Miami Shuts Out Butler at Home
Wednesday's Scoreboard
Buffalo 0, FIU 8
Kent State 10, Youngstown 0
Kent State 3, Youngstown 4
Miami 4, Butler 0
Stories Courtesy of MAC Sports Information
Buffalo
Box Score - FIU
MIAMI, FL – The University at Buffalo softball team fell at Florida International, 8-3 on Wednesday.
After the Panthers took an early 1-0 lead in the first, the Bulls got on the board in the fourth as Anna Aguon led off with a double to right center and Jenelle Martinez brought her home with an RBI single to right to tie the game 1-1.
Buffalo would add another run in the fifth on a solo blast from Hannah Bardeen to take a 2-1 lead. But the Panthers responded in a big way, scoring seven runs on seven hits to take an 8-2 lead. UB would score one more run on an RBI single from Aguon in the top of the seventh but the Rally fell short as FIU held on to secure the victory.
Buffalo returns home to host Northern Illinois in the home opener on Friday, March 22, at 3 pm.
Kent State
?Box Score - YSU
?Box Score - YSU
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio –Pitcher Andrea Scali became the first Kent State freshman to throw a no-hitter in over 10 years when she held Youngstown State hitless in a five inning 10-0 victory at the YSU Softball Complex on Wednesday evening. It's the first no-hitter for Kent State since Ronnie Ladines fired a perfect game Buffalo in 2017.
Kent State fell in the nightcap 4-3 in its last non-conference game before Mid-American Conference play against Toledo this weekend.
Miami
Box Score - Butler
OXFORD, Ohio – The Miami University softball team (13-10) shut out Butler (9-17) by a 4-0 margin on Wednesday.
Taylor Rathe started the game in the circle for the RedHawks. She pitched three innings, giving up no runs on only one hit. Rathe struck out two batters and walked one.
Brianna Pratt relieved Rathe in the circle to start the fourth inning. Pratt pitched two innings, giving up no runs on only one hit. She struck out one batter and walked none.
Courtney Vierstra relieved Pratt in the circle to start the six inning. Vierstra pitched the remaining two innings, giving up no runs or hits. She earned all six outs by strikeout and walked two batters.
Miami scored one run in the bottom of the first inning. Haeley Tran hit a one-out double and advanced to third on a passed ball. Johniann Wahl drove Tran home to make it a 1-0 ball game after one.
Lily Wilmot led off the second inning with a double and advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt from Kara Leckinger. Wilmot scored on a sacrifice fly by Jada Dotson to increase Miami's lead to 2-0.
Jenny Vasquez hit a one-out single and stole second to begin the fourth inning. Vasquez scored on a single from Wilmot before Butler made a pitching change. Leckinger doubled to score Wilmot and increase Miami's lead to 4-0 after four innings.
Tran and Wilmot led the Miami offense with two hits each while Wilmot also scored twice. Wahl, Wilmot, Leckinger and Dotson all had an RBI. Rathe, Pratt and Vierstra combined for the shutout.
