Rockets Shutout Zips to Open Weekend Series

Friday, April 5

Toledo , Ohio

3:00 P.M.

University of Toledo

11-19, 0

Akron

7-20-2, 0

Akron

Toledo

Sophomore Erin Hunt tossed a complete game shutout for the second time this season at Toledo took down Akron today.

Photo by: Will Edmonds

4/5/2019 6:43:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

Toledo, Ohio - The Toledo softball team (11-19, 3-3 MAC) opened its weekend home series with Akron (7-20, 1-7 MAC) with a 3-0 win at Scott Park today. Toledo's runs came from sophomore Kylie Norwood, senior Megan Choate and senior Katie Cozy. The Rockets outhit the opposition 10-1 and forced Akron to leave four runners on base en route to their third win of the Mid-American Conference season.

Choate had another strong outing as she went 2-for-4 with one run, two hits and an RBI to help her team out, while Norwood chipped in two hits of her own. Sophomore Raelyn Nyren was hit by a pitch once again today to bring her season total up to 11, and sophomore Erin Hunt recorded her seventh win and second shutout of the season.

How it happened

Both sides went down in order to start the first frame and a half. Toledo came to life in the bottom of the second when two singles and a walk loaded the bases, but two strikeouts and a groundout left all three runners on the bags.
After Akron stranded two runners on the bases in the top of the third, UT was finally able to open scoring in the bottom of the frame. A Choate single paired with a HBP for Cozy and walk from Bergman loaded the bases with one out. Yenrick then stepped up the plate and hit a sac fly to left field that brought around Choate and moved the other two into scoring position.
Reed then singled to left field to bring home Cozy and put UT up 2-0.
Akron's momentum died off after UT's runners scored, as the Zips were only able to put two more runners on the bases for the rest of the game.
The Rockets' final run came in the sixth inning when back-to-back doubles from Norwood and Choate added a final insurance run to the board, sealed things at 3-0, and gave Hunt her seventh victory.