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Softball kicks season off with five-game weekend Christopher Loggins Sports Editor T @NSSportsLoggins
DeKalb | Softball began its 2016 season over the weekend, going 2-3 at the Florida Atlantic University Tournament in games against Florida A&M University, Florida Atlantic University and the University of Connecticut.
Florida A&M Game 1 NIU controlled most of its first game Friday, holding the Rattlers scoreless for the first three innings and holding a 4-0 lead. Senior catcher Emily Naegele was responsible for three of the team’s first four runs, hitting a triple in the first inning and a two-run home run in the third. She went 3-3 for the game with three RBIs. The Rattlers outhit the Huskies 10-8 but weren’t able to capitalize as NIU held on for a 6-4 victory. Sophomore pitcher Keegan Hayes got the start for the Huskies, giving up seven hits and four runs in five innings of work. She struck out four batters and walked one before sophomore pitcher Tara Thacker took over for the final two innings, picking up her first save of the year.
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Senior catcher Emily Naegle prepares for a swing in an April 8 game against Loyola University. Naegele hit two home runs on the weekend as NIU went 2-3.
giving up seven runs.
University of Connecticut NIU went scoreless again, dropping a 3-0 contest to UConn. Connecticut led 1-0 for the majority of the game, pushing its lead up to 3-0 after a two-run sixth inning. Both teams combined for only seven total hits and three total Florida Atlantic Game 1 runs, bringing the Huskies to 1-2 The Huskies followed their for the tournament. game against Florida A&M with a tough matchup against Florida Florida Atlantic Game 2 Atlantic. The Owls got the game The Huskies played Florida Atstarted quickly, scoring five runs lantic for a second time on Saturday on four hits in the first inning. in the first game of a double-header. They followed it up with a strong NIU broke its scoreless streak in second inning as well, picking up the second inning, taking a 2-1 lead another two runs on two hits to after a double from Naegele and a take a 7-0 lead. home run from sophomore infieldNIU had just two hits on the day, er Alaynie Woollard. struggling to find any rhythm. The The Owls followed with a fourteam also suffered from three er- run third inning, capitalizing on rors, two of them coming in Florida two errors by the Huskies. The inAtlantic’s five-run inning. Thacker ning proved to be game-deciding as got the start for the Huskies in the NIU failed to score for the rest of the game, lasting just one inning after game, leading to a 6-2 win for Florida
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Atlantic that gave the team its second win over NIU for the weekend. Florida A&M Game 2 NIU ended the weekend with its best game of the tournament, defeating Florida A&M in a 9-0 blowout. The team’s nine runs were more than they scored in their previous four games combined. The Huskies got the game started off with an offensive outburst, scoring five runs on two hits, highlighted by a three-run home run from freshman utility player Abby Howlett. Naegele picked up her second home run of the season in the fourth inning on a tworun shot, followed by a solo home run by Woollard. Thacker took the win for NIU, going four innings and giving up no runs on four hits. The Huskies will have four days to rest after a long weekend. They’ll be back on the field for matchup with Texas State University. First pitch is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday in Phoenix.
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