University of Toledo
13-25, 6-11
Buffalo
11-27, 6-11
Toledo Drops Pair at Buffalo
4/19/2025 7:41:00 PM | Softball
Rockets plate 14 runs in game one behind five home runs
In game one, Toledo (13-26, 6-12 MAC) recorded five home runs, the ninth game this season with multiple homers. Senior outfielder Kendra VanderLugt hit a pair of homers and junior shortstop Grace O'Malley blasted her first career long ball. The Rockets also tallied 12 hits, the 15th game this season they have had double-figure hits and their fifth game with 10-plus runs.
Maris Barbato and Sidney Griffith added RBIs in game two. Sophomore left-handed pitcher Mady Yackee threw three scoreless frames to go along with four strikeouts, tying her season best mark for punchouts.
Hitting Highlights
Includes both games
- Eli Enriquez – 4-for-9, 3 R, 1 RBI, 1 SB
- Maris Barbato – 3-for-7, 1 R, 2 RBI, 2B
- Madison McKay – 2-for-7, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2B, HR (3)
- Kendra VanderLugt – 2-for-7, 2 R, 4 RBI, 2 HR (8), 1 BB
- Third game with multi home runs this season
Includes both games
- Mady Yackee (Game 2) – 3.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K
- Tied season-high in strikeouts
Game 1
- Kendra VanderLugt blasted a solo homer to put Toledo ahead early, 1-0.
- Buffalo responded by scoring 11 runs in the bottom of the first.
- The Rockets plated seven runs in the third inning thanks to homers from VanderLugt and Jenna Bloomfield. Maris Barbato and Madison McKay added RBIs to get Toledo within five, 13-8.
- The Bulls extended their lead with three runs in the bottom of the frame, 16-8.
- RBIs from Eli Enriquez and Audrey Miller got the Rockets within four during the fifth inning, 16-11.
- McKay and Grace O'Malley knocked home runs to left in the top of the sixth to keep Toledo within three, 17-14.
- Buffalo scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth to extend their lead, 21-14. The Rockets were unable to send anyone home in the seventh.
- Buffalo scored four runs in the first to take an early lead, 4-0.
- An RBI double from Sidney Griffith put Toledo on the board, 4-1.
- The Bulls plated three runs in the fourth to extend the advantage, 8-1.
- Barbato knocked an RBI single up the middle in the sixth, 8-2. The Rockets were unable to plate any more runs.
Up Next
Toledo will conclude the series with Buffalo with a single game on Sunday. First pitch is set for 12:00 p.m.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Calloway, Marissa (1-1)
L: Knight, Sophia (7-11)
Batting:
2B: Barbato, Maris 1 ; McKay, Madison 1
HR: VanderLugt, Kendra 2 ; McKay, Madison 1 ; Bloomfield, Jenna 1 ; O'Malley, Grace 1
RBI: Enriquez, Eli 1 ; Griffith, Sidney 1 ; VanderLugt, Kendra 4 ; Miller, Audrey 1 ; Barbato, Maris 1 ; McKay, Madison 3 ; Bloomfield, Jenna 2 ; O'Malley, Grace 1
SH: Shepherd, Alexis 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Enriquez, Eli 2 ; Griffith, Sidney 1 ; VanderLugt, Kendra 2 ; Bolding, Samantha 1 ; Barbato, Maris 1 ; Roh, Maggie 1 ; McKay, Madison 2 ; Sjoholm, Reis 1 ; Bloomfield, Jenna 1 ; Thomas, Jayleigh 1 ; O'Malley, Grace 1
SB: Enriquez, Eli 1
Batting:
2B: Gorman, Emily 1 ; Hopf, Ardyn 1 ; Thelen, Ava 1
3B: Nagel, Abbey 1
HR: Nagel, Abbey 2 ; Lauck, Lily 1
RBI: Gorman, Emily 2 ; Zipp, Miranda 1 ; Nagel, Abbey 7 ; Lauck, Lily 3 ; Smithson, Isabella 2 ; Wasielewski, Alyssa 2 ; Thelen, Ava 2 ; Terwilliger, Reagan 1
SH: Hopf, Ardyn 1
SF: Zipp, Miranda 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Gorman, Emily 3 ; Nagel, Abbey 3 ; Lauck, Lily 2 ; Smithson, Isabella 1 ; Wasielewski, Alyssa 1 ; Van Heyst, Avelyn 2 ; Hopf, Ardyn 2 ; Thelen, Ava 2 ; Terwilliger, Reagan 5
SB: Nagel, Abbey 1 ; Terwilliger, Reagan 2
