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Box Score 2 ORLANDO, Fla. –
Justene Reyes (Carson, Calif./Warren) went 5-for-7 on the day, but the Monmouth University softball team fell to James Madison (8-0) and Fairfield (9-4) Saturday morning at the UCF Spring Fling. With the losses, the Hawks fall to 2-5, while the Dukes improve to 15-6 and the Stags are not 2-8.
Vanessa Cardoza (Santa Ana, Calif./Oceanview) added a 3-for-5 effort with a double, a run scored and an RBI.
Emma Hill (Rae, Mo./King City [Highland C.C.]) contributed a hit, a run and an RBI, while
Kayleena Flores (Atwater, Calif./Buhach Colony) and
Katie Baron (Matawan, N.J./St. John Vianney) chipped in with a hit and a run each.
Chloe Howerth (Roscoe, Ill./Hononegah) and
Ashalynn Umiamaka (Kapolei, Hawaii/Kapolei [Eastern Arizona]) also had one hit each.
Three Hawks pitchers hurled at least four innings apiece, with
Sydney Underhill (Temecula, Calif./Chaparral) highlighting the group with 4.2 innings pitched, two runs, one earned, on three hits and three walks, striking out five.
JMU manufactured a run in the first and used the long ball to score three more runs in the third. Megan Good hit a sacrifice fly to score the Dukes' first run, before Erica Field hit a solo homer in the third. Good immediately followed with a single and Jailyn Ford then hit a two-run shot to push the JMU lead to 4-0. Sniffen relieved Riley in the fourth and retired her first six batters. However, the next five reached safely to begin the sixth, chasing her from the game with a 6-0 deficit and the bases loaded. Underhill got the first two outs, inducing a sacrifice fly and a strikeout, but Field's two-out RBI single abbreviated the game as JMU extended to an 8-0 lead.
Monmouth fell behind, 4-0, against Fairfield as the Stags scored once each in the third and fourth innings and two more in the fifth. A passed ball allowed the first Stags run, before Gianna Kinhofer's single up the middle scored the second run. Sammy Ruffolo added a two-run double to right center to stake Fairfield to a 4-0 lead.
The Hawks immediately responded with four runs in the bottom of the fifth. Flores, Baron and Cardoza strung together consecutive singles to score the first run for the Hawks before Hill was credited with an RBI as Fairfield mishandled her grounder to score Baron. A two-out error with Umiamaka at the plate allowed Hill and Cardoza to score, tying the game at 4-4.
But Fairfield took full advantage of two walks issued by Sniffen early in the inning, capitalizing with two, two-out run-scoring singles. Kate Robinson drove in the go-ahead run with a single through the left side before Lauren Filicia sent a two-run single down the right field line to take a 7-4 lead in the top of the sixth. Fairfield added two more runs in the seventh on consecutive doubles by Tori Reed and Kinhofer to make it 9-4. Monmouth put two runners on in the seventh, but couldn't score, ending the game.
The Hawks conclude UCF Spring Fling action tomorrow morning, when they face the University of Illinois Chicago at 11 a.m.
