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March 9, 2017
SEATTLE, Wash. ââ'¬" Following a weather delay, the Penn State softball team fell 9-1 to the No. 8 Washington Huskies Thursday, March 9 in a single game in Seattle.
Sophomore Toni Polk (Niagara Falls, N.Y.) led the NIttany Lions (8-12) at the plate, going 2-for-2, while Kristina Brackpool (Valencia, Calif.), Tori Dubois (Mt. Vernon, N.H.) and Jessica Haug (Jamison, Pa.) all tallied one hit apiece.
Junior Jessica Cummings (Owings, Md.) suffered the loss in the circle throwing two complete innings before Madison Seifert (Wildwood, Mo.) came on in relief to pitch the final 2.1 innings with three strikeouts.
Morganne Flores led the Huskies with two hits and two RBI, while Sis Bates also notched two hits and scored one run for Washington.
With two outs recorded in the bottom of the first inning, Casey Stangel ripped a solo home run over the left center field wall to give the Huskies a 1-0 lead over the Blue and White. Penn State responded in the top of the second inning when Dubois earned a leadoff walk and came around to score on a Washington throwing error to knot the score at 1-1.
Washngton put runners on first and third before back-to-back hits to left and center field brought in two runs and allowed the Huskies to take the lead for the second time, 3-1, after two complete innings.
Following a 25-minute rain delay, Washington used back-to-back singles and a deep ball to short to bring in its fourth run of the game. A single up the middle brought in two more runs for Washington to give it the 6-1 lead heading into the fourth inning.
The Nittany Lions threatened in the top of the fourth inning using three singles through the infield to load the bases with one out but a double play closed out the inning before Penn State could push a run across the plate.
Washington continued to press in the bottom of the fourth inning with a double to right field and a two-out single up the middle to take the comfortable 7-1 lead over Penn State.
The Huskies loaded the bases in the bottom of the fifth inning and used a double off the center field wall to earn the 9-1 five-inning victory over the Blue and White.
Up Next:
The Nittany Lions open up play in the Husky Classic Friday, March 10 with a 2:15 p.m. ET game against South Dakota. Penn State will close out its spring break trip against No. 8 Washington at 9 p.m. ET