HAMDEN, CONN. – Niagara completed the three-game sweep of the Quinnipiac Bobcats with a 9-4 road win on Sunday. The Purple Eagles improve to 19-17 overall and 10-5 in MAAC play this season.
How it Happened
Niagara jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first with as a Bobcat error brough home
Lindsay Mayo and
Brianna Delaney, however, Quinnipiac responded in the bottom half with a three-run inning, including two on a double to center off Purple Eagle starter
Maddie Hickingbottom.
Niagara tied the game in the second when Mayo doubled to left-center to bring home
Selah Moyer.
The Purple and White then put up four runs in the third, including two on a two-RBI double off the bat of Maggie Kelllner, giving Niagara a 7-3 lead over the Bobcats.
Sophia Marrero and Moyer also drove in runs in the frame.
Niagara tacked on two insurance runs in the sixth with a RBI singles from Marrero and Limbani.
Hickingbottom would begin the bottom of the sixth for NU, however,
Julia Thompson came on in relief Hickingbottom allowed a pair of two out base runners. Thompson would walk the first batter she faced to load the bases, but bounce back to get the final out of the frame without allowing a run.
The Bobcats scored one off Thompson in the seventh, but the graduate right-hander would get the final out and secure Niagara's 10th MAAC win of the season.
Niagara Notes
• Niagara is now 12-13 all-time against Quinnipiac.
• Marrero and Limbani each recorded two hits in the contest.
• Marrero drove in two runs, her fifth multi-RBI game of the season. The sophomore is second on the team with 23 RBI this season, including a team-best 17 in league play.
• Delaney scored three times, her fifth game this season scoring at least twice. The freshman is second on the team with 25 runs scored.
• Mayo recorded her team-leading 10th double of the season.
Up Next
Niagara plays a three-game midweek series at Siena beginning on Tuesday, April 23.
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