Dayton Flyers

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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The University of Dayton Flyers improved to 2-6 after splitting their second day of action at the Frost Classic at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Dayton beat Belmont (1-10) 11-3 in five innings and lost to Ball State (5-3) in the second game.

Junior Kathleen Maloof was 3-for-5 with two home runs and two RBI on Saturday. Junior Carlyn Harlow was 3-for-5 with one RBI. Sophomore Kasi Vazquez was 2-for-4 with a double and a grand slam.

Sophomore Alysha Isaacson (1-3) earned her first win of the season. Isaacson pitched five innings and had four strikeouts. Junior Sydney Cicchetti (0-1) pitched game two, striking out five. Kayla English pitched two innings of relief and had five strikeouts.

Dayton opened up a 1-0 lead on Belmont in the first inning on senior Brandy Brown’s RBI single. That lead was short-lived as the Bruins added three runs in the top of the second inning to take a 3-1 lead.

Isaacson pulled UD within one with a solo home run in the bottom of the second. Brown drove home another run in the bottom of the third to knot the game at three apiece.

Sophomore Rachel Archer’s RBI single in the fourth inning pulled Dayton ahead. Vazquez’s grand slam later in the inning cleared the 20-foot high safety fence 10 yards past the left field wall.

The Flyers added three additional runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to run-rule the Bruins.

UD and Ball State battled the first three innings without scoring a run. The Cardinals got on board in the bottom of the fourth inning, scoring five runs.

Dayton battled back in the top of the fifth with a solo home run by Maloof and another run by junior Leah Sitter.

An error in the bottom of the sixth inning allowed the Cardinals to score another run. Maloof homered again in the seventh inning putting UD within three of Ball State.

The Flyers return to action on Sunday against the Chattanooga Lady Mocs at 1:15 p.m. ET.