University of Toledo
14-17, 0
Akron
15-17, 0
Rockets Drop Doubleheader to Akron
3/29/2025 9:36:00 PM | Softball
Kendra VanderLugt goes 4-for-4 and homers twice in game one
The Rockets tallied 12 hits in game one but it wasn't enough. It was the 11th time that UT has registered 10 or more hits this season. Senior Kendra VanderLugt went 4-for-4 at the plate and blasted two homers for her second multi-homer game of the year.
Freshmen Audrey Miller and Samantha Bolding also blasted home runs in game one, bringing their season totals to a team-best seven dingers. In game two, Miller and Bolding collected RBI singles to account for the Rockets' scoring.
Hitting Highlights
Includes both games
- Kendra VanderLugt – 5-for-8, 2 HR (5), 2 2B, 3 RBI, 4 R
- Second career multi-home run game
- Audrey Miller – 4-for-7, HR (7), 2 RBI, R
- Samantha Bolding – 3-for-7, HR (7), 2B, 2 RBI, R
- Kylee Graham (L, 4-8 – Game 1) – 0.0 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB
- Sophia Knight (Game 1) – 7.0 IP, 10 H, 8 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 8 K
- Season-high in strikeouts
- Kylee Graham (Game 2) – 2.1 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 2 ER, 1 K
- Sophia Knight (L, 4-9 – Game 2) – 4.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 5 BB, 1 K
Game 1
- Akron scored four runs in the first inning with a home run and a groundout, 4-0. Toledo cut the lead to 4-1 with a solo homer from Kendra VanderLugt in the bottom of the frame.
- VanderLugt and Audrey Miller blasted back-to-back home runs in the third to bring the Rockets within two, 5-3.
- A two-run single from McKay put Toledo within one, 6-5, but the Zips added runs in the sixth and seventh to get extend the lead, 12-5.
- Samantha Bolding knocked out a solo shot to center for the final scoring of the game.
- Akron got on the board first, 2-0, with a double. Toledo evened the contest in the bottom of the frame with RBI singles from Miller and Bolding.
- The Rockets were held scoreless the rest of the game while the Zips added four insurance runs in the third to take the series win.
Toledo will head to Miami for a doubleheader on Tuesday, April 1. First pitch is set for 1:00 p.m.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Macy Walters (4-7)
L: Graham, Kylee (4-8)
Batting:
2B: Andrea Day 1 ; Alexis Campbell 1 ; Lily Sullivan 1
HR: Sophia Wygast 1
RBI: Sophia Wygast 4 ; Katie Cantrell 1 ; Alexis Campbell 1 ; Lily Sullivan 1 ; Abigail Scheller 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Meagan Lee 3 ; Sydney Selker 1 ; Sophia Wygast 1 ; Katie Cantrell 1 ; Andrea Day 1 ; Haley Glass 1 ; Autumn Bailey 1 ; Sydni Hoobler 1 ; Delaney Jenkinson 1 ; Brooke Sivek 1
SB: Meagan Lee 1 ; Sydni Hoobler 1
Batting:
2B: VanderLugt, Kendra 1 ; Bolding, Samantha 1
HR: VanderLugt, Kendra 2 ; Miller, Audrey 1 ; Bolding, Samantha 1
RBI: VanderLugt, Kendra 2 ; Miller, Audrey 1 ; Bolding, Samantha 1 ; McKay, Madison 2
Base Running:
RUNS: VanderLugt, Kendra 4 ; Miller, Audrey 1 ; Sjoholm, Reis 1 ; Bolding, Samantha 1
SB: Enriquez, Eli 1
