BRONX, N.Y. – Behind a complete-game victory from
Taylor Trowbridge, sixth seed Saint Joseph's advanced to the second day of the Atlantic 10 Championship. After falling to third seed Loyola Chicago, 7-1, in their opening game, the Hawks bounced back behind Trowbridge to down fourth seed Fordham, 4-1, in the elimination portion of the conference postseason on Wednesday at Bahoshy Field.
With the victory, the Hawks advance in the elimination bracket and will face the lowest-seeded losing team from Thursday's opening two games at 3 p.m.
How It Happened - Game Two
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Meghan Sinkus singled home
Haley McMenamin to give the Hawks a 1-0 lead in the top of the second.
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Shelby LaMont followed with a sacrifice fly that scored
Sierra Fretz to make it 2-0.
• Sinkus came around to score on a single by
Gianna Muhaw to extend the advantage to 3-0.
• Fordham's Eva Koratsis connected on a solo home run in the bottom of the second to make it 3-1.
• Muhaw added an insurance run in the top of the sixth as Fretz scored from third on a fielder's choice.
• Trowbridge gave up a lead-off single to start the bottom of the sixth, but retired the next six Rams in order to close out the win.
Inside The Boxscore - Game Two
• Trowbridge improved to 9-10 on the season as she allowed one run on four hits, and struck out two.
• Fretz was 2-for-2 with a walk and two runs scored.
• Muhaw was 1-for-3 with two RBI.
• LaMont went 2-for-2 with a RBI.
• Sinkus was 1-for-2 with a RBI and run scored.
How It Happened - Game One
• Saint Joseph's took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first as
Sarah Cancila scored from second on an errant throw by the Ramblers' catcher.
• Loyola Chicago tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the first as Ava Bieneman scored from third on a wild pitch.
• Sydney Barnett connected on a three-run home run to make it 4-1 in favor of the Ramblers.
• A sacrifice bunt by Jocelyn Currie scored Haley Wallace to extend Loyola Chicago's lead to 5-1 later in the first.
• Sierra Sass gave the Ramblers a 6-1 lead with a bunt single that scored Riley Owens.
• A RBI single by Bieneman capped a seven-run first for Loyola Chicago to make it 7-1.
Inside The Boxscore - Game One
• Cancila went 1-for-3 with a run scored.
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Riley York and
Kayla Tauber accounted for the Hawks' other two hits.
• Saint Joseph's starter
Emily Siler moved to 9-11 on the season as she allowed four earned runs on seven hits over 2.0 innings, while striking out one.
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Jules Scogna tossed 4.0 innings of scoreless relief, allowing just three hits and striking out one.
