RedHawks Crush Bulls 10-1

Friday, March 29

Buffalo, N.Y.

3 p.m.

Miami University

24-6, 7-0

Buffalo

11-16, 3-3

Miami (OH)

Buffalo

3/29/2024 5:01:00 PM | Softball

Box Score

BUFFALO, N.Y. – On Friday afternoon, the Miami University softball team downed the University of Buffalo 10-1. The hard-hitting RedHawks put up 10 runs to take the game in five innings. Miami moves to 24-6 (7-0 Mid-American Conference), and Buffalo drops to 11-16 (3-3 MAC).

HOW IT HAPPENED:

In the top of the first, two solo homers from Karli Spaid and Allie Cummins put the RedHawks ahead 2-0.
Sami Bewick scored on an error in the top of the second. Later that inning, a double from Jenna Golembiewski scored Hadley Parisien and Reagan Bartholomew to push the lead to 5-0. Spaid followed with a single to score Golembiewski and make it 6-0.
The deficit stretched to 10-0 in the top of the third when Golembiewski hit a grand slam that also scored Cummins, Bartholomew, and Bewick.
The Bulls got on the board in the bottom of the third with a solo home run to make it a 10-1 game.
The RedHawks maintained that lead through the end of the fifth to take the game 10-1.

NOTES:

Half (six of 12) of the RedHawks' hits were for extra bases.
Spaid went 2-for-2 at the plate. Kate Kobayashi, Bewick, and Bartholomew each went 2-for-3.
Golembiewski, Kobayashi, and Bewick each hit doubles.
Cummins, Golembiewski, and Spaid all had homers.
Golembiewski drove in a career-high six runs.
Madilyn Reeves went four innings in the circle and got the win. She allowed just two hits and struck out four.
Ashley Hitchcock closed out the game on the rubber and did not allow a baserunner. She struck out one.

UP NEXT: The RedHawks take the field again Saturday, March 30 to face the Bulls in a doubleheader to close out the series in Buffalo, N.Y. First pitch is slated for 1 p.m.