Toledo Falls to Eastern Illinois and FIU on Second Day of FIU Classic

Saturday, March 1

Miami, Fla.

9:00 a.m.

University of Toledo

5-6

Eastern Illinois

7-11

Toledo

Eastern Illinois

Jenna Bloomfield hit a pinch-hit two-run home run on Saturday.

Toledo Falls to Eastern Illinois and FIU on Second Day of FIU Classic

3/1/2025 6:30:00 PM | Softball

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Rockets tally their fourth game of the season with double-figure hits against FIU

MIAMI, Fla. – The Toledo softball team dropped a pair of games to Eastern Illinois and Florida International on Saturday at the FIU Classic in Miami, Fla.

In the opener vs. EIU, the Panthers broke a 1-1 tie with a run in the third and then added seven more runs in the next three innings to win by run-rule 9-1 in six innings. Samantha Bolding went 3-for-3 for the Rockets.

Against FIU, Toledo held a 3-1 lead going into the bottom of the fifth but the Panthers scored three runs to take a 4-3 lead. After, Toledo answered with three runs in the top of the sixth, sparked by a pinch-hit two-run home run by sophomore Jenna Bloomfield. But FIU scored six runs in its half of the inning to take a 10-6 lead that ended up being the final score. The Rockets banged out 12 hits in the contest, with four players recording multi-hit games.

PITCHING LINES
vs. Eastern Illinois

Kylee Graham (2-4) – 3.1 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 2 K
Reese Poston – 1.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 4 BB, 1 K
Sophia Knight – 0.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER

vs. FIU

Sophia Knight – 4.2 IP, 10 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB
Mady Yackee (0-2) – 1.1 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 1 BB

HITTING HEROES

Samantha Bolding – 3-for-3 with an RBI and a double vs. Eastern Illinois
Sidney Griffith – 2-for-3 with one run scored vs. Eastern Illinois
Maris Barbato – 2-for-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2B vs. FIU
Jenna Bloomfield – 1-1, 1 HR, 2 RBI vs. FIU

ROCKET NOTES

Toledo had 12 hits against FIU, their eighth game of the season with seven or more hits and fourth with double-figure hits.
Freshman outfielder Reis Sjoholm has tallied hits in three-straight games.
Sidney Griffith has hits in seven of the last eight games.

UP NEXT
Toledo will wrap up the FIU Classic on Sunday when the Rockets and FIU meet at 2:00 p.m. in Miami, Fla.

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