Ohio Overpowers Softball In Series Opener On Friday, 9-1

Friday, April 27

Athens, OH

4 pm

15-27, 6-12

Ohio

30-14, 16-2

Buffalo

Ohio

Ohio Overpowers Softball In Series Opener On Friday, 9-1

4/27/2018 12:00:00 AM | Softball

Box Score

ATHENS, OH – The University at Buffalo softball team (15-27, 6-12 MAC) fell on Friday afternoon in the opening game of a three-game series on the road at first-place Ohio, 9-1. Sophomore Jenelle Martinez notched the lone RBI in the loss for UB as she now has a career-high and team-best 33 runs batted in on the year.

After a scoreless first inning by the Bulls, the Bobcats got on the board in the bottom of the first inning as Mikayla Cooper opened the inning with a triple and Alex Day singled to score the games first run and give the home team the 1-0 lead through one inning.

The Bulls notched a hit in each of the next two innings but weren't able to score a run. The Bobcats responded with four runs in the bottom of the third inning to take the 5-0 lead through three innings.

After the Bobcats added three more runs in the fourth inning to take the 8-0 lead, the Bulls were able to score their lone run of the game in the top of the fifth inning. Leandra Jew earned a walk and Martinez delivered a RBI double to center field to make the score 8-1 in favor of Ohio.

Ohio ended the game in the bottom of the fifth as they earned a leadoff single and stolen base before Katie Yun delivered the game-ending RBI single through the left side.

Martinez finished the game going 1-for-3 with the lone RBI while Jew, Danielle Lallos and Alissa Karjel each recorded one hit in the loss.

The two teams will wrap up their three-game series on Saturday afternoon as they will play a doubleheader starting at 1:00 pm. Game two will begin approximately 20 minutes after the completion of the first game at the Ohio Softball Stadium.