Rockets Fall to Penn State to Wrap Up Florida Trip

Sunday, March 10

Tampa, Fla.

9:00 A.M.

University of Toledo

7-12

Penn State

13-12

Toledo

Penn State

Senior catcher Kaitlyn Bergman hit a homer in the fifth inning of Toledo's game against Penn State.

Photo by: Will Edmonds

Rockets Fall to Penn State to Wrap Up Florida Trip

3/10/2019 12:48:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

Clearwater, Fla. - The Toledo softball team fell, 8-2, to Penn State today in the final game of the USF Showcase in Clearwater, Fla. The Rockets (7-12) got behind early and despite a mid-game spurt of energy, UT was never able to get back into the mix. Toledo leaves the showcase with a 1-4 record.

The contest featured home runs from seniors Katie Cozy and Kaitlyn Bergman.

How it happened

Neither the Nittany Lions nor the Rockets were able to make much of anything happen in the opening frames; UT went down in order in the first two while PSU left one on.
Penn State opened scoring in the bottom of the third when a ground-rule double with a runner on second put one on the board, and a deep centerfield single brought in a second.
Toledo answered in the fourth when Cozy stepped up and homered through right center on a 1-2 count. The Rockets added another to tie the score in the next inning when Bergman homered to left field.
Penn State responded immediately in the bottom of the inning when Ally Kurland hit a bases-loaded double to left center that brought in three runs and made the score 5-2 Penn State. The Nittany Lions used that energy to keep the bats hot in the sixth, adding their final two runs off a ground-rule double (6-2) and a left field single that scored two (8-2).
The Rockets' lineup tried one more time in the top of the seventh to start a rally but it wasn't meant to be as Toledo went P4, FF5 and 1-3.

TOLEDO (7-12) -VS- PENN STATE (13-12)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Toledo	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	5	2
Penn State	0	0	2	0	3	3	X	8	6	0

W: Parshall (5-7) L: Webb, Heather (0-3) S: Lingenfelter (1)

Up Next
Toledo returns to action March 15-16 for Indiana's Hoosier Classic in Bloomington, Ind. UT will open with a 3:00 p.m. game against the Hoosiers and will face additional competition from Saint Francis and Northwestern.