Saturday, March 28
Toledo, Ohio
1:00 p.m.
University of Toledo
10-20, 6-2
8
vs
5
Ball State
12-15, 1-7
1st innning1
2nd innning2
3rd innning3
4th innning4
5th innning5
6th innning6
7th innning7
RunsR
HitsH
ErrorsE
Ball St.
2
1
0
2
0
0
0
5
11
1
Toledo
2
2
0
4
0
0
X
8
11
0
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Yackee, Mady (3-6)
L: Grace Gray (2-4)
Batting:
2B: Maia Pietrzak 1 ; Ella Whitney 1 ; Lindsey DeRoeck 1 ; Paige Kelley 1
3B: Skylinn Pogue 1
RBI: Skylinn Pogue 1 ; Ella Whitney 3 ; Lindsey DeRoeck 1
SF: Lindsey DeRoeck 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Maia Pietrzak 2 ; Skylinn Pogue 1 ; Paige Kelley 2
HBP: Skylinn Pogue 1 ; Ashlee Lovett 1
Batting:
2B: Bolding, Samantha 1 ; Miller, Audrey 1 ; Gober, Jenna 1
HR: Bolding, Samantha 2 ; Pudlowski, Payton 1
RBI: Bolding, Samantha 5 ; Miller, Audrey 1 ; Pudlowski, Payton 2
SH: Enriquez, Eli 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Enriquez, Eli 2 ; Bolding, Samantha 3 ; Sjoholm, Reis 1 ; Pudlowski, Payton 1 ; Golightly, Ava 1
HBP: Maloney, Eliza 1
Game Leaders
AB
4
R
3
H
3
RBI
5
AB
3
R
2
H
2
RBI
0
AB
4
R
0
H
2
RBI
0
AB
4
R
0
H
1
RBI
1
Players Mentioned
IF
/ Softball
UT
/ Softball
SS
/ Softball
P
/ Softball
P
/ Softball
OF
/ Softball
SS
/ Softball
P
/ Softball
Samantha Bolding (55) hit three home runs on Saturday, moving into third-place in program history with 23 long balls in her career.
Photo by: Ellen Holton
Toledo Defeats Ball State to Tally Third-Straight MAC Series Win
3/28/2026 9:02:00 PM | Softball
Samantha Bolding cracks three homers as Rockets gain a split vs. Cardinals
TOLEDO, Ohio – Sophomore Samantha Bolding hit three home runs to help the Toledo softball team earn its third-straight Mid-American Conference series win by splitting a doubleheader vs. Ball State at Scott Park on Saturday. This is the first time since 2024 that the Rockets have won three-consecutive league series.
Toledo rolled to an 8-6 win in game one thanks to a pair of two-run homers by Bolding in the first and second innings. Bolding, who also homered in game two, now has 10 home runs this season, a league-high mark, and 23 career round-trippers, tied for third in Toledo history with Kaitlyn Bergman (2014-19). She now has two multi-home run games this season and five in her career. Bolding recorded a career-high five RBIs in game one and crossed home three times.
Eli Enriquez added in a multi-hit outing in the first game and scored two runs. Sophomore Payton Pudlowski chipped in her first collegiate homer, blasting a two-run shot to center field in the bottom of the fourth to round out a four-run inning to help UT earn the win.
Junior Mady Yackee (3-6) picked up the victory in relief, tossing 6.0 innings and allowing just three runs and striking out a season-best four batters.
The Rockets fell 6-2 in game two. Payton Abiley led the offense with two hits and an RBI while Bolding blasted a solo homer. Freshman Lexi Johnson (1-3) picked up the loss, throwing 2.1 innings and giving five runs on six hits.Â
Up Next
Toledo will head to Akron, Ohio for a three-game series on Friday-Saturday, April 3-4.Â
Hitting Highlights
includes both games
Game 1
Toledo rolled to an 8-6 win in game one thanks to a pair of two-run homers by Bolding in the first and second innings. Bolding, who also homered in game two, now has 10 home runs this season, a league-high mark, and 23 career round-trippers, tied for third in Toledo history with Kaitlyn Bergman (2014-19). She now has two multi-home run games this season and five in her career. Bolding recorded a career-high five RBIs in game one and crossed home three times.
Eli Enriquez added in a multi-hit outing in the first game and scored two runs. Sophomore Payton Pudlowski chipped in her first collegiate homer, blasting a two-run shot to center field in the bottom of the fourth to round out a four-run inning to help UT earn the win.
Junior Mady Yackee (3-6) picked up the victory in relief, tossing 6.0 innings and allowing just three runs and striking out a season-best four batters.
The Rockets fell 6-2 in game two. Payton Abiley led the offense with two hits and an RBI while Bolding blasted a solo homer. Freshman Lexi Johnson (1-3) picked up the loss, throwing 2.1 innings and giving five runs on six hits.Â
Up Next
Toledo will head to Akron, Ohio for a three-game series on Friday-Saturday, April 3-4.Â
Hitting Highlights
includes both games
- Samantha Bolding – 4-for-7, 3 HR (10), 2B, 6 RBI, 2B, 4 R
- Fifth multi-HR game of career; 11th multi-hit game of the season; career-high 5 RBIs in game one
- Eli Enriquez – 3-for-7, 2 R
- 15th multi-hit game of the season (game 1)
- Katie McDonald (Game 1) – 1.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER
- Mady Yackee (Game 1 – W, 3-6) – 6.0 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 K
- Lexi Johnson (Game 2 – L, 1-3) – 2.1 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 1 K
- Katie McDonald (Game 2) – 3.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 K
- Mady Yackee (Game 2) – 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB
Game 1
- Ball State struck first, plating two runs in the top of the first, 2-0.
- UT responded in the bottom of the frame as Samantha Bolding blasted a two-run homer to left field to tie the game, 2-2.
- The Cardinals regained the lead in the top of the second with an RBI double, 3-2.
- Bolding blasted her second homer of the day to put the Rockets back in front, 4-2.
- An RBI single from Ball State put them ahead by one, 5-4, before Toledo scored four runs in the fourth thanks to doubles from Bolding and Audrey Miller and a two-run homer from Payton Pudlowski, 8-5.
- Ball State opened up the scoring with a grand slam in the top of the second, 4-0.
- Payton Abiley put UT on the board with an RBI single, 4-1.
- The Cardinals extended their advantage, 5-1, with a double in the third.
- Bolding crushed her third home run of the day with a solo shot in the sixth, cut the lead to 5-2.
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