SALISBURY, Md. - The MIT softball team split its two games at the Margie Knight Softball Classic, hosted by Salisbury on Saturday afternoon. The Engineers opened the day dropping an 11-1 game to the No. 13 Gulls but rebounded for a come-from-behind win in extras, 5-4, over NYU in the second game of the day.
THE BASICS:
- Scores:
- No. 13 Salisbury 11, MIT 1 (6 Innings)
- MIT 5, NYU 4 (8 Innings)
- Records: MIT (3-1 Overall), Salisbury (10-1 Overall), NYU (4-6 Overall)
HOW IT HAPPENED - GAME ONE vs. NO. 13 SALISBURY:
- Salisbury scored five total runs in the third and fourth innings. Ellen Stockman (Brunswick, Md.) knocked in three runs for the hosts.
- Junior Olivia Scarpaci (Staten Island, N.Y.) got MIT on the board in the fifth, taking home on a throwing error.
- Sophomore Arianna Kumar (San Diego, Calif.) and junior Ava Ladd (Austin, Texas) hit back-to-back singles in the sixth with one out, but Salisbury got out of the inning without allowing either to score.
- The Gulls put the game away with a six-run sixth as a grand slam from Emily Stickman (Brunswick, Md.) ended the game.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
- First year Layla Thiessen (Carlsbad, Calif.) led MIT with two hits in the game.
- Sophomore Caroline Langmeyer (Upper Arlington, Ohio) went the first four, scattering five hits with three runs, three walks and a strikeout.
- Sydney Adolfson got the win for the Gulls as she tossed a complete game allowing no earned runs on seven hits with three strikeouts and two walks.
- Ellen Stockman went 3-4 with three RBI while Emily Stockman finished the day 2-4 with five RBI.
HOW IT HAPPENED - GAME TWO vs. NYU:
- NYU pulled out to a 3-0 lead after four innings of play.
- First year Delaney Benevides (Plainville, Mass.) singled home the first MIT run of the game in the fourth and came around to score the second run on a double steal.
- The Violets made it 4-2 on a wild pitch in the sixth.
- MIT tied the game in the bottom of the seventh. Senior Mikayla Cable (Valrico, Fla.) led off the inning with a bunt single and went to second on a hit from Kumar. An error on a ball off the bat of senior Kennedy Adkison (San Jose, Calif.) scored Cable, and a sacrifice fly from senior Mackenzie Bivin (San Diego, Calif.) sent the game into extra innings.
- NYU had the bases loaded with no outs in the eighth, but sophomore Sharona Huang (Duluth, Ga.) and the Engineers got the next three outs to keep the game tied.
- With the bases loaded and no outs, Thiessen singled home Scarpaci to give MIT the win.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
- Huang got the win for MIT with five innings of five-hit ball. She allowed three runs (one earned) with one walk and one strikeout.
- Thiessen went 3-5 at the plate with an RBI. Benevides also collected three hits, finishing 3-3 with an RBI.
- Kumar, Adkison and first Maggie Feng (Brookfield, Wis.) collected two hits each.
- Siena Kiefer (Seattle, Wash.) and Naya Schubel (Fairless Hills, Pa.) had two hits each for NYU.
UP NEXT:
- MIT continues play at Margie Knight Softball Classic, tomorrow, Sunday, March 16. The Engineers will play Susquehanna at 11:00 AM followed by Muhlenburg at 1:00 PM.
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