RedHawks Split Saturday Doubleheader Against Akron

Saturday, March 21

Akron, Ohio

1 p.m.

Miami University

20-6, 2-2

Akron

12-16, 4-0

Miami (Ohio)

Akron

RedHawks Split Saturday Doubleheader Against Akron

3/21/2026 5:22:00 PM | Softball

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AKRON, Ohio – On Saturday, March 21, the Miami University softball team took on a doubleheader against the Akron Zips. The RedHawks took an 11-3 loss in the first game but brought it back to win 8-7 in the second.

HOW IT HAPPENED (Game 1)

Kicking off scoring in the second inning, Madie Patton doubled and allowed Katy Olive to score from second base.
Quickly tying up the game 1-1, the Zips scored in the bottom of the second off a single hit.
Pulling away from Miami, 4-1, in the third inning, the Zips scored three times, two runs batted in off a triple and one off a single.
Pushing their lead to 8-1, the Zips scored four unearned runs in the fourth inning. Scoring once on an error, once on a groundout and batted in two runs off a single hit that was out at second.
Trying to make a comeback in the fifth inning, Danitza Hernandez hit a home run and allowed Mia Estrello to score, bringing the score to 8-3.
Ending the game in the fifth inning, the Zips scored twice more. Once off a single hit and once off a double, bringing the final score to 10-3.

NOTES:

Estrello went 2-for-3 at the plate and brought in one run.
Hernandez was credited with two RBI and hit one home run.

HOW IT HAPPENED (Game 2)

Getting on the board, 3-0, early in the second inning, Evey Dieudonne homered. With Mckenna Campbell on first base, Erin Pinter then hit another home run and allowed Campbell to score as well.
Taking the lead, 6-0, in the fourth inning, for the second time, Pinter hit a home run, allowing Campbell to score from first. Hernandez then doubled and allowed Estrello to score.
Making it a 7-7 game in the bottom of the fourth, the Zips had a two-run home run, scored off of a walk, again off of a wild pitch and finished out the fourth inning with a three-run home run.
Taking back the lead in the sixth inning, Dieudonne hit a double and allowed Olive to score, making the final score 8-7.

NOTES:

Pinter went 3-for-4 at the plate, hit two home runs and was credited with four RBI.
Angelina Ricciardi pitched 3.2 innings with 15 at-bats and allowed only three hits and no earned runs.
Hernandez went 3-for-4 at the plate and was credited with one RBI.
Mckenna Campbell went 2-for-3 at the plate and had two runs.

UP NEXT: The RedHawks return to action Tuesday, March 24, in Huntington, WV, to face off against Marshall University at 4 p.m.