FGCU Softball: FGCU Kickoff Classic Day One Recap

The FGCU softball team (2-0) walked away two wins Friday night, first taking down Delaware (1-1), 4-1 and capped off the night with a thrilling 4-3 walk-off win over Boston College (1-1) at the FGCU Softball Complex.

"Tonight was two very different games. The results were great for us in both cases but they couldn't have started any differently," said head coach David Deiros. "We took the big lead early and had to go ahead and fight off [Delaware's] advances in the last three innings. Boston College then took the lead and we just kept on battling and came away with the win in extra innings."

FGCU 4 | Delaware 1
FGCU wasted no time getting on the board scoring two runs on two hits. A pair of walks by Sammi Poehlman and Johneisha Rowe and a sac bunt single by Haley Morrell loaded the bags. Two batters later, Marissa Mesiemore roped a double to left for the 2-0 lead.

In the second frame, FGCU produced three hits on two runs. Mikenzie Vaughn started off the inning with a double to left-center as she was moved to third on a sac bunt by Kacie Huber. McKenna Batterton stepped in and laced a single up the middle scoring Vaughn and pinch-runner Maddy Johnson.

Mesiemore continued to roll, keeping the Blue Hens hitless until the fifth inning where eventually, they scored their lone run.

The Bushnell, Fla., native came away with FGCU's first victory of 2020 as she tossed a complete four-hit game, fanning eight batters.

FGCU 4 | Boston College 3
BC jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the second and made it 3-0 in the third. FGCU responded though, in its own bottom half with two runs on one hit. Reedy Davenport sparked the inning reaching on an error as Abbey Thomas then walked. Batterton's fielder's choice bunt to the pitcher loaded the bags. Hope Hernandez's single up the middle gave the Green and Blue's its first hit along with two runs.

Davenport tied the game for FGCU with a double to left, bringing Poehlman in who reached on a single and scored from second after swiping the bag.

With the International Tiebreaker Rule now in effect – the last batter out of the previous inning gets placed on second – Ahnie Jumper was now in scoring position to start the eighth. BC intentionally walked Batterton as a sac bunt from Hernandez moved them to second and third. On the very next pitch, Jumper gave FGCU the walk-off win coming home on a wild pitch.

Sarah Lawton picked up the win after tossing three innings of work yielding just one hit, one walk, while fanning four batters. Davenport led the team at the plate with two hits, meanwhile, Hernandez ended the game with two RBI.

Up Next:
FGCU returns tomorrow night facing Georgetown (0-2) at 6 p.m. and end the night facing LIU (1-1) at 8:15 pm.