SMITHFIELD, RI – The Fairleigh Dickinson softball team (9-19, 9-17 NEC) exploded for 15 runs as they won 15-9, but fell 4-1 in game two to Bryant (3-18, 2-15 NEC) on Saturday afternoon from Conaty Park. The 15 runs were the Knights most in a single game in program history.

In game one, sophomore Cassidy Triska led the Knights offense as she went 2-4 from the dish with three runs scored and two RBI's. Graduate student Madison Emerson also went 2-4 from the plate and scored two runs. Sophomore Hailey Ramberg was 2-3 from the dish and drove in two runs. Freshman Megan Berg and graduate student Summer Mendoza each had a pair of RBI's as well.

In game two, Emerson launched her sixth homer of the year in the seventh inning. Senior Abby England pitched five innings, allowed four runs, and struck out six batters.

Coach Foye's Thoughts
"We scored a lot of runs early with contributions from multiple players and had a 7 run lead but Bryant fought back to get it within one. We were able to answer with a few insurance runs in the 7th and came out on top to get a big first game win."

"In the second game, Maddie was relentless and found a way to break it open with a HR in the 7th to put us on the board to break up the no hitter."

Game 1: FDU 9, Bryant 2
How it Happened

• Junior Alayna Savaglio took the hill in game one and struck out the first two batters before forcing the fourth batter of the inning to fly out to right field.
• Senior Rylie Schmeh opened the second inning with a leadoff triple and came around to score on a wild pitch to give FDU an early 1-0 lead.
• After Savaglio struck out three batters in the bottom of the second, the Knights added two more runs to the lead as Mahoney roped a double to center field to score senior Logan Kolehmainen and Triska belted a double to center that scored Emerson.
• The Bulldogs got on the board in the bottom of the third, but FDU responded with two more runs in the top of the fourth with an RBI single from Hoesman that scored freshman Riley Phillips and an RBI from  Mendoza that scored Hoesman as FDU led 5-1.
• Bryant added another run in the bottom of the fourth, but the Knights offense again answered with four runs with a two-RBI single up the middle from Berg, a Kolehmainen walk, and an RBI from Mendoza to take a 9-2 lead.
• The Bulldogs added two more runs in the bottom of the fifth and FDU scored in the top of the sixth when Triska stole home.
• Bryant got as close as 10-9 with a big sixth inning, but the Knights bats again responded in the top of the seventh with five more runs, sparked by an RBI from Triska, Mahoney scoring on a wild pitch, a two-RBI single from Ramberg, and a run from Ward on a wild pitch as FDU won 15-9.

Game 2: Bryant 4, FDU 1
How it Happened

• Emerson reached first base in the first inning after being hit by a pitch, but was left on base.
• England got the ball in game two and got out of a first and second base jam in the bottom of the first.
• The Bulldogs got another two runners on base and got as far as third base before England again set them down.
• Bryant took the lead in the bottom of the third with a pair of singles that scored two runs.
• After Bryant added two more runs in the bottom of the fourth, the Knights got on the board in the top of the seventh with Emerson's homer to right field.

What's Next
FDU will play the final two games of its series against Bryant beginning tomorrow at 12 p.m. from Conaty Park.