Rockets Close Road Series with 17-6 Win over Huskies

Saturday, April 30

DeKalb, ILL.

Noon (CT)

University of Toledo

12-35, 5-19

Northern Illinois

15-25, 8-15

Toledo Rockets

Northern Illinois

Sophomore Molly Ryan (#36) hit a three-run homer in Toledo’s win over NIU on Saturday.

Photo by: Jeff Erickson

Rockets Close Road Series with 17-6 Win over Huskies

4/30/2022 7:00:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

DeKALB, Ill. – The Toledo softball team exploded at the plate in the fifth and sixth innings to close out its weekend with a 17-6 (6 inn.) victory at Northern Illinois Saturday afternoon at Mary M. Bell Field.

Senior Anna Dixon led the Rockets at the plate by going 3-for-4 with two RBIs. Senior Dayna Denner went 2-for-3 with four RBIs, one double and one home run. Denner hit a home run in all three games vs. the Huskies to bring her total to 10 on the season. Sophomore Lauren Erickson went 2-for-2 with four RBIs.

Freshman Ellie Price picked up her second win of the season, allowing five runs on nine hits through 5.2 innings of work.

Toledo (12-35, 5-19 MAC) will be back in Scott Park for its final series of the season when it hosts Ohio (20-21, 14-8 MAC) on Tuesday-Wednesday, May 2-3.

How it Happened

Toledo opened the scoring in the third with an RBI double from senior Dayna Denner and a two-run double from sophomore Lauren Erickson.
Northern Illinois cut the deficit to 3-2 in its at-bat on an RBI single and a fielder's choice.
The Rockets extended their lead to 5-2 in the fourth on a bases-loaded walk to Erickson and and an RBI single by senior Aubrey Reed.
The Huskies scored once in the fourth on a wild pitch.
UT loaded the bases with nobody out in the fifth and scored three runs on walks. Junior Riley Mohr's two-run double ended the inning's scoring and gave Toledo an 11-3 advantage.
Denner's two-run bomb and sophomore Molly Ryan's three-run shot highlighted a six-run sixth that put Toledo ahead 17-4.
NIU's Katie Keller hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the frame, but the final three batters went down on two popouts and a strikeout.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Price, Ellie (2-5)

L: NORRED (4-10)

Toledo Rockets

Batting:

2B: Denner, Dayna 1 ; Erickson, Lauren 2 ; Mohr, Riley 1 ; Griffith, Sidney 1 ; Marra, Aleah 1

HR: Denner, Dayna 1 ; Ryan, Molly 1

RBI: Dixon, Anna 2 ; Denner, Dayna 4 ; Erickson, Lauren 4 ; Reed, Aubrey 1 ; Mohr, Riley 2 ; Ryan, Molly 3 ; VanderLugt, Kendra 1

SH: Eckman, Lexi 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Dixon, Anna 3 ; Denner, Dayna 3 ; Erickson, Lauren 1 ; Reed, Aubrey 1 ; Griffith, Sidney 1 ; Ryan, Molly 1 ; Beyer, Lily 1 ; Marra, Aleah 2 ; Mikulski, Madison 1 ; Eckman, Lexi 3