Rockets Fall to ETSU and Stanford at Tennessee Tournament

Friday, March 6

Knoxville, Tenn.

10:00 A.M.

University of Toledo

9-5

ETSU

8-10

Toledo

ETSU

Dayna Denner hit her third home run of the year against ETSU Friday.

Photo by: Kaitlyn R. Layman

Rockets Fall to ETSU and Stanford at Tennessee Tournament

3/6/2020 1:54:00 PM | Softball

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Toledo softball team (9-6) fell in both games on day one of the Tennessee Tournament. Junior Erin Hunt suffered her first loss this season against ETSU (8-10), allowing five hits and walking six in five innings. Freshman McKenna Schmidt took her third loss on the season against Stanford (19-3), allowing eight hits through 2.2 innings.

GAME ONE
The Rockets fought hard against ETSU but ultimately fell 3-2 in the first game of the day. Dayna Denner gave Toledo an early lead with a two-run homer in the top of the first, but Toledo couldn't generate any more offense. Junior Erin Hunt (7-1) was saddled with her first loss of the season, allowing five hits in 5.0 innings with one strikeout and six walks.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Dayna Denner slugged her third home run of the season in the top of the first to put the Rockets up 2-0.
ETSU tied it up in the bottom of the second. Lili Bowen drilled a hard single to left-center to teammates Lauren Lee and Kylie Toler home.
With the bases loaded in the bottom of the third, the Bucs plated the game winning run on an infield groundout. with a hard ball to shortstop. Lily Beyer made the out at third, but Andrea Sarhatt scored, putting the Bucs up 3-2.
Senior Leah Allison came on in relief in the bottom of the sixth.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs	Hits	Errors
Toledo	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	1
ETSU	0	2	1	0	0	0	X	3	5	0

Win – Allison Farr (2-1) Loss – Erin Hunt (7-1)

GAME TWO
It was a game of catchup from the beginning for the Rockets, as the team fell 13-0 to Pac-12 contender Stanford. The Cardinal sealed the win in the top of the third inning, scoring 10 runs. McKenna Schmidt suffered her third loss this season for Toledo.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Stanford took an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first.
The Cardinal sealed the deal in the top of the third inning, scoring 10 runs off of seven hits and two Toledo errors.
Junior Maggie McGurk relieved Schmidt in the third inning and allowed just two hits in 2.1 innings.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs	Hits	Errors
Stanford	1	0	10	0		X	X	13	10	1
Toledo	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	0	3	4

Win – Tatum Boyd (7-0) Loss – McKenna Schmidt (2-3)

ON DECK
The Rockets will face host Tennessee on Saturday, Mar. 7 at 12:30 p.m. The matchup will be aired on SECN+. Toledo will then play again at either 3:00 p.m. or 5:30 p.m. based off bracket play results.