RedHawks Drop 7-6 Extra Innings Contest to Utah

Sunday, February 9

Tempe, Ariz.

11 a.m.

Miami University

1-4

Utah

2-2

Utah

Miami (OH)

RedHawks Drop 7-6 Extra Innings Contest to Utah

2/9/2025 2:05:00 PM | Softball

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TEMPE, Ariz. – On Sunday afternoon the Miami University softball team battled the University of Utah in an extra-innings game that eventually ended in the RedHawks falling to the Utes 7-6. Utah moves to 2-2 on the season. The RedHawks fall to 1-4.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

In the top of the second, a RBI double from the Utes allowed them to get on the board first, 1-0.
An error in the bottom of the third allowed Mckenna Campbell to score, tying the game 1-1.
Chloe Parks followed that up with a 2 RBI double that scored Shelby Kunkel and Kaylee Oh, giving the RedHawks a 3-1 lead.
The fourth and fifth innings were quiet.
In the top of the sixth, a RBI single from Utah cut the deficit to 3-2.
A RBI single, error, and wild pitch scored two for the Utes in the top of the seventh, giving them a 5-3 lead.
In the bottom of the seventh, the RedHawks capitalized on a pair of errors, allowing both Campbell and Ella Carter to score, tying the game at 5-5.
The game remained tied through the end of the seventh, sending it into extra innings.
The Utes scored in the top of the eighth on a RBI single to take a 6-5 lead.
In the bottom of the eighth, the RedHawks answered via a RBI single to left field from Holly Merritt that scored Jenna Golembiewski and tied the game up once more at 6-6.
A sacrifice fly from the Utes in the top of the ninth managed to get another run across, granting them a 7-6 lead, which they held through the remainder of the game.

NOTES:

Merritt and Oh went 2-for-4 at the plate. Parks went 2-for-5, with two doubles.
Parks also notched two RBI.
Madilyn Reeves went the full nine innings in the circle, striking out three and earning a 3.76 ERA. She gave up just two extra base hits.
Seven RedHawks had four or more at-bats.

UP NEXT: The RedHawks head to Columbia, SC next weekend to play in the Carolina Classic. Their first game is Friday, Feb. 14 at 1 p.m. against Appalachian State University.