ATLANTA, Ga. – Saint Joseph's Taylor Marinelli went 2-for-4 with three RBI as the Hawks capped play at the Buzz Classic on Sunday morning with a 7-5 loss to Villanova.

How It Happened
• Saint Joseph's took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first as Kayla Tauber scored on a RBI double by Madison Fife.
• Jordan Hinkle scored on a RBI ground out by Marinelli to make it 2-0 later in the inning.
• Fife came around to score the third run of the inning on a RBI single by Kaelin Cash.
• The Wildcats struck for three runs in the bottom of the first to tie the contest at 3-3.
• Villanova jumped ahead 5-3 in the bottom of the second on a two-run double by Ally Jones.
• The Hawks answered back in the top of the fourth as a two-run double by Marinelli plated Hinkle and Tauber to tie the game at 5-5.
• Villanova's Victoria Sebastian connected on a two-run triple in the bottom of the fifth to provide the decisive runs in the 7-5 matchup.

Inside The Boxscore
• Tauber was 1-for-3 with two runs scored.
• Hinkle went 1-for-4 with two runs scored.
• Fife was 1-for-2 with a RBI and run scored.
• Cash went 1-for-4 with a RBI.
• Carly Rybinski went 2-for-4.
• Making her first collegiate start in the circle, Karlee Smith allowed four runs over 1.1 innings.
• Amanda Herr tossed 4.2 innings in relief, allowing three earned runs, while striking out three.

Up Next
The Hawks (0-5) return to action next weekend, February 19-20, at UMBC's Retriever Round Robin.

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