April 21, 2007

DAYTON, Ohio -  The UD softball team fell, 5-3 to George Washington in game one of an Atlantic 10 doubleheader on Saturday at UD Softball Stadium. Molly Meyer went 2-for-3 with two RBI in the opener.

Tamsyn Kellough went 1-for-2 scoring a run and Maggie Stopka gave a 1-for-3 performance with two runs of her own.

GW got on board first in the top of the second behind Colleen Kegler who scored a run for the Colonials.

UD put one up in the bottom of the same inning as Laura Matthews reached on an error by the pitcher and Maggie Stopka reached on a fielder's choice. Meyer singled and advanced on the throw as Stopka scored to tie the score, 1-1.

The Colonials scored three runs in the third behind a Caroline Howe double and Tori Sensi single as GW took the lead, 4-1.

Dayton added two in the fourth as Kellough walked to start the inning. Stopka and Ellie Malchow hit back-to-back doubles to plate Kellough as a Meyer single scored Stopka.

George Washington would get the lone run it needed in the fifth inning to win game one as Howe scored on a Sensi double. Both teams were scoreless for the remainder of the game as UD eventually fell to GW, 5-3 in the opener.

Erin Lafayette suffered the loss pitching five innings, giving up four earned runs, striking out one and walking one.

Game two is set to begin at 2 p.m. ET.