ORANGEBURG, S.C. (April 15, 2023) – Howard University softball team grabbed a split on the road at South Carolina State (SCSU). HU fell short in game one, 4-3, but rebounded in the nightcap with a shutout victory, 5-0.
 
HOWARD 5, SCSU 0 (GAME 2)
 
Rookie Carleen Murray (British Columbia, Canada) ended HU's three-game skid with her first career complete-game shutout victory, tossing seven inning and striking out five Lady Bulldogs.
 
Fellow rookie Amelia Weber (Montclair, Calif.) got Howard on the board first with an RBI-single to left field, bringing home second-year Bison Sidney Fletcher (Whittier, Calif.), 1-0.
 
Top three, the Bison tallied two more runs, including Fletcher's solo homer, 3-0.
 
Sophomores Alyssa Vasquez (Downey, Calif.) and Alyssa Watson (Eastvale, Calif.) delivered insurance runs in the seventh, each producing RBI-doubles in the final frame, 5-0.
 
Offensively, the Bison registered five runs on nine hits with Fletcher, Vasquez and sophomore Lealani Ricks (Madera, Calif.) each manufacturing two hits apiece.
 
HOWARD 3, SCSU 4 (GAME 1)
 
HU managed three runs on seven hits, led by Fletcher and Weber with two hits each.
 
Fletcher opened the afternoon with an RBI-triple to right field, driving in Ricks, 1-0.
 
SCSU answered in its first at-bat, scoring twice on HU miscues and taking a 2-1 advantage after one.
 
Bottom three, the Lady Bulldogs extended their lead with two more runs, 4-1.
 
Despite the deficit, HU battled back in the sixth with Weber and second-year Bison Victoria Brown (Carson, Calif.) driving in runs and closing the gap to one, 4-3.
 
In HU's last at-bat, SCSU's Destiny Calloway closed the door on a Bison comeback with three consecutive outs to end the game. The Virginia native threw a complete-game while striking out two batters in the win.
 
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
 
HU wraps up the season series against South Carolina State Sunday (April 16). First pitch is scheduled for 11 a.m.
 
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