OXFORD, Ohio – The RedHawks secured their first game victory over the University of Akron in the first inning after grabbing three runs. They would be the only runs put up in that game, as Brianna Pratt secured the 3-0 shutout. In game two, Laurelai DePew got the win after pitching 7.0 innings in the 9-3 victory. The pair of wins brings the RedHawks to 26-16 on the season and 13-6 in Mid-American Conference competition. The Zips fall to to 25-19 on the season and 13-9 in the MAC.
 

HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 1):

• Allie Cummins got it started for the RedHawks in the bottom of the first, lifting one over the left field fence to grab a 1-0 lead for Miami.
• Karli Spaid wanted one for her own and homered over the left field fence in that same inning, which also scored Holly Blaska and made the score 3-0.
• Through the remainder of the game, neither team would add a run to the board, and the RedHawks would take the series opener 3-0.

 
NOTES:

• Spaid went 3-for-3 at the plate.
• Cummins went 2-for-3 at the plate.
• Pratt secured seven strikeouts and allowed only six hits.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 2):

• Once again, Cummins got the RedHawks started in the first inning. This time she took her home run over right center field to give Miami the 1-0 lead.
• Spaid also repeated her first hit of the first game, driving one deep over right field to make the score 2-0.
• Riley Coyne also wanted a piece of the action and hit a homer of her own, which also scored Chloe Parks and doubled the RedHawks' lead 4-0 in the first inning.
• In the bottom of the second, Blaska hit an RBI double to score Cummins and up the lead to 5-0.
• The Zips grabbed their first run of the day on a fielder's choice in the top of the third to make it a 5-1 game.
• In the bottom of the third, Jenna Golembiewski decided she also wanted to hit a homer today and drove one over the left field fence. Her two-run home run also scored Coyne to increase the deficit to 7-1.
• On an RBI single in the top of the fourth, the Zips cut the lead to 7-2.
• In the bottom of the sixth, Parks hit an RBI double that scored Spaid to make it an 8-2 game.
• In that same inning, Shelby Kunkel hit an RBI single that scored Parks to up the lead again to 9-2.
• In the top of the seventh, the Zips grabbed a run on an RBI single to shorten the gap to 9-3, but the difference would ultimately prove to be too much for the Zips to overcome, and the RedHawks would take the game 9-3.

 
NOTES:

• Spaid and Parks went 2-for-3 at the plate.
• On offense, Barlow and Coyne went 2-for-4.
• Seven RedHawks had RBI.
• DePew allowed only two earned runs and walked only one.

UP NEXT: The RedHawks look for the series sweep against Akron Sunday, April 23 at 1 p.m. in Oxford, Ohio.