April 24, 2007

DAYTON, Ohio -  The UD softball team downed IPFW, 7-6 in the opener of a non-conference twinbill on Tuesday.

Christine Eggers went 4-for-5 with an RBI in game one, Ellie Malchow hit 2-for-4 and added a pair for runs UD. Maggie Stopka and Laura Matthews both went 2-for-3 as Mollie Schrank and Katie Jordan picked up runs for UD in game the opener.

Chelsea Grozenski picked up the win as she pitched six innings scattering three hits, walking two and striking out three.

Dayton was down early as IPFW scored all six of its runs off of two hits in the bottom of the first inning.

Tamsyn Kellough blasted a lead-off homerun to start the second to get UD on board.

The Flyers comeback started in the top of the fourth as Stopka singled to center field and Laura Matthews doubled to left. Malchow followed up with a single of her to score Stopka. Then Schrank reached on an error putting one more up for Dayton. Crabtree followed up with a two RBI double as Dayton pulled within one, 6-5.

In the fifth, the Flyers took the lead with back-to-back singles from Malchow and Eggers who knocked two more in to lead UD to victory in the opener, 7-6.

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