Softball Falls to Fairfield 8-5

Tuesday, May 3

Fairfield, Conn.

3:00 PM

Sacred Heart

13-39

Fairfield University

21-20

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Fairfield	0	0	2	0	1	1	4	8	14	1
Sacred Heart	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	8	3

5/3/2022 5:40:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

Alyssa Gonzalez fired her 12th homer of the season

FAIRFIELD, Conn.- A four-run seven inning by Fairfield led to an 8-5 loss for the Sacred Heart University softball team on Tuesday.

Team Records

Sacred Heart University Pioneers (13-39 overall)
Fairfield Stags (21-20 overall)

Score: SHU 5, Fairfield 8

Pitchers:

Sarah Lawton (SHU)- (L, 6.0 innings pitched, 3 earned runs, 9 strikeouts, 9-17 record)
Olivia Vadas (SHU)- (1.0 innings pitched, 2 earned runs, 2 strikeouts)
Sam Lindsay (FFD)- (W, 2.0 innings pitched, 4 earned runs, 3 strikeouts)
Katie Kudlacik (FFD)- (2.0 innings pitched, 2 strikeouts)
Maddy Wilson (FFD)- (2.0 innings pitched, 2 strikeouts)
Bailey Taylor (FFD)- (S, 1.0 innings pitched, 1 strikeout)

Top Performers

Alyssa Gonzalez (SHU)- 1-2, 3 RBI, 1 home run
Grace Saad (SHU)- 2-4
Amy Petrovich (SHU)- 2-4, 1 triple

Of Note:

The Pioneers took an early 3-0 lead in the first inning as Alyssa Gonzalez launched her 12^th home run of the year to center field scoring in Grace Saad and Kylee Harvey.
In the bottom of the second inning, the Pioneers took a 4-0 lead off a sacrifice fly by Harvey scoring in Morgan Teodosio from third.
Fairfield answered in the top of the third with an RBI single through the left side scoring in two runs to narrow the SHU lead to 4-2.
SHU responded in the bottom half of the inning as Amy Petrovich ripped an RBI triple to right center scoring in Grace Saad to put the Pioneers ahead 5-2.
Fairfield then scored two runs one in the fifth and one in the sixth inning off a sacrifice fly and RBI single to right field to tighten the Pioneer lead to 5-4.
In the top of the seventh inning, the Stags tacked on four runs off an two RBI single to center field followed by an two RBI double to result in the 8-5 loss.

Up Next:

The Pioneers wrap up the regular season at Saint Francis University in Loretto, Pa. when they begin a three game series on Saturday, May 7.