
Bobcats Drop Home Opener to Iona
4/6/2024 6:06:00 PM | Softball
HAMDEN, Conn. – The Quinnipiac Softball team fell in both games of its home-opener against Iona on Saturday, April 6.
QU got the lone run in game one in the seventh inning on a Natalia Apatiga ground out. QU rallied back in the second game from a 5-0 deficit to take the lead yet couldn't hold on in the end.
SCORES
Quinnipiac 1, Iona 7
Quinnipiac 6, Iona 7
RECORDS
Quinnipiac (9-13, 0-5 MAAC) | Iona (10-16, 7-1 MAAC)
LOCATION
Hamden, Conn. | QU Softball Field
SCORING SUMMARY
Game One
First Inning
First Inning
Game One
The Bobcats will face Iona again tomorrow in game three of the series. First pitch is scheduled for noon at QU Softball Field in Hamden, Conn.
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QU got the lone run in game one in the seventh inning on a Natalia Apatiga ground out. QU rallied back in the second game from a 5-0 deficit to take the lead yet couldn't hold on in the end.
SCORES
Quinnipiac 1, Iona 7
Quinnipiac 6, Iona 7
RECORDS
Quinnipiac (9-13, 0-5 MAAC) | Iona (10-16, 7-1 MAAC)
LOCATION
Hamden, Conn. | QU Softball Field
SCORING SUMMARY
Game One
First Inning
- Flukey walked with the bases loaded, scoring one runner. (QU 0, IU 1)
- Haywood scored on a passed ball. (QU 0, IU 2)
- Sheeran homered, scoring a runner. (QU 0, IU 4)
- Capuano singled to right field, scoring a runner. (QU 0, IU 5)
- Lichtner flied out to center field, scoring two runners. (QU 0, IU 7)
- Natalia Apatiga grounded out to shortstop, scoring Brooke Hilliard. (QU 1, IU 7)
First Inning
- Sheeran singled through the left side, scoring one runner. (QU 0, IU 1)
- Capuano singled, scoring one runner. (QU 0, IU 2)
- Haywood flied out to right field, scoring one runner. (QU 0, IU 3)
- Acker singled to left field, scoring two runners. (QU 0, IU 5)
- Amanda Engel singled to right center, scoring Brooke Hilliard. (QU 1, IU 5)
- Hannah Davis scored on a throw. (QU 2, IU 5)
- Kennedy Demott doubled, scoring Natalia Apatiga. (QU 3, IU 5)
- Ally Hochstadter singled through the right side, scoring Hannah Davis. (QU 4, IU 5)
- Ally Hochstadter and Amanda Engel scored on an error by the catcher. (QU 6, IU 5)
- Sheeran doubled to center field, scoring two runners. (QU 6, IU 7)
Game One
- Natalia Apatiga had the only RBI for the Bobcats.
- Brooke Hilliard had a hit and a run.
- Mary Fogg, Kennedy Demott, Julia Woeste, Sydney Rosenkranz, and Hannah Davis each had a hit.
- Rosenkranz tallied her first collegiate hit.
- Natalia Apatiga had two hits.
- Kennedy Demott, Amanda Engel, and Ally Hochstadter each had an RBI.
- Kennedy Demott had the only extra base hit for the Bobcats.
The Bobcats will face Iona again tomorrow in game three of the series. First pitch is scheduled for noon at QU Softball Field in Hamden, Conn.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Rieb, Samantha (7-5)
L: Horan, Sydney (2-9)
Batting:
2B: Haywood, Kayla 1
HR: Sheeran, Jamie 1
RBI: Capuano, Emma 1 ; Sheeran, Jamie 2 ; Flukey, Kaylin 1 ; Lichtner, Alivia 1
SF: Lichtner, Alivia 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Capuano, Emma 1 ; Haywood, Kayla 1 ; Acker, Brooke 2 ; Sheeran, Jamie 1 ; Guerrero, Hailey 1 ; Campeau, Madison 1
SB: Campeau, Madison 1

Batting:
RBI: Apatiga, Natalia 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hilliard, Brooke 1
HBP: Engel, Amanda 1
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