FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Hartford softball team dropped its single game midweek contest this afternoon against Fairfield. The Hawks fell to the Stags by a final score of, 9-0, after five innings. Hartford drops to 13-22 overall while Fairfield jumps to 14-19 on the season.
FAIRFIELD 9, HARTFORD 0 (5 Inn.)
To lead-off the game
Haley Cassidy and
Jordan Nastos gave Hartford an excellent scoring opportunity early. Cassidy lined a lead-off single through the left side of the infield before Nastos followed by lacing a double into right. However, the Stags would hold the Hawks off the board in the opening frame. After a scoreless first, Fairfield jumped out to a 3-0 lead after the second, before tacking on six more runs in the bottom half of the fourth. Fairfield's lead grew to be too much for Hartford to overcome, as the Hawks fell, 9-0.
NEWS AND NOTES
- Julianna Kocenski (7-10) got the start and took the loss after allowing three runs on five hits and two walks over 3.0 innings of work
- Caylee English pitched one inning of relief for Kocenski in the fourth
- Cassidy extended her hitting streak to 11 games after leading off the game with a single
- Nastos recorded her fifth double on the season in the first
NEXT ON TAP
The Hawks return to America East conference play this weekend with a three-game weekend series at Stony Brook. First pitch of Saturday's doubleheader from the Seawolves Softball Field is set for 1 p.m.
