Comeback 11-9 Win Over Maine Gives QU Softball Split on Opening Day of USF Showcase

Friday, March 9

Clearwater, Fla.

2:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

1-8

Southern Illinois University

11-8

Quinnipiac

Southern Illinois

Comeback 11-9 Win Over Maine Gives QU Softball Split on Opening Day of USF Showcase

3/9/2018 8:20:00 PM | Softball

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By: QU Athletic Communications

CLEARWATER, Florida - The Quinnipiac softball team rallied back from an 8-0 deficit after two innings to capture a wild 11-9 win over Maine and earn a split on the opening day of the Under Armour Showcase at the University of South Florida on Friday. Erin Lasren (pictured) had the tying home run in the sixth and tacked on another RBI in the seventh to cap off the scoring. The Bobcats dropped their first game 1-0 in nine innings to Southern Illinois, despite a stellar effort from senior pitcher Casey Herzog, who went the distance allowing only one run from a runner placed on second due to the international tiebreaker rule.

GAME ONE NOTES (SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 1, QUINNIPIAC 0 - 9 INNINGS)

Casey Herzog got the start and suffered the loss, despite shutting out the Salukis through eight innings.
Herzog went 8.1 innings, gave up no earned runs and struck out five in the outing.
The Bobcats recorded three hits, coming off the bats of Keilani Finley, Erin Larsen and Miranda Magana.
Magana led the game off with a single but was unable to be driven in.
The Bobcats threatened to score in the sixth inning as Rachel Marchuk started the inning off reaching first on an error. Finley and Larsen drilled back-to-back singles to load the bases with one out, but Southern Illinois got out of the jam with a strikeout, followed by a fly out.
Southern Illinois won the game in the ninth after sacrificing the runner placed on second to third after a sacrifice bunt, and following with an RBI single.

GAME TWO NOTES (QUINNIPIAC 11, MAINE 9)

Maine jumped out to an 8-0 lead after two innings, but the Bobcats scored three times in the third and four times in the fourth to pull within 8-7.
After the Black Bears extended the lead to 9-7, Finley and Larsen hit back-to-back colo home runs in the top of the sixth to tie the score at 9-9.
Herzog, who came on in relief, struck out the side in the bottom of the sixth to keep the score deadlocked at 9-9
Magana led of the top of the seventh with a walk, and came home on a sacrifice fly from Keala Cordeiro to give the Bobcats their first lead. Larsen tacked on an RBI single to close out the scoring.
Herzog earned the win in relief to finish off a day in which she did not allow an earned run over 10.1 innings of work.
Cordeiro and Larsen each finished with three RBI.

NEXT UP
Quinnipiac is back in action on day two of the USF Under Armour Showcase when it faces Saint Joseph's at 2 p.m. and Bethune-Cookman at 4:15 p.m. on Saturday.