Marist University Athletics

LUBBOCK, Texas – The Marist University softball team fell to #11 Texas Tech in first-round NCAA Regional play on Friday by a score of 10-3.
 
The game had a lightning and rain delay of 1 hour, 42 minutes in the top of the fourth.
 

Summary

• Marist got on the board in the top of the first. Peyton Pusey led off with a bunt single, and she scored on a two-out double by Sienna Kunze.
• Texas Tech tied the game in the bottom of the first when Jasmyn Burns' single brought home Kaitlyn Terry.
• The Red Raiders then expanded their lead to 4-1 in the second, as all three runs scored with two outs.
• Taylor Pannell's two-run homer in the bottom of the third brought in the first two of the Red Raiders' five runs in the inning, as they expanded their lead to 9-1.
• With Marist down to its final out before the mercy rule took effect in the top of the fifth, Haley Ahr delivered a two-run double on the 10^th pitch of her at bat. This brought home Annabelle Geiser and Pusey.
• Mia Williams' RBI double gave Texas Tech a 10-3 lead in the bottom of the fifth, which closed out the scoring.

 

Stats

• Marist finished with four hits, led by Pusey with two. The Red Foxes also had Kunze's first-inning double and a pinch-hit single by Maia Salvo in the fifth.
• Isabella Manory and Samantha Rogers also reached on walks.
• Ava Metzger started, and she went two-plus innings. Stella Blanchard tossed three innings of relief, including a scoreless fourth. Kaylie DeChicchis pitched a scoreless bottom of the sixth, which included an 8-3 double play on a fly ball hit to Pusey.
• Texas Tech totaled 12 hits, with five Red Raiders totaling two apiece.
• Kaitlyn Terry pitched the first four innings to earn the win in the circle. At the plate, she went 2-for-3 with three runs scored, two doubles, and an RBI.

 

Notes

• Peyton Pusey, Isabella Manory, and Haley Ahr officially became the first three Red Foxes in program history to play in three NCAA Tournaments.
• Pusey's two runs gave her 243 in her career. She is now the NCAA's sole active leader in career runs scored.
• Pusey has reached safely in all six of her NCAA Tournament games. She is 9-for-18 with eight runs scored in Regional play.
• Pusey's first-inning single extended her hitting streak to 12.
• Ahr has reached safely in 18 straight games. In this span, she has driven in 25 runs.
• Kunze has eight RBIs in her last seven games.
• The loss snapped the Red Foxes' 17-game winning streak, which was the nation's second longest behind Nebraska.

 

Records

• Marist fell to 39-18.
• Texas Tech now stands at 53-6.

 

Up Next

• Marist will face Boston University in an elimination game on Saturday.
• First pitch is set for 5:30 p.m. Eastern.
• If the Red Foxes win, they will play another elimination game against the loser of the Ole Miss-Texas Tech game.