Saturday, February 18
Hampton, Va.
9:00 AM
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Photo by: Jason Homan
Pitching Powers Lehigh to Split Saturday at HU/NSU Tour Classic
2/18/2023 7:50:00 PM | Softball
HAMPTON, Va. – The Lehigh softball team received a pair of strong pitching performances from junior Katelyn Young and first-year Chloe Hess Saturday on day one of the HU/NSU Tour Classic. Hess allowed one run on three hits with nine strikeouts in Lehigh's first game of the day against Quinnipiac, while Young struck out a career-high 12, while allowing just two hits in a 5-1 victory over UMass Lowell in the Mountain Hawks' second game.
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Hess was outdeuled by Sydney Horan as Quinnipiac dealt Lehigh its first loss of the season, 1-0 in the opener.
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Saturday's split leaves Lehigh at 4-1 on the young season.
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Quinnipiac (1-0) capitalized in a leadoff walk in the bottom of the first inning and then recorded two of its three hits, with Amanda Engel's RBI single bringing home the only run of the game.
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Horan limited Lehigh to just two hits, a two-out single by junior Amanda Greaney in the second, and a leadoff double by senior Josie Charles in the third, while striking out seven and walking one.
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Hess struck out nine and walked one, while allowing a run on three hits.
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Lehigh bounced back in the afternoon to top UMass Lowell (1-5). First-year Lily Owens drew a one-out walk in the home first, stole second, and then scored on a single up the middle by senior Emily Cimino. Two batters later, Cimino came home on a double by sophomore Rory Dudley to put the Mountain Hawks up 2-0 after one.
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The River Hawks cut Lehigh's lead to one in the third when a leadoff double came around to score on a throwing error, but the Mountain Hawks added on with single runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings.
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Cimino scored on a wild pitch in the fourth after being hit by a pitch to lead off the inning, and doubled home graduate student Carley Barjaktarovich in the fifth. First-year Abbey Tabaka singled home Dudley in the sixth to put Lehigh up 5-1.
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Young picked up her second win of the season, allowing an unearned run on two hits with 12 strikeouts and just one walk.
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The Mountain Hawks will head to Norfolk on Sunday to wrap-up the HU/NSU Tour Classic. Lehigh will face Wagner at 10 a.m. and Georgetown at 12:30 p.m. on Norfolk State's home field.
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Hess was outdeuled by Sydney Horan as Quinnipiac dealt Lehigh its first loss of the season, 1-0 in the opener.
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Saturday's split leaves Lehigh at 4-1 on the young season.
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Quinnipiac (1-0) capitalized in a leadoff walk in the bottom of the first inning and then recorded two of its three hits, with Amanda Engel's RBI single bringing home the only run of the game.
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Horan limited Lehigh to just two hits, a two-out single by junior Amanda Greaney in the second, and a leadoff double by senior Josie Charles in the third, while striking out seven and walking one.
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Hess struck out nine and walked one, while allowing a run on three hits.
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Lehigh bounced back in the afternoon to top UMass Lowell (1-5). First-year Lily Owens drew a one-out walk in the home first, stole second, and then scored on a single up the middle by senior Emily Cimino. Two batters later, Cimino came home on a double by sophomore Rory Dudley to put the Mountain Hawks up 2-0 after one.
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The River Hawks cut Lehigh's lead to one in the third when a leadoff double came around to score on a throwing error, but the Mountain Hawks added on with single runs in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings.
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Cimino scored on a wild pitch in the fourth after being hit by a pitch to lead off the inning, and doubled home graduate student Carley Barjaktarovich in the fifth. First-year Abbey Tabaka singled home Dudley in the sixth to put Lehigh up 5-1.
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Young picked up her second win of the season, allowing an unearned run on two hits with 12 strikeouts and just one walk.
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The Mountain Hawks will head to Norfolk on Sunday to wrap-up the HU/NSU Tour Classic. Lehigh will face Wagner at 10 a.m. and Georgetown at 12:30 p.m. on Norfolk State's home field.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Horan, Sydney (1-0)
L: Hess, Chloe (2-1)
Batting:
2B: Charles, Josie 1
Batting:
2B: Engel, Amanda 1
RBI: Engel, Amanda 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hilliard, Brooke 1
SB: Hilliard, Brooke 1
Game Leaders
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