Box Score LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Dayton softball team battled with Michigan and Jacksonville State in the Louisville Softball Classic on Saturday night, falling to the No. 2 ranked Wolverines 7-0 and getting rained out against JSU in the night cap at Ulmer Field.

GAME ONE – Michigan 7 Dayton 0
Scoring Breakdown
Top 1st – After two walks to leadoff the game, Michigan connected on a single to bring home the first run of the game and give the Wolverines a 1-0 lead.
Top 2nd – U-M cashed in on two bases-loaded opportunities, once with a fielder's choice and then with a sacrifice fly. In all, the scoring led to a 3-0 Michigan advantage.
Top 4th – Two doubles and an RBI single widened the Wolverines' lead to 5-0.
Top 7th – The final runs scored in the game came courtesy of a walk, two base hits, and a passed ball that led to two more runs and brought the game to its final score of 7-0.

Key Stats
Freshman Aspyn Novak finished the game 2-for-4, her first two-hit game of her young career.

Sophomore Kailee Budicin also added a two-hit performance, going 2-for-3.

Dayton had the leadoff batter aboard in six of the seven innings against Michigan and finished the game with seven hits.

GAME TWO – Jacksonville State vs. Dayton PPD
Scoring Breakdown
The stats from this game do not count and the game will not be made up.

UP NEXT
Dayton is back in action in the final day of the Louisville Softball Classic with a pair of games on Sunday, March 12, beginning with Louisville at 2:30 p.m. The finale of the classic for the Flyers will be a 4:30 p.m. matchup with Eastern Kentucky.