Monmouth Hawks (5-5) - 7
Evansville Purple Aces (6-7) – 1
 
STATESBORO, GA – In the last day of Georgia Southern's Eagle Round Robin, the Monmouth University softball team defeated Evansville, 7-1.
 
Junior Alyssa Irons (Rock Creek, OH/Jefferson Area) pitched her sixth complete game of the season, giving up just one run while striking out 10 batters.
 
Senior Kayla Rosado (Oradell, NJ/River Dell) continued her hot start to the season, picking up a two-RBI single to extend the lead in the sixth inning.
 
Senior Amanda Hopeck (Green Brook, NJ/Watchung Hills) went 3-for-4 in the win, including an RBI single and two runs.  
 
Monmouth improves to 5-5 on the season, and will compete in the Coastal Carolina Invitational next weekend.
 
NOTES AND QUOTES
 
"What a great way to end the weekend. From start to finish, we played well as a team. I loved how Alyssa and [catcher] Erika [Coreth] attacked their batters. Overall, we learned a lot, fixed some things from last week, and showed continued growth towards who we want to be come May." – Monmouth head coach Shannon Salsburg
 
-Monmouth raced ahead with three runs in the top of the first. Sophomore Lindsey Baron led off with a walk, and senior Sam Tomasetti moved her to third with a single. Baron ended up scoring on a double steal.
-Hopeck later singled through the right side to bring home Tomasetti to make it 2-0.
-Back-to-back walks from junior Erika Coreth and freshman Riley Riendeau loaded the bases. Stowers made it 3-0 with a single through the right side.
-In the top of the third, Hopeck led off with a single and a stolen base. Stowers later reached on a fielding error and Hopeck scored on the play.
-On a wild play, senior Deangie Jimenez reached on a fielder's choice, and was eventually thrown out in a rundown. Harrington advanced to third, and later scored on a throwing error to put Monmouth up 5-0.
-Evansville got a run back in the bottom of the third on a double steal.
-In the top of the sixth, junior Morgan Maziarz and Baron both walked and stole bases to put runners on second and third with no outs. Rosado picked up a two-RBI single to center field to make it 7-1.
-The Purple Aces singled with one out in the bottom of the seventh, but Irons closed the door with back-to-back outs to end the game.
 
NUMBERS CRUNCH
-In 10 games this season, Rosado is batting .457 (16-for-35) with 11 RBI.
-Irons has 41 complete games in 43 starts over the last two seasons. She's 34-14 with a 1.58 ERA in that span.  
-Hopeck is second on the team with a .375 batting average this season.
-Senior Tommi Stowers started for the first time this season, while freshman Riley Riendeau got the start at third base.
-Baron walked twice and had two runs.
 
UP NEXT
The Hawks will travel to Conway, South Carolina to compete in the Coastal Carolina Invitational next weekend. Opponents include UMES, Coastal Carolina, Ohio, and USC Upstate.