Toledo Split Doubleheader on Saturday at Northern Illinois

Saturday, April 13

DeKalb, Ill.

1:00 P.M.

University of Toledo

16-21, 5-5

Northern Illinois

19-21, 6-7

Toledo

Northern Illinois

Sophomore Bekah Yenrick scored one run and drove in three more today in Toledo's first game against Northern Illinois.

Photo by: Will Edmonds

Toledo Split Doubleheader on Saturday at Northern Illinois

4/13/2019 8:49:00 PM | Softball

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DeKalb, Ill. - The Toledo softball team (16-22, 5-6 MAC) split a doubleheader with Mid-American Conference opponent Northern Illinois (20-21, 7-7 MAC) on Saturday, winning game one, 8-3, but dropping the rubber match, 4-1, in DeKalb, Ill. Toledo saw senior Kaitlyn Bergman's record reached-base streak end at 19 games, but UT's streak of scoring first extended to nine contests.

How it happened:
Game 1:
Game one of the day saw UT out-hit the Huskies 11-4 en route to sophomore Maggie McGurk recording her fifth victory of the season after 3.2 innings of service. Bergman (2-for-4) and sophomore Bekah Yenrick (1-for-2) were the heroes of the day as they both brought around three runners while scoring once themselves. Sophomore Kylie Norwood tied her career-high for most runs scored in a single game when she touched home three times.

The Rockets fought to an early lead as Yenrick popped a two-RBI double in the first inning that scored senior Katie Cozy and Norwood. After a wild pitch moved her to second, sophomore Brittney Davis doubled to left-center to add another run.
UT added some insurance runs in the second frame thanks to Cozy and Yenrick. With the bases loaded, Cozy was hit by a pitch to bring in sophomore Ami Ill. Yenrick was plunked by a pitch as well to score Norwood and put the Midnight Blue and Gold ahead by a healthy 5-0.
NIU snapped the shutout in the bottom of the third when a two-on fielder's choice allowed NIU's Jessica Rio to run in from second and make things 5-1 UT.
The score didn't slow down Toledo as a fourth inning one-on homer from Bergman pushed the score to 7-1 Rockets. The dinger was the sixth time sixth Bergman's left the park this season.
The Huskies added their final runs in the bottom of the fourth as Kira Mickelson hit a leadoff home run to add a second and Dominique Greeno grounded out to bring around a third.
Toledo's final run came in the sixth from Bergman. The senior hit an RBI single through the left gap that brought around senior Megan Choate and made the board read 8-3 in UT's favor.
The Rockets would go on to force the Huskies to leave two runners on the bags between their final two plate appearances, claiming their fifth conference win.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
UT	3	2	0	2	0	1	0	8	11	1
NIU	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	4	1

W: McGurk, Maggie (5-3) L: FRENZ (7-8)

Game two:
The rubbermatch was a slow burner as scoring didn't open until the fifth inning. Cozy was the most effective player for the Rockets as she was 2-for-3 with a homer that scored Toledo's lone run. Sophomore Erin Hunt recorded five strikeouts through six innings

Neither side got much momentum going in the first half of the game as 10 runners were left on the bases between the two teams before the first run scored.
Cozy put the first run on the board in the fifth as she left the park after Norwood and Choate went down.
NIU responded in full in the next at-bat as Jenny Van Geertry hit a RBI single that was just deep enough for Katie Lamich to come in. A followup slapper from Kayla Scaperrotta brought in Van Geertry to put NIU ahead 2-1.
The Huskies scored their series-winning runs in the sixth as Sam Schmidt left the park with one on to make the board read 4-1 for the home team. UT tried hard in the seventh but went down 1-2-3 to wrap up the day.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
UT	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	0
NIU	0	0	0	0	2	2	X	4	8	0

W: BRYAN, Mackenzie (12-10) L: Hunt, Erin (9-10)

Up Next
UT is back in the diamond on Wednesday when Cleveland State comes to town for a 3:00 p.m. doubleheader at Scott Park.