Softball Team Splits Final Day in D.C.

Sunday, March 1

Washington, D.C

9:00 AM

Princeton University

3-4

George Washington

5-12

Princeton

George Washington

Megan Donahey and the Tigers split Sunday's two games in D.C.

Photo by: Michael Sudhalter

March 01, 2020 | Softball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

The last two of five games at George Washington's event over the weekend were a split decision for the Princeton softball team, which fell to host George Washington 7-5 before an 11-9 win over Morgan State.

The Tigers will have the first full weekend of March away from competition before heading to Florida for the spring break trip.

Against George Washington, a big second inning gave the Colonials a 4-0 lead. Jenna Cone's two-run home run was one of four hits for George Washington in the inning.

Princeton got halfway back in the fifth, with an Adrienne Chang walk and a Serena Starks base hit putting two on for Allison Harvey, who drove both in to pull the Tigers within 4-2.

The Tigers got all the way back in the sixth, with a Hannah Lutz double preceding a pair of two-out hits that plated runs, one from Chang and another from Lauren Murphy that tied the game at 4-4.

It stayed tied until the eighth, when Princeton took the lead on a Chang base hit that drove home Lutz as the international tiebreaker runner. George Washington matched and topped that in the bottom of the eighth with a Sidney Bloomfield base hit scoring the tiebreaker runner and Elena Shelepak hitting a two-run homer to win it.

Chang went 3 for 3 with two RBIs in the game while Megan Donahey and Mackenzie Meyer had two hits apiece.

Against Morgan State, Princeton jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning, but it took a pair of seventh-inning runs to secure the win.

Three hits, a walk and an error helped Princeton to the big first inning with Lauren Murphy's three-run double as the highight hit.

Princeton tacked a run on in the third when Ashley McDonald followed an Alex Colón double with a base hit, but Morgan State got four runs in the bottom of the third on three hits and an error to get back in the game.

It stayed 6-4 in Princeton's favor until a three-run fifth inning expanded the Tiger lead. Back-to-back doubles from Lutz and Chang drove in a run, and following a hit batter for Murphy and a walk to McDonald, Starks singled home a run and a Harvey fielder's choice scored another to make it 9-4.

Five hits, including a Cayla Sweazie two-run double, allowed Morgan State to claw all the way back and tie it at 9-9 in the last of the sixth, but Princeton came right back in the top of the seventh. Back-to-back base hits for McDonald and Donahey put two on for Starks, who doubled both home to put Princeton up 11-9.

Caroline Taber got the win in relief for Princeton, throwing the final inning and a third. Starks went 4 for 5 with three RBIs while Murphy drove in three runs and Colón and McDonald had two hits apiece.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Taber, Caroline (1-0)

L: BARNARD,Mikayla (1-3)

Princeton

Batting:

2B: Starks, Serena 1 ; Lutz, Hannah 1 ; Chang, Adrienne 1 ; Colón, Alex 2 ; Murphy, Lauren 1

RBI: Starks, Serena 3 ; Meyer, Mackenzie 1 ; Chang, Adrienne 1 ; Colón, Alex 1 ; Murphy, Lauren 3 ; McDonald, Ashley 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Donahey, Megan 2 ; Starks, Serena 1 ; Harvey, Allison 1 ; Meyer, Mackenzie 1 ; Lutz, Hannah 1 ; Hamilton, Madison 1 ; Colón, Alex 2 ; Murphy, Lauren 1 ; McDonald, Ashley 1