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Box Score 2 UNION, N.J. – The Bowdoin softball team started the 2020 season with a doubleheader split at Kean University, falling 2-0 before rebounding with a 7-3 victory.
The Polar Bears are 1-1 on the young season. The game two setback was the first of the year for Kean (9-1).
Game One Highlights
- Kate Hoadley pitched a strong game for Bowdoin, but the Polar Bears couldn't find their rhythm at the plate. Hoadley allowed just three hits and one earned run, striking out one batter and walking three.
- Allison Rutz and Angelina Mayers both doubled in the game, while Karlye Pallotta had a stolen base.
- Kean scored a run in both the first and second innings on a fielder's choice and error.
Game Two Highlights
- Bowdoin found its footing in the second game, scoring in the top of the first to take a 1-0 lead. Katryna Dukehart had her first collegiate RBI with a double to center that plated Angelina May.
- Kean evened the game in the bottom of the third, but Bowdoin took the lead for good in the top of the fourth.
- Andrea Dorsa tagged a bases loaded single through the left side to make it 2-1.
- Shea Sullivan made a statement with her first career hit, launching a grand slam over the fence.
- Dukehart added a solo shot in the seventh.
- A pair of RBI singles in the bottom half of the inning was all Kean could muster, suffering its first loss of the season.
- Ruby Siltanen earned the win in the circle, allowing eight hits while fanning five.
- Dukehart went 3-for-4 with two RBI.
Up Next
- The Polar Bears travel to NESCAC West rival Williams for a pair of games on Wednesday.
