Monmouth Hawks (2-3) - 1
South Dakota Coyotes (4-6) – 3
 
Georgia State Panthers (2-8) – 8
Monmouth Hawks (2-4) - 4
 
MADEIRA BEACH, FL – In the last day of THE Spring Games in Florida, the Monmouth University softball team fell to South Dakota, 3-1, before dropping an 8-4 result to Georgia State.
 
Senior Amber Wozniak (San Diego, CA/Serra) went 3-for-7 on the day with an RBI double and a run.
 
Senior Sam Tomasetti (Garnet Valley, PA/Garnet Valley) launched a two-run home run in the nightcap, the 13^th of her career.  
 
Senior pitcher Alyssa Irons (Rock Creek, OH/Jefferson Area) pitched 6.0 innings in game one, giving up three earned runs and striking out three batters.
 
Freshman pitcher Kylie Gletow (Flemington, NJ/Hunterdon Central Regional) tossed 3.2 innings in game two, allowing one earned run.
 
Monmouth's drops to 2-4 on the season, and will compete in Georgia Southern's Eagle Round Robin Tournament next weekend.  
 
NOTES AND QUOTES
 
"Today we didn't play our best ball. The good news is that everything is easily correctable. We look forward to tweaking a few things this week and getting right back to it on Friday in Georgia." – Monmouth head coach Shannon Salsburg
 
-In game one, South Dakota got on the board first in the bottom of the second. An RBI single through the left side made it 1-0.
-The Hawks tied the game in the top of the fourth. Wozniak singled to lead off the inning, and moved to second on a groundout.
-Hopeck made it 1-1 with an RBI double to left center. She was later thrown out at home after a Maziarz single.
-South Dakota scored the deciding runs in the bottom of the fifth. Two singles were wiped out by a pick off and caught stealing. With two outs, the Coyotes singled. The next batter doubled to right center, and the runner scored on a fielding error.
-An RBI single to right center scored another run for South Dakota, making it 3-1.
-In the top of the seventh, Hopeck singled and advanced to second on a groundout, but the Hawks fouled out and struck out to end the game.
 
-In game two, Georgia State began the scoring with an RBI double in the top of the first.
-Monmouth tied it in the bottom of the third, as Jimenez scored on an error.
-The Panthers extended their lead to 5-1 in the top of the fourth, scoring on a throwing error and a two-RBI single.
-Georgia State tacked on three more runs in the top of the fifth to go ahead 8-1, including an RBI single, an RBI double, and a bases loaded hit by pitch.
-Monmouth answered with three runs in the bottom of the fifth. After Maziarz hit a lead off single, Tomasetti brought her home two batters later with a home run to left center.
-Later, Baron was hit by a pitch and Rosado sent her to third with a double. The next batter Wozniak hit an RBI double to right field to score Baron.
-With runners on second and third with one out, the next two Monmouth batters struck out.
-Junior Christine Frazee tossed 2.2 scoreless innings in relief.
 
UP NEXT
The Hawks will compete in Georgia Southern's Eagle Round Robin Tournament next weekend.