TROY, Ala. – For the second consecutive day, the University of Dayton softball team split its day at the Trojan Warrior Tournament, defeating Austin Peay 1-0 and falling to host Troy 3-2 on Saturday afternoon at the Troy Softball Complex.

Game One – Austin Peay
Scoring Breakdown
Bottom 5th – The game's lone run came off the bat of Gabrielle Snyder, who lined a double to right field to score Kirsten Bartlett and give the Dayton a 1-0 lead.

Key Stats
Snyder finished the game 1-for-3 at the plate and drove in the lone run with her second double of the season, while also picking up the win in the circle. She tossed six and one-third innings and scattered four hits. 

Manda Cash picked up her first save of the season, striking out the final two batters of the game.

Game Two – Troy
Scoring Breakdown
Top 1st – Kailee Budicin picked up a key two-out RBI by driving home Gabrielle Snyder to give the Flyers a 1-0 lead.
Top 3rd –Aspyn Novak started the inning by reaching via error and Katelyn Gibson followed with a bunt single. After Kathryn Hess advanced the runners with a sacrifice bunt, Jaclyn Kweder drove Novak home to put Dayton ahead 2-0.
Bottom 6th – After being held hitless by Jessica Gilliam for the first five innings, the Trojans broke through with a two-run double that tied the score, 2-2.
Bottom 6th – With two outs, Troy got a clutch single to right-center field that scored the go-ahead run and gave the hosts a 3-2 lead.

Key Stats
Budicin finished the game with two hits, going 2-for-3 with an RBI.

Gilliam allowed just two hits on the afternoon while striking out three.

Gibson finished the game 1-for-2 with a run scored.

UP NEXT
Dayton wraps up action at the Trojan Warrior Classic with a single game on Sunday, Feb. 28 against Missouri State, starting at 10:30 a.m. ET.