PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – Cloe' Ochoa recorded four base hits, including a home run, and drove in four runs to lead the Coppin State softball team to a 9-8 victory in the opener of a doubleheader at Drexel on Thursday afternoon at the Vidas Complex. The Dragons went on to defeat the Eagles in game two, 18-1, as CSU now stands at 11-16 on the season.
A sophomore from Covina, Calif., Ochola went a perfect 4-for-4 and also scored a pair of runs in the opener.
Cayla Brown also homered in the opener and drove in three runs while
Nia Bowe went 2-for-3 with an RBI and four runs scored. Bowe accounted for the Eagles only run in the nightcap with a solo home run in the fourth inning, her eighth of the season.
Coppin went ahead 3-0 in the first as Brown and Ochoa hit back-to-back home runs with two outs. Brown's shot to left field also drove in Bowe which was followed just after by Ochoa.
Ochoa helped the Eagles extend the lead in the third with an RBI single to score Bowe before CSU tackled on two more in the sixth to take a six-run lead.
Camille Ochoa started the frame off with a walk and scored on a two-out double by Bowe. Bowe later scored on another base knock by
Cloe' Ochoa.
Drexel was able to get on the board in its half of the fourth with a solo home run and got another off starting pitcher
Madison Didion in the fifth to cut the Eagles lead to 6-2.
The Eagles got both runs back and added another in the sixth to go up, 9-2. Brown plated
Patricia Soria with a sacrifice fly after Soria singled to start the inning before advancing two bases on a wild pitch.
Cloe' Ochoa then drove in her fourth run with a single, allowing Bowe to score from third. Following a pitching chance,
Megan Brogden singled and
Nicole Ullman hit a long fly ball for a sac fly.
The Dragons got two runs in the sixth with a two-run home run as the lead shrunk to just five runs. Two more home runs in the seventh made it a 9-8 game but Didion got the win by forcing a flyout to left field.
On Deck: CSU returns to action on Tuesday, April 17 for a 3 pm home doubleheader against Mount St. Mary's.
