Box Score VESTAL, N.Y. – The fourth-seeded Bryant University softball team fell to top-seeded Binghamton, 10-3, in the America East Championship round on Sunday morning at the Bearcat Softball Complex.
Bryant reached the championship round by winning elimination games against fifth-seeded Maine on Friday and third-seeded UAlbany and second-seeded UMBC on Saturday. The Bulldogs were making their first championship round appearance since 2014.
Location: Bearcat Softball Complex (Vestal, N.Y.)
Binghamton 10, Bryant 3
W | L | S: Brianna Robets (21-2) |
Maddy Wachter (10-8)
Key Moment
- The Bearcats scored two runs in the bottom of the first and never looked back.
How it Happened
- The Bearcats scored two runs on a double and a single with two outs (2-0) in the first inning.
- In the bottom of the third, Binghamton hit a leadoff solo home run, and then scored two more runs on a sac-fly and a Bulldog error (5-0).
- Binghamton hit a solo home run to left-center with two outs in the bottom of the fifth (6-0).
- In the top of the sixth, Meaghan Houk hit a single, followed by a McKenzie McAloon single, leading to a three-run home run for Cochran to deep center field (6-3).
- The Bearcats responded with four runs in the bottom of the sixth on a single and double (10-3).
Stats
- Cochran hit a three-run home run.
- Houk went 2-3 at the plate.
- McAloon posted a hit.
- Wachter went two innings with a strikeout.
- Grace McKillop tossed three innings, striking out one.
