Bryant drops both to UMBC on Sunday

BALTIMORE, MD. - The Bryant University softball team fell to UMBC in both games of their Sunday doubleheader.

(GM1) UMBC 1, Bryant 0
(Gm2) UMBC 6, Bryant 2 
The Diamond at UMBC (Baltimore, MD.)
(GM1) W | L | S: Kya Matter (5-3) | Brooke Tracy (1-3) 
(GM2) W | L | S: Courtney Coppersmith (1-1) | Kylie Kenney (5-6)

 Key Moment (GM1)

• UMBC hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh (1-0).

How it Happened (GM1)

• With one out in the bottom of the seventh, the Retrievers hit a solo home run to walk off and win 1-0.
• The Bulldogs were no-hit during the game. 

Stats (GM1)

• Caroline Paolantonio recorded a career-high five strikeouts.
• Brooke Tracy tallied two strikeouts.

Key Moment (GM2)

• After the Black and Gold earned a two-run lead (2-0) in the fifth inning, UMBC responded with six runs in the fifth and sixth innings (6-2).

How it Happened (GM2)

• Olivia Fee hit a leadoff single in the top of the third inning. Fee advanced to third base on a groundout, and then Megan Marcel hit a double to left field, scoring a run (1-0).
• Fee reached base and advanced to second on a UMBC error and a groundout, which set up Aleix Hudson, who slapped a single to left field bringing home fee (2-0) in the top of the fifth inning.
• The Retrievers responded with a two-run home run in the bottom of the fifth inning to tie the game (2-2).
• During the bottom of the sixth inning, UMBC added four runs on a two-run home run and a two-RBI single (6-2).

Stats (GM2)

• Hudson and Marcel had a hit and an RBI.
• Fee tallied one hit and two runs.
• Kylie Kenney tallied three strikeouts, and Lexi Powell recorded one.

Next Up

The Bulldogs will play a doubleheader against Brown on Tuesday.