HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - The University of Dayton softball team picked up a sweep of Northern Kentucky Tuesday at NKU's Frank Ignatius Grein Field. With the wins, Dayton extends its winning streak to six. On the day, sophomore
Emma Schutter was 4-for-7 with four stolen bases, two runs and one RBI for the Flyers.
Dayton improves to 13-10 on the season while Northern Kentucky is now 7-17 overall.
GAME ONE
Dayton 1, Northern Kentucky 0 (8 inn.)
12 - freshman
Izzy Kemp tallied a career-high 12 strikeouts over 8.0 innings of work, her fifth complete game and second complete-game shutout of the season
9 - the outfielders combined for nine putouts led by senior
Quinn Pallardy with four
2 - Schutter was 2-for-3 at the plate, the only Flyer to record a multi-hit game, including her first career triple
Winning Pitcher: Kemp (5-3), Losing Pitcher: A. Flores (4-7)
GAME TWO
Dayton 3, Northern Kentucky 0
HR - graduate student
Alyssa Cacini knocked out her team-best fourth home run of the season to score the Flyers' first run
10 - for the seventh time this season, and the fourth time in the last five games, Dayton tallied double-digit hits
2 - three Flyers recorded two hits
2 - for the second game in a row, Schutter collected two stolen bases and now has a team-high 17 on the season
Winning Pitcher:
Haven Dwyer (7-2), Save: Kemp (3), Losing Pitcher: A. Flores (4-8)
UP NEXT
After its Atlantic 10 season-opening series against Fordham was postponed this past weekend due to inclement weather in Dayton, UD is looking forward to hosting Massachusetts Saturday and Sunday. First pitch between the Flyers and Minutewomen is set for 12 p.m. Saturday as the teams will play two at UD Softball Stadium. Admission is free.
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