Game One
(5 inn.)
Monmouth Hawks (6-1, 6-1 MAAC) - 12
Quinnipiac Bobcats (1-6, 1-6 MAAC) - 0
 
Game Two
Monmouth Hawks (7-1, 7-1 MAAC) – 7
Quinnipiac Bobcats (1-7, 1-7 MAAC) - 4
 
 
HAMDEN, CT – For the second straight day, the Monmouth University softball team earned two wins at Quinnipiac. The Hawks dominated in game one, 12-0, before completing the sweep with a 7-4 win in game two.
 
Senior pitcher Alyssa Irons (Rock Creek, OH/Jefferson Area/Hofstra) tossed 6.2 scoreless innings on the day with six strikeouts, improving her season record to a perfect 5-0. She allowed just two hits on the day.
 
Sophomore pitcher Kylie Gletow (Flemington, NJ/Hunterdon Central Regional) improved to 2-1 on the year, earning the win in game two.
 
Senior Deangie Jimenez (Haverstraw, NY/North Rockland) and junior Lindsey Baron (Matawan, NJ/St. John Vianney) each added four RBI in the sweep.
 
Senior Tommi Stowers (Columbus, IN/Columbus North/Western Kentucky) went 4-for-5 combined on the day with two RBI and three doubles.  
 
Freshman Julia Thuer (Middletown, DE/Smyrna) continued the impressive start to her career, batting 6-for-8 on the day with three RBI and three runs.
 
Senior Erika Coreth (Sewell, NJ/Washington Township) remained consistent, ending the doubleheader 3-for-5 with three RBI and three runs.
 
Monmouth improves to 7-1 (7-1 MAAC) on the season, and will return home to face Saint Peter's on Wednesday.  
 
NOTES AND QUOTES
 
"Today was another great team day. I was really proud of the effort we gave in all phases, including a couple of spectacular defensive innings. Offensively, we attacked early and often. I challenged the team towards the end of the second game, and we had much better at bats. Our pitchers did a great job of keeping them off balance. There are still some things to clean up, but we're really excited to come home with four wins." – Monmouth head coach Shannon Salsburg
 
-Monmouth got on the board in the top of the first. With two outs, Coreth hit a double to left field, and scored on another double from Stowers.
-With two outs in the top of the third, Harrington reached on a fielder's choice, and advanced to third on a Coreth single. Stowers followed with another RBI to make it 2-0.
-The Hawks broke the game open in the top of the fourth, scoring 10 runs to go ahead 12-0.
-Thuer started the inning with an RBI double and ended the inning with an RBI single. Harrington picked up another RBI single.
-Coreth later hit a two-RBI single to center, and Stowers followed it up with a double to advance her to third.
-Baron continued the huge inning with a two-RBI double to left field.
-After junior Danielle Dominik walked and freshman Devin Coia was hit by a pitch, Jimenez scorched a bases-clearing double.
 
-In game two, Quinnipiac took an early lead with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the first.
-Monmouth answered with five runs in the bottom of the second, starting with an RBI triple from sophomore Briana Hoskins.
-Jimenez and Thuer followed with RBI singles to make it 3-1. After Coreth reached on an error to bring home another run, she scored on a wild pitch.
-In the top of the fifth, Baron send a two-RBI single to left field to make it 7-1.
-The Bobcats battled back in the fifth, scoring three runs.
-Irons came in relief, and shut down the home team in the final two innings.
 
NUMBERS CRUNCH
-Monmouth outscored Quinnipiac 41-8 on the weekend, and outhit the Bobcats 44-17.
-Irons improves her record at Monmouth to 42-17 with a 1.73 ERA. She has pitched 379.1 total innings with 47 complete games.
-Stowers now leads the team with a .529 batting average (9-for-17) on the season.
-With another three today, Thuer increased her season RBI total to 10, which leads the team.
-Junior pitcher Antonia Browning tossed one scoreless inning in the opener.
-Seven different Monmouth players notched at least one RBI today.
-Jimenez started her 175^th game in a Monmouth uniform.
 
UP NEXT
Monmouth will host Saint Peter's for a doubleheader on Wednesday.