Friday, February 17
Atlanta, Ga.
12:30 PM
Purdue Fort Wayne
1-6
6
vs
1
Rhode Island
0-2
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
R
H
E
Purdue Fort Wayne
2
0
2
0
1
0
1
6
5
0
Rhode Island
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
6
2
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Jones, Alanah (1-2)
L: ZAUN (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Manos, Bailey 1
HR: Hollopeter, Grace 2 ; Jones, Alanah 1
RBI: Hollopeter, Grace 4 ; Jones, Alanah 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Manos, Bailey 2 ; Hollopeter, Grace 2 ; Jones, Alanah 1 ; Warne, Taylor 1
SB: Manos, Bailey 1
Batting:
2B: BULINSKY 1
HR: ZINGERMAN 1
RBI: ZINGERMAN 1
Base Running:
RUNS: ZINGERMAN 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
3
R
2
H
2
RBI
4
AB
4
R
2
H
1
RBI
0
AB
3
R
1
H
1
RBI
1
AB
3
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
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/ SoftballOF
/ Softball
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/ SoftballOF
/ Softball
Grace Hollopeter
Mastodon Softball Collects First Win of the Year at Bob Heck Classic
2/17/2023 8:18:00 PM | Softball
ATLANTA - The Purdue Fort Wayne softball team picked up its first win of the season on Friday (Feb. 17), topping Rhode Island 6-1 in the early game before dropping a game at Georgia State in the nightcap 6-5 in the Bob Heck Classic.
GAME 1 - Purdue Fort Wayne 6, Rhode Island 1
The Mastodons had their freshmen play their best game of the young season in the opening game on Friday. Five of the six runs were scored by freshmen and all the pitching was done by a freshman.
Alanah Jones was impressive from the circle for the 'Dons, going all 7.0 innings and recording seven strikeouts. None were more important than in the final inning, which saw Rhode Island load the bases with no outs. Jones showed the poise of a senior, striking out two in a row with just six pitches. She then forced the final batter of the day to fly out to center field to clinch her first win as a collegiate player. She is now 1-2.
On the offensive side, the Mastodons jumped out to an early lead on the back of Grace Hollopeter. The freshman hit a two-run home run to center field in her first at bat of the day, bringing home fellow freshman Bailey Manos. This 2-0 lead held for Purdue Fort Wayne until the third, when Hollopeter hammered another 2-run jack to center. This time she brought home Taylor Warne, who reached on a single.
Rhode Island scored its only run of the contest on a solo home run from Rachel Zingerman. After giving up her first run of the tournament, Jones had a home run of her own two innings later to erase the Rams' run.
Rhode Island fell to 0-2 with the loss. Katie Zaun took her first loss of the year despite recording eight strikeouts.
GAME 2 - Purdue Fort Wayne 5, Georgia State 6
Purdue Fort Wayne went down to the wire with Georgia State, but the Panthers won the game in walk-off fashion.
Trailing 3-1 in the fifth, Jones hit her second home run of the day on the second pitch she saw. This got the bats going for the 'Dons, as Hollopeter did the same an inning later.
The Mastodons went up 5-3 in the seventh inning with a pair of runs. Hollopeter singled up the middle to score Brooke Lickey then Taryn Jenkins singled to right field to bring Warne home.
The home team managed three runs in the bottom of the seventh behind a double, two singles and a walk.
The Mastodons had 10 hits in the game, a season-high.
Alyson Quinlan tossed all 6.2 innings from the circle, turning away four Panthers with strikeouts. She fell to 0-2. Emily Hodentt improved to 2-3 with the win in 0.2 innings of work.
Purdue Fort Wayne moves to 1-7 after splitting the opening day of the Bob Heck Classic. The Mastodons are back in action tomorrow morning (Saturday, Feb. 18) at 10 a.m. against Eastern Kentucky and at 12:30 against Rhode Island.
GAME 1 - Purdue Fort Wayne 6, Rhode Island 1
The Mastodons had their freshmen play their best game of the young season in the opening game on Friday. Five of the six runs were scored by freshmen and all the pitching was done by a freshman.
Alanah Jones was impressive from the circle for the 'Dons, going all 7.0 innings and recording seven strikeouts. None were more important than in the final inning, which saw Rhode Island load the bases with no outs. Jones showed the poise of a senior, striking out two in a row with just six pitches. She then forced the final batter of the day to fly out to center field to clinch her first win as a collegiate player. She is now 1-2.
On the offensive side, the Mastodons jumped out to an early lead on the back of Grace Hollopeter. The freshman hit a two-run home run to center field in her first at bat of the day, bringing home fellow freshman Bailey Manos. This 2-0 lead held for Purdue Fort Wayne until the third, when Hollopeter hammered another 2-run jack to center. This time she brought home Taylor Warne, who reached on a single.
Rhode Island scored its only run of the contest on a solo home run from Rachel Zingerman. After giving up her first run of the tournament, Jones had a home run of her own two innings later to erase the Rams' run.
Rhode Island fell to 0-2 with the loss. Katie Zaun took her first loss of the year despite recording eight strikeouts.
GAME 2 - Purdue Fort Wayne 5, Georgia State 6
Purdue Fort Wayne went down to the wire with Georgia State, but the Panthers won the game in walk-off fashion.
Trailing 3-1 in the fifth, Jones hit her second home run of the day on the second pitch she saw. This got the bats going for the 'Dons, as Hollopeter did the same an inning later.
The Mastodons went up 5-3 in the seventh inning with a pair of runs. Hollopeter singled up the middle to score Brooke Lickey then Taryn Jenkins singled to right field to bring Warne home.
The home team managed three runs in the bottom of the seventh behind a double, two singles and a walk.
The Mastodons had 10 hits in the game, a season-high.
Alyson Quinlan tossed all 6.2 innings from the circle, turning away four Panthers with strikeouts. She fell to 0-2. Emily Hodentt improved to 2-3 with the win in 0.2 innings of work.
Purdue Fort Wayne moves to 1-7 after splitting the opening day of the Bob Heck Classic. The Mastodons are back in action tomorrow morning (Saturday, Feb. 18) at 10 a.m. against Eastern Kentucky and at 12:30 against Rhode Island.
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