Softball Showcases Offense in Sweep at URI – George Washington University Athletics

KINGSTON, R.I. – GW softball saved its street Atlantic 10 report good with a doubleheader sweep at Rhode Island on Saturday, exploding for 23 runs on the day.

The Buff & Blue rolled to an 8-2 win within the opener earlier than triumphing in a 15-10 slugfest within the second sport.

Alexa Williams was the offensive catalyst within the first sport, ending 3-for-4 with 5 RBIs, highlighted by a sixth-inning grand slam that buried the Rams, and Mia Parker shined within the second sport together with her first profession four-hit efficiency, together with a two-run homer within the sixth that put the guests forward for good.

GW 8, Rhode Island 2: After trailing 2-1 early within the opener, the Buff and Blue scored the sport’s ultimate seven runs to assert a snug victory.

Sierra Lange tied the sport at 2 within the prime of the third together with her third lengthy ball of the season after which scored the go-ahead run within the fifth on a double from Williams.

GW was capable of finding separation within the sixth. Maddie Spell drove in a run with an RBI single, and later, Williams cracked her second grand slam of the season over the left-field fence to set the ultimate margin.

Lange went the space within the circle, holding URI scoreless over the ultimate 5 innings. GW’s ace improved to 19-7 with an outing during which she yielded two runs on seven hits with 5 strikeouts.

Williams equaled her profession excessive with the 5 RBIs, and Lange matched a profession finest with three runs scored within the victory.

Maggie Greco had a pair of hits, together with an RBI double, and Spell and Parker each reached twice as properly.

GW 15, Rhode Island 10: The Buff and Blue accomplished the doubleheader sweep by rolling up 15 runs on 16 hits to drag away from the Rams.

GW wasted no time scoring 9 runs over the primary two innings. Parker, Hannah Eslick and Maddy Dwyer had RBI hits within the second earlier than Taylor Puig got here by way of with the most important hit of her younger profession with a bases-loaded triple that pushed the result in 9-1.

URI saved charging, although, and managed to tie it at 9 with a four-run rally within the backside of the fifth. The guests hit proper again with a six-spot within the prime of the sixth. Parker’s two-run homer following a double by Alessandra Ponce put the Buff and Blue forward, and Greco and Lange each added two-run singles later within the body to pad the lead.

Parker equaled a program report shared by many together with her 4-for-5 effort on the plate. The senior from Los Angeles drove in three runs and scored thrice.

GW totaled seven extra-base hits in all, together with a pair of doubles from Eslick. Eight completely different Colonials recorded hits within the victory with Lange, Eslick, Dwyer, Greco and Ponce notching two apiece.

Dwyer pitched the primary 5 innings to select up her sixth win of the spring earlier than Lange closed out the victory by dealing with the ultimate two frames.

UP NEXT: GW closes out the sequence vs. the Rams on Sunday with a midday first pitch.