OLEAN, N.Y. - The University of Dayton softball team claimed back-to-back wins over St. Bonaventure Thursday at SBU's Joyce Field. Junior
Kyle Davidson went 5-for-7 at the plate with five runs scored for the Flyers.
Dayton improves to 11-18 overall and 2-3 in Atlantic 10 action while St. Bonaventure is now 8-16 on the season and 1-4 in league play.
SCORING BREAKDOWN
Game One: Dayton 9, St. Bonaventure 0 (5)
The first three innings were a stalemate as neither team could plate a run but Dayton got on the board in the fourth when sophomore
Ellie Ziegler singled in junior
Lisa Tassi for a 1-0 lead. The Flyers exploded for eight runs on eight hits in the fifth to set the score at 9-0, which proved to be the final margin. The highlight of the final frame was a three-run long ball to left center by Tassi, her second home run of the season.
Winning pitcher:
Manda Cash (4-5)
Losing pitcher: Hehir (5-5)
Game Two: Dayton 8, St. Bonaventure 4
Dayton again scored first in the second game when senior
Kailee Budicin's RBI double plated Davidson and freshman
Briley Sidor, running for Budicin, scored on a Tassi single in the opening frame. The score remained 2-0 in favor of Dayton until the third when both teams plated one run and Dayton added one more in the fifth on a Budicin sacrifice fly out to put the Flyers in front of the Bonnies, 4-1. St. Bonaventure put up a three-spot in the bottom of the fifth to tie the game at four runs apiece but freshman
Abby Ehrenborg tallied what proved to be the winning RBI with a sacrifice fly out that allowed Ziegler to cross home plate. Dayton added three insurance runs in the seventh, including a two-run homer by Ziegler, the first four-bagger of her career.
Winning pitcher: Cash (5-5)
Losing pitcher: Hehir (5-6)
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- .750 = Budicin's hitting percentage for the day after going 3-for-4 at the plate with two RBI, one run scored, two sacrifice hits and one walk
- 7 = the number of strikeouts recorded by Cash in 7.1 innings of work
- 5 = the number of hits and runs scored by Davidson
- 4 = the number of RBI recorded by Tassi on the day
- 0.58 = the team ERA (Cash, Jessica Weaver)
UP NEXT
Dayton and St. Bonaventure are schedule to close out their three-game series Friday with a single game. First pitch at SBU's Joyce Field is set for 12 p.m. March 30.