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Senior Dayna Denner led Toledo with four hits in today's doubleheader vs. Kent State.
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Toledo TOLEDO 10-7, 0-1 MAC
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Winner Kent State KENTST 4-10, 1-0 MAC
Toledo TOLEDO
10-7, 0-1 MAC
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Final
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Kent State KENTST
4-10, 1-0 MAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Toledo TOLEDO 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 7 1
Kent State KENTST 0 0 0 2 5 4 X 11 13 2

W: LEBEAU (3-5) L: Hunt, Erin (6-4)

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Toledo TOLEDO 10-8, 0-2 MAC
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Winner Kent State KENTST 5-10, 2-0 MAC
Toledo TOLEDO
10-8, 0-2 MAC
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Final
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Kent State KENTST
5-10, 2-0 MAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Toledo TOLEDO 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 7 9 1
Kent State KENTST 3 1 0 1 2 0 4 11 13 0

W: SHERMAN (1-3) L: Hunt, Erin (6-5)

Game Recap: Softball |

Rockets Drop Both Ends of Doubleheader at Kent State

KENT, Ohio – Toledo battled hard against Kent State on Saturday but came up on the short end in both ends of a doubleheader against the preseason Mid-American Conference favorites. The two teams will square off again tomorrow in another twinbill set to begin at noon.

The Rockets (10-8, 0-2 MAC) battled back from a 7-1 deficit in the nightcap with a six-run sixth inning to even the score. UT could not plate the go-ahead run, however, with Kent State (5-10, 2-0 MAC) winning the game thanks to a two-out walk-off grand slam.

 "Just when the day looked lost we got up off the deck and had a huge inning to tie the score," said Head Coach Joe Abraham about his team's rally in the second game. "After we couldn't push anything across in the seventh, they led off with a great bunt that proved to be the winning run."

The opener saw the Rockets take a pair of two-run leads in the third and fifth innings. Each time the Golden Flashes answered and took the lead for good with a five-run fifth.

"We had a couple of leads in the first game but Kent State's hitters just kept coming at us," Abraham said. "Their power hitters connected several times and launched four or five balls to deep left field. We have to find a way to hold them down tomorrow."

Senior Dayna Denner led Toledo offensively with four hits on the day, while freshman Lexi Eckman registered a 3-for-4, two-RBI outing in the second game.

GAME ONE
  • Toledo took a 2-0 lead in the third on Leah Munson's run-scoring single to center and Macey Moore's sacrifice fly.
  • The Golden Flashes evened the score on Alexis Taube's two-run homer over the left-field fence.
  • Dayna Denner returned the lead back to the Rockets in the fifth with a two-run blast to left.
  • KSU answered with five runs in the bottom of the frame. Taube added the big blow with a three-run shot to left to give the Golden Flashes a 7-4 advantage.
  • Kent State closed out the scoring with three runs in the sixth.
GAME TWO
  • Kent State took a 3-0 lead in the first on Brenna Brownfield's homer to center.
  • After the Golden Flashes added another in the second, Toledo plated its first run in the third. Anna Dixon doubled to lead off the frame and scored on Munson's sacrifice fly.
  • After falling behind 7-1, the Rockets batted around in the sixth and scored six runs to knot the contest.
  • Toledo drove KSU starter Gabbie Sherman from the game following a Denner double and singles from Aubrey Reed and Riley Mohr.
  • Following two strikeouts, Dixon walked to load the bases. UT then scored a pair of runs on a KSU error and added two more on Lexi Eckman's double down the left-field line.
  • Denner tied the contest at 7-7 with a single to center field.
  • Kent State's Megan Turner ended the hopes of a comeback victory with a walk-off grand slam.
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