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Lily Beyer batting
Jeff Erickson
Lily Beyer hit her first collegiate triple to help Toledo end the weekend with a 7-6 win over Kennesaw State on Sunday afternoon in Orlando, Fla.
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Kennesaw State KSU 8-15
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Winner Toledo TOLEDO23 7-11
Kennesaw State KSU
8-15
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Final
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Toledo TOLEDO23
7-11
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Kennesaw State KSU 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 6 8 3
Toledo TOLEDO23 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 7 4 2

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

Game Recap: Softball |

Rockets Fly Past the Owls, 7-6

Toledo ends the UCF Invitational with a win over Kennesaw State

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Toledo softball team ended its spring break trip with a 7-6 win over Kennesaw State on Sunday afternoon in Orlando, Fla. The Rockets went 3-2 in their final weekend of non-conference play.

Senior Erin Hunt went the distance against KSU, striking out 10 batters for her fifth win of the season. Junior Jenna Kroll and senior Lily Beyer each knocked in a pair of runs, while junior Lauren Erickson hit a solo homer, her third of the season.

Toledo held a 4-1 lead going into the top of sixth inning when Kennesaw tied it up with three runs. Toledo regained the lead, 7-4, when Beyer hit a two-run triple, then scored on a ground out. The Owls scored two unearned runs with two outs in the top of the seventh but Hunt sealed the victory with a strikeout.

"I am proud of the way we competed this weekend," head coach Jessica Bracamonte said. "Our offense is finding their rhythm and giving our pitchers room to make some mistakes in the circle and still find ways to win. Sophia did a great job setting the tone for the weekend in game one with the win against Penn. The team used that momentum  to come together for a strong weekend overall. Our goal is always to learn and build so we are looking forward to taking what we've learned to work on this week at practice and building on our strength heading into conference next weekend."

Toledo (7-11) will open Mid-American Conference play in its home opener vs. Bowling Green on Friday, March 17 at 3:00 p.m.

Toledo 7, Kennesaw State 6
  • Lauren Erickson hit one out of the park in the bottom of the second to give Toledo a 1-0 lead.
  • Kennesaw State tied the game at 1-1 in the top of the third on an RBI single.
  • The Rockets took back the lead in the bottom of the third when Sidney Griffith scored off a fielding error and Jenna Kroll hit a two-run double to make it 4-1.
  • The Owls tied the game at 4-4 in the sixth with the help of an RBI double and a two-run single.
  • The Rockets took back the lead in the bottom of the sixth, 7-4, on a two-run triple by Lily Beyer, who then came around to score on a fielder's choice.
  • KSU added two unearned runs with two outs in the seventh to make it 7-6 , but Erin Hunt retired the final batter on strikes to end the game.  
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