RedHawks Split Doubleheader with Zips

Tuesday, April 15

Oxford, Ohio

1 p.m.

Miami University

25-19, 14-4

Akron

20-18, 7-6

Akron

Miami

4/15/2025 5:40:00 PM | Softball

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OXFORD, Ohio – On Tuesday afternoon the Miami University softball team split a two-game series with the University of Akron. In game one the Zips came out ahead 3-2 in nine innings. In game two, an explosive home run from Ella Carter helped the RedHawks to a 8-0 victory in five innings. The RedHawks move to 26-19 (15-4 Mid-American Conference) and Akron goes to 20-19 (7-7 MAC).

HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 1):

Mckenna Campbell got the RedHawks started in the bottom of the first with a solo home run over center to grab a 1-0 lead.
The next four innings were quiet for both teams, neither adding a run to the board.
In the top of the sixth, a sacrifice fly and RBI double scored two for the Zips to make it a 2-1 game.
The RedHawks tied it up 2-2 in the bottom of the sixth on an error that allowed Chloe Parks to cross home.
The game remained tied through the end of the seventh to send the game into extra innings.
A solo home run for the Zips in the top of the ninth put them ahead 3-2. Akron held this through the remainder of the inning to take the win.

NOTES:

Parks made her 200th career start and went 2-for-4 at the plate.
The RedHawks had three extra-base hits.
Madilyn Reeves pitched the complete nine innings, allowing just six hits and striking out seven.
The RedHawks completed their third error-less game in a row, their longest streak of the season.

HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 2):

Parks hit a RBI single in the bottom of the first to let Kaylee Oh cross home and to take a 1-0 Miami lead.
Still in the bottom of the first, Shelby Kunkel scored on a throwing error to double the RedHawks' lead to 2-0.
A sac groundout from Carter later in the first pushed Parks across home to make it a 3-0 deficit.
In the bottom of the second, Oh scored on a RBI single from Kunkel to increase the lead to 4-0.
Parks doubled in the bottom of the fifth to push Kunkel across home and up the lead to 5-0.
Still in the fifth, Ella Carter hit a three-run homer that also scored Campbell and Parks to make it an 8-0 game final.

NOTES:

Kunkel surpassed 100 career hits (101) and went 2-for-2 at the plate.
Oh and Parks went 2-for-3 at the plate.
Five RedHawks had hits, three had more than one.
Léa Chevrier got the win on the mound, pitching the complete game. She allowed just three hits and struck out four.
With her eighth homer of the season, Carter now has the second most homers on the RedHawks.

UP NEXT: The RedHawks head to Athens, Ohio this weekend to face Ohio University in a three-game series. First pitch of game one is slated for 1 p.m. on April 18.