Wednesday, April 10
Cleveland, Ohio
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Purdue Fort Wayne
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Purdue Fort Wayne
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Aglaia Rudd
Photo by: Rachel Von Art
Mastodons Drop Pair of Close Contests at Cleveland State
4/10/2024 4:17:00 PM | Softball
CLEVELAND - Purdue Fort Wayne dropped two games of a Horizon League doubleheader on Wednesday (April 10) at Cleveland State. In both games, the Mastodons pushed the tying run into scoring position in the final frame but were unable to bring the run across.
GAME 1 - Cleveland State 4, Purdue Fort Wayne 3
Aglaia Rudd collected four hits in as many trips to the plate in the 'Dons 4-3 loss to Cleveland State.
Rudd's fourth hit of the game came in the top of the seventh inning with her double driving in two runs and shrinking the CSU lead to just one. Rudd made it to third on the next base hit, but was left stranded at third at the end of the game.
Epiphany Hang also drove in a run in the third inning plating Grace Hollopeter for the first of two times in game one.
The Mastodons finished with a season-high-tying 13 hits.
Torrie Jenkins improved to 3-7 for CSU while Gracie Brinkerhoff fell to 3-11.
GAME 2 - Cleveland State 3, Purdue Fort Wayne 2
Grace Hollopeter went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI, but the 'Dons lost their second game to Cleveland State 3-2.
Hollopeter's single in the third inning scored a run and gave Purdue Fort Wayne a 1-0 lead. Cleveland State plated three runs in their half of the third to wrestle the lead away from the 'Dons.
In the top of the seventh, Hollopeter doubled and moved Brayden Lickey to third. With two on and one out, Rudd's grounder to second scored a run for the 'Dons. Hollopeter represented the tying run on second, but the 'Dons couldn't bring her home as a fly to right ended the game.
Melissa Holzopfel moves to 9-6 on the season while Alanah Jones drops to 3-13.
Rudd finished the series against Cleveland State with a .667 batting average.
Cleveland State is now 12-16 this season and 8-4 in the Horizon League. The Mastodons are 7-27 and 2-10 in the League. The 'Dons will return home to host IUPUI in Fort Wayne on Saturday and Sunday (April 13-14). Saturday's game will be the annual Pink Out game.
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GAME 1 - Cleveland State 4, Purdue Fort Wayne 3
Aglaia Rudd collected four hits in as many trips to the plate in the 'Dons 4-3 loss to Cleveland State.
Rudd's fourth hit of the game came in the top of the seventh inning with her double driving in two runs and shrinking the CSU lead to just one. Rudd made it to third on the next base hit, but was left stranded at third at the end of the game.
Epiphany Hang also drove in a run in the third inning plating Grace Hollopeter for the first of two times in game one.
The Mastodons finished with a season-high-tying 13 hits.
Torrie Jenkins improved to 3-7 for CSU while Gracie Brinkerhoff fell to 3-11.
GAME 2 - Cleveland State 3, Purdue Fort Wayne 2
Grace Hollopeter went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI, but the 'Dons lost their second game to Cleveland State 3-2.
Hollopeter's single in the third inning scored a run and gave Purdue Fort Wayne a 1-0 lead. Cleveland State plated three runs in their half of the third to wrestle the lead away from the 'Dons.
In the top of the seventh, Hollopeter doubled and moved Brayden Lickey to third. With two on and one out, Rudd's grounder to second scored a run for the 'Dons. Hollopeter represented the tying run on second, but the 'Dons couldn't bring her home as a fly to right ended the game.
Melissa Holzopfel moves to 9-6 on the season while Alanah Jones drops to 3-13.
Rudd finished the series against Cleveland State with a .667 batting average.
Cleveland State is now 12-16 this season and 8-4 in the Horizon League. The Mastodons are 7-27 and 2-10 in the League. The 'Dons will return home to host IUPUI in Fort Wayne on Saturday and Sunday (April 13-14). Saturday's game will be the annual Pink Out game.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: T. Jenkins (3-7)
L: Brinkerhoff, Gracie (3-11)
Batting:
2B: Hollopeter, Grace 1 ; Rudd, Aglaia 2
RBI: Rudd, Aglaia 2 ; Hang, Epiphany 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Manos, Bailey 1 ; Hollopeter, Grace 2
SB: Minton, McKenna 1
HBP: Minton, McKenna 1
Batting:
2B: B. Albaugh 1 ; M. Holzopfel 1
RBI: M. Holzopfel 2 ; B. Hurosky 2
SH: J. Deang 1
Base Running:
RUNS: B. Albaugh 2 ; J. Deang 1 ; M. Holzopfel 1
SB: J. Deang 1
Game Leaders
AB
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4
RBI
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4
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2
RBI
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AB
4
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H
2
RBI
0
AB
3
R
0
H
2
RBI
0
Players Mentioned
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