TOWSON, Md. – Coppin State's softball team defeated Towson for the first time in 12 years with a 4-3 victory over the Tigers in the final game of the Demarini Tiger Clash on Sunday afternoon. After falling to Bucknell, 9-3, earlier in the day, the Eagles now stand at 2-2 on the season.
Coppin def. Towson, 4-3
Seryna Esparza went 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI while fellow freshman
Manaia Fonoti and
Brooklyn Tapusoa had a pair of hits apiece.
Brissa Alvarado also had a base hit and a walk while
Avianna Peterson went 1-for-3 with a run and an RBI, and
Xzylia Maravilla drove in two.
While scoring a run at the plate,
Vanessa Carrizosa picked up her second win in as many starts, allowing just two runs in the complete game victory.
After falling behind, 2-0, Esparza doubled down the right field line to drive in
Celeste Gonzalez in the third, cutting the deficit to a single run. Maravilla tied the score with an RBI single to center in the fourth, driving in Peterson, before Peterson put Coppin on top with a sacrifice fly in the fifth, bringing in Esparza who had the first of three-straight singles.
Towson tied it up in its half of the fifth and both teams went scoreless the next two innings, with Carrizosa forcing a 6-3 double play to get out of the seventh.
Carrizosa was placed at second base to start the eighth inning and got to third as Peterson grounded out. A groundball off the bat of Maravilla to first base drove in Carrizosa and proved to be the game-winner as Carrizosa blanked the Tigers in the bottom half.
With a runner on second to start the frame, Carrizosa forced a popup before the Eagles doubled up Towson to seal the win.
Bucknell def. Coppin, 9-3
Seryna Esparza, Manaia Fonoti and
Aniyah Haley all had one hit, but the Eagles only had three hits in the game. Haley also drew a walk while Esparza and Fonoti drove in runs and Esparza also scored once.
Shawnee Ronyak threw the first 4.0 innings, allowing just two earned runs before
Brandilyn Reymer allowed three runs over the final 3.0 innings with four strikeouts.
Coppin got out to a 3-0 lead, scoring one in the second as
Brooklyn Tapusoa reached on an error allowing Ronyak to score. The Eagles scored two more in the third as Esparza doubled to right center, driving in Carrizosa after her leadoff walk. Esparza later scored and Fonoti's single off the pitcher.
Ronyak cruised through the first four innings, allowing just two hits and getting a 6-4-3 double play to end the first.
Bucknell got to Ronyak in the fifth with six hits, but a costly error kept the inning going, and the Bison put seven runs on the board before
Brandilyn Reymer got a strikeout to end the frame.
Reymer pitched a 1-2-3 sixth inning with a pair of strikeouts before issuing two runs in the seventh.
Up Next
Coppin will head to our Nation's Capital on Wednesday, March 8 when it takes on George Washington University in a 12 pm doubleheader. Fans can watch the twinbill on ESPN+
