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Savannah Simons rounds second base
Monmouth Athletics
5
Winner Towson TOWSON 18-26, 7-12 CAA
4
Monmouth MON 14-29, 6-12 CAA
Winner
Towson TOWSON
18-26, 7-12 CAA
5
Final
4
Monmouth MON
14-29, 6-12 CAA
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Towson TOWSON 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 5 8 2
Monmouth MON 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 6 1

W: Amanda Medina (3-2) L: Kerwood, Billie (9-16) S: Maddie Gardner (2)

Game Recap: Softball |

Monmouth Loses Back-and-Forth Battle to Towson

FINAL SCORE
Towson (18-26, 7-12 CAA) – 5
Monmouth (14-29, 6-12 CAA) – 4
 
WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. – Sophomore Savannah Simons hit her first career home run for the Monmouth University Softball Team in a 5-4 loss to Towson at MU Softball Park on Friday.

The Hawks struck in the first inning when Tessa Thompson singled up the middle to drive in two, taking a 2-0 lead. The Tigers would cut the deficit in half in the second on a solo home run, and they took the lead on back-to-back run-scoring doubles with two outs in the third inning.

In the fourth, Simons blasted an 0-1 pitch over the left field fence to drive in Dani Dabroski and give Monmouth a 4-3 advantage. The Hawaii native leads the Hawks in hits (41) and trails only Dabroski for the team lead in batting average at .308. She has driven in 16 runs on the season.

Towson would retake the lead in the top of the sixth when Ally Hickman tripled in a run with two outs and later scored on a wild pitch. Junior Billie Kerwood struck out eight Tigers in the loss. She allowed eight hits, five runs, and two walks in her CAA-leading 16th complete game.
 
QUOTE
"Offensively, we had some really nice at-bats where we made good things happen. We have to give credit to Towson, they battled and were just able to get that last run across when they needed it. Games like this only make our team stronger. I saw a lot of good today. We are excited to get back out here tomorrow for game two." – Head Caoch Shannon Salsburg

NOTES & NUMBERS
- Dabroski notched her seventh multi-run game of the season.
- Simons hit her first home run as a Hawk.
- Thompson now has four RBIs in conference play and 10 overall.
- Giana Scotti started her second consecutive game and first ever at home.
- Scotti collected her first career hit, as well – a double in the third inning.
- Lexi Castaneda has four multi-hit outings in 2024.
- Kerwood falls to 9-16 in the circle.
- MU falls to 7-6 on the road.
- Towson leads the all-time series, 2-0.
- The Tigers had more hits, 8-6.
- Monmouth left seven runners on base, while Towson left five.
 
UP NEXT
The Hawks and Tigers meet for game two of the series at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday.
 
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