Softball Team Sweeps Friday in D.C., Schedule Changes for Weekend

Friday, February 28

Washington, D.C.

10:00 AM

Princeton University

2-2

Georgetown

3-13

Princeton

Georgetown

Allison Harvey hit a walk-off homer to beat Towson.

Photo by: Michael Sudhalter

Softball Team Sweeps Friday in D.C., Schedule Changes for Weekend

February 28, 2020 | Softball

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A pair of one-run games won Princeton's way as the Tigers took the first two of five games in Washington, D.C. with a 7-6 win over Georgetown and a 4-3 win over Towson at George Washington.

Due to weather, Saturday's and Sunday's schedule has been adjusted. Princeton will now have one game Saturday, at 12 p.m. against Georgetown, and two games Sunday, at 9 a.m. against George Washington and 11 a.m. against Morgan State.

In Friday's first game against Georgetown, a five-run fourth inning helped turn the day in Princeton's favor before the Tigers held off a Hoya rally.

Mackenzie Meyer hit a solo homer in the second inning before Georgetown answered with a Lorena Vasquez-Inzunza two-run homer and a Savannah Jones RBI hit put the Hoyas in front 3-1 in the third.

Then came Princeton's five-run fourth inning, beginning with an Allison Harvey solo homer and continuing with a Haley Hoffman walk that picked up a Meyer walk and a three-run triple from Hannah Lutz that picked up an Alex Colón base hit, Hoffman's walk and an error that put Madison Hamilton on.

Princeton had the 6-3 lead into the bottom of the fifth when a Mae Forshey double for Georgetown came home on an error that allowed Jones to reach. The error and a base hit put two on for Delaney Darden's base hit that made it 6-5 Princeton.

Each team had a run in the seventh, with a Harvey base hit, a Meyer fielder's choice and a Hamilton triple adding up to a run for a 7-5 lead and Jones' leadoff homer for Georgetown making it 7-6 before Princeton held on.

Allie Reynolds got the win in the circle for Princeton with Alexis Laudenslager getting the save on an inning and a third of work.

Early runs and late runs were all the scoring in Princeton's 4-3 win over Towson, which ended in walk-off fashion.

Princeton got in the board in the bottom of the first when a Megan Donahey walk and a Serena Starks base hit put two on for a pair of groundouts to pick up Donahey with Meyer getting the RBI.

Towson answered in the top of the second with a walk that put a runner on for a two-run homer by Nicole Kidwiler to put Towson up 2-1.

Princeton tied it up in the bottom of the second when a Donahey base hit followed a single and two walks earlier in the inning.

It stayed 2-2 into the eighth when Towson took the lead in the top half as the international tiebreaker runner and a throwing error made it 3-2. Princeton cashed in the international tiebreaker as well with Harvey, the first batter of the inning, hitting a two-run walk-off shot for the win.