TROY, Ala. – Katie Ryan crushed a two-out, two-run double in the home half of the sixth inning to lift the University of Dayton softball team over Missouri State 3-1 to conclude the Trojan Warrior Tournament at the Troy Softball Complex.

Scoring Breakdown 
Bottom 1st – UD opened up the scoring when Katie Ryan grounded out to drive home Gabrielle Snyder, who opened up the inning with a triple.
Top 5th – Missouri State pulled even with an RBI double that knotted the score at 1-1.
Bottom 6th – After Aspyn Novak walked and Snyder doubled, it was Ryan who came through again for the Flyers, lacing a two-out, two-run double to left-center field to give the Flyers a 3-1 lead.

Key Stats
Snyder finished the game 2-for-2 with a double and a triple, scoring two runs in the process.

Ryan went 1-for-3 on the day and drove in all three of Dayton's runs.

Jessica Gilliam picked up the win (2-2) while Manda Cash closed the door in the seventh to earn her second save of the season.

UP NEXT
Dayton travels to Knoxville, Tenn. Monday, Feb. 29 to take on the University of Tennessee for a 2:30 p.m. matchup.