QU Softball Splits Home Opener With Wagner With 6-5 Win and 10-7 Loss

Saturday, March 24

Hamden, CT

12:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

9-14

Wagner College

4-11

Wagner

Quinnipiac

QU Softball Splits Home Opener With Wagner With 6-5 Win and 10-7 Loss

3/24/2018 5:52:00 PM | Softball

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By: QU Athletic Communications

HAMDEN, Conn. - Sophomore Rachel Marchuk and junior Erin Larsen each blasted a home run as Quinnipiac split its doubleheader home opener against Wagner, winning 6-5 in game one and falling 10-7 in game two on Saturday, March 24 at the QU Softball Field.

Team Records
Quinnipiac University Bobcats (9-15)
Wagner College Seahawks (5-11)

GAME ONE (QU 6, Wagner 5)

Casey Herzog got the start and earned her eighth win of the season.
Herzog pitched a complete-game, giving up four earned runs, while striking out five batters.
Rachel Marchuk led the way going 2-for-3 from the plate with a homerun and two RBIs.
Brighid Douglas also recorded two hits and drove in a run in the win.
Erin Larsen, Megan Dyson and Emily Czaja drove in a run apiece in the win.
The game was scoreless until the Bobcats struck first in the bottom of the third inning.
Dyson led the inning off with a double to left center and advanced to third after a Czaja sacrifice bunt.
Larsen drove Dyson in off a sac-fly to give Quinnipiac a 1-0 lead.
The Bobcats tacked on three more runs in the next inning after Douglas drove in Keala Cordeiro on a double, then Marchuk launched her first career home run over the left field fence to give Quinnipiac a 4-0 advantage.
After Wagner scored three runs in the top of the sixth, Quinnipiac tacked on two more to make it 6-3.
Wagner added two runs in the top of the seventh but it wasn't enough to get past Quinnipiac.

GAME TWO (Wagner 10, QU 7)

Abbey Long got the start and took the loss in game two.
Kendall Brundrett gave up three earned runs and struck out four in four innings of relief.
Four different Bobcats recorded multiple hits in the loss.
Douglas drove in two runs.
Larsen hit her team-leading fifth home run of the season.
Wagner struck first, scoring a run in the top of the second.
The Bobcats responded and took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the second.
The Seahawks added five runs in the top of the third inning and never looked back.
Larsen started a three-run rally in the third with a solo shot to start the bottom of the frame.
Later in the inning, with runners on second and third base, Douglas singled to drive in a run.
Marchuk followed with an RBI sac-fly to bring the score to 6-5 Wagner.
Wagner added two runs in the sixth and one in the seventh to take a 10-5 lead.
The Bobcats attempted to rally but were only able to plate two runs and fall 10-7.

NEXT UP
Quinnipiac will be back in action on Sunday, March 25, when the Bobcats play host to UMass Lowell for a doubleheader at the QU Softball Field beginning at noon.