NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, NY – The Niagara softball team took game one, 9-1, of its MAAC softball doubleheader Sunday afternoon versus Manhattan, before falling to the Jaspers in game two, 9-5.
Game 1 Recap
• After Manhattan took a 1-0 via a solo home run in the top of the first,
Shayna Myshrall tied the game in the home half with a solo home run of her own.
• The game would remain tied 1-1 until the bottom of the third when Myshrall doubled to left center to drive in Niagara's second run of the game.
• A passed ball and a throwing error led to four more runs in the third for NU, giving the Purple and White a 6-1 lead.
• With the bases loaded in the sixth,
Maggie Kellner laced a bases clearing double that lifted Niagara to a 9-1 win over the Jaspers.
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Maddie Hickingbottom got the start for Niagara, earning her third win of the season. The junior allowed two hits and one run in 5.0 innings while striking out five.
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Cara Leone came pitched 1.0 inning out of the pen for NU. The transfer fanned one and stranded two runners on base.
• Four Purple Eagles picked up a pair of hits in game one, including Myshrall who had two extra base hits in the contest.
Game 2 Recap
• Manhattan scored five of its nine runs in the first two innings, including three in the first and two in the second.
• With the score 9-0 in the sixth, the Purple Eagles scored twice, first on a solo home run by
Riley Crum and later on a double by
Samantha Hare that scored
Kaity McInall.
• Niagara would then strike for three in the bottom of the seveth as
Hannah Mingle,
Madison LaPenta and Hare scored to make it a 9-5 game.
• That is as close as NU would get as the Purple Eagles fell to Manhattan, 9-5 in game two.
• Crum lasted just 1.1 innings in game two before being relieved by
Julia Thompson. Thompson tossed 2.2 innings in relief, striking out four of the 12 batters she faced.
• Leone pitched the final 3.0 innings of the contest, allowing two hits and striking out one.
• Crum went 2-for-3 at the dish and Hare went 1-for-4 with two RBI.
Niagara Notes
• Hickingbottom reached the 100 K mark with her first strikeout in first inning of game one becoming the first Purple Eagle to reach triple-digit strikeouts since Bertrand in 2019.
• Crum finished the day 3-for-5 at the plate with a homer, an RBI and two runs scored.
• Mingle batted .500 against the Jaspers and had the first multi-hit MAAC game of her career.
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Heather Haberman made two appearances as a pinch hitter Sunday afternoon, going 1-for-2.
• Myshrall and Kellner both wen 3-for-7 Sunday and drove in a pair of runs.
• Kellner hit two doubles and now has 15 on the season.
• After hitting long balls today, Myshrall and Crum are tied for second on the team with two this season.
• Hare reached base three times and came around to score three runs. The sophomore also drove in a pair of Niagara runs on the afternoon.
• Leone pitched 4.0 innings of relief across both games, allowing three hits and one run and struck out two.
Up Next
• Niagara will host Siena for Senior Day on Saturday May, 7 at noon.
