheduled for a 3 p.m. start.

 
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