BALTIMORE – Coppin State’s softball team split a doubleheader with Saint Peter’s on Wednesday afternoon at CSU Softball Field. The Eagles took the opener, 2-1, but fell, 12-2 in the nightcap.
The Basics
- Final Score (Game 1): Coppin State 2, Saint Peter’s 1
- Final Score (Game 2): Coppin State 2, Saint Peter’s 12
- Records: Coppin State (9-27), Saint Peter’s (7-40)
How it Happened (Game 1)
- Both teams had just one hit in the opener while Coppin State made a pair of errors and Saint Peter’s one.
- The Peacocks took a 1-0 lead in the fifth with an unearned run but Megan Narvaez hit a long fly ball in the bottom half of the frame, allowing Jaylene Sierra to score on the sacrifice fly. Sierra led off the inning with a walk and got to third on another walk and a sac bunt by Alexis Genovese.
- Coppin scored the game-winner in the seventh after three-straight walks and Dakota Gartrell reached on a throwing error by the pitcher, trying to force out Hatika James at home.
Inside the Numbers (Game 1)
- Madison Didion allowed no earned runs once again, giving up just one hit and a walk while striking out eight.
- Coppin’s lone hit came from Soraya Valdez-Frick while seven different players drew walks in the opener.
How it Happened (Game 2)
- Coppin took a 2-0 lead on a two-run double by starting pitcher Brissa Alvarado which plated Lexi Flom and Cloe Ochoa. Flom singled with one-out and Ochoa drew a walk just before the two-base knock.
- From there, the Eagles struggled offensively against Taylor Lewis who was making her first appearance in the circle this season due to injury.
- Saint Peter’s got six runs in the third and two more in the fourth to take an 8-2 lead, ending Alvarado’s day after 3.2 innings. Flom relieved her and allowed four runs in the next 3.1 innings.
Inside the Numbers (Game 2)
- Brissa Alvarado was charged with six earned runs in the loss, but went 3-for-3 with two RBI at the plate.
- Lexi Flom had the only other hit for the Eagles and tossed the final 3.1 innings, giving up four runs on three hits.