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Box Score 2 Boca Raton, Florida - Following a successful doubleheader win vs Ave Maria on Tuesday, the Fighting Knights were back in action vs Hillsdale. After losing the first game of the afternoon, the Fighting Knights' relentless hitting led by Janelle Dominguez in game two, proved to be the difference-maker to split today's games.
INSIDE THE MATCHUPS:
Game 1 Final: Hillsdale 11 Lynn 1
Records: Lynn (7-15, 0-9 SSC), Hillsdale (4-11, 0-0)
Location: Lynn Baseball and Softball Complex| Boca Raton, Florida
All-Time Series: Lynn trails 0-1
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Game 2 Final: Lynn 7 Hillsdale 5
Records: Lynn (8-15, 0-9 SSC), Ave Maria (4-12, 0-0)
Location: Lynn Baseball and Softball Complex| Boca Raton, Florida
All-Time Series: Lynn's tied 1-1
HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 1):
- The Chargers got out in front of the ball game 4-0 in the first inning.
- The Fighting Knights put up their sole run in the bottom of the third. Dominguez hit an RBI single for Lynn, driving in Aryana Galioto who walked earlier in the bottom of the third.
- After the one run by the Fighting Knights, the Chargers put up more runs and won the game 11-1.
- Dominguez went 1-2 with an RBI single.
- Monique Poitevin went 1-3 with a double.
- Galioto walked twice and scored a run. She also had a stolen base.
- Madison Prickett pitched 3.1 innings, allowing six earned runs on ten hits.
HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 2):
- The Chargers struck first again putting up three runs in the first inning.
- In the top of the second, Faith Miller recorded her first strikeout of the game, leading to an offensive second half of the inning.
- Destiny Torres hit a double to get on base for the Fighting Knights. After that Aymee Godmaire got walked for Lynn. Up next, Karlie Sweiderk hit a single to drive in a run for Lynn, making the score 3-1.
- After that, Galioto walked to set up a bases-loaded opportunity. With Poitevin at the plate, an RBI single would put the Fighting Knights within one.
- Dominguez hit a double next in the inning to drive in two, Fighting Knights up 4-3.
- Bailey Fernandez came to the plate in the bottom of the second, driving in two more runs on an RBI double to left field. Lynn extending their lead to 6-3 at the end of the inning.
- In the bottom of the fourth, Dominguez recorded her third RBI on the day when she hit a solo homerun to left field.
- Prickett came into the game in the top of the fifth, striking out one.
- In the top of the sixth, the Chargers hit a two-run homerun to right-center to go down 7-5.
- With one on in the top of the seventh, Prickett struck out another batter to end the game.
- Dominguez went 2-4 with a homerun and a double for three RBIs and two runs. She is now tied for second in the SSC with five homeruns and is in first for Slug% (.854).
- Fernandez went 1-4 with two RBIs and a double.
- Sweiderk and Poitevin both went 1-3 with a run and an RBI.
- Godmaire went 1-2 with a run.
- Torres went 1-3 with a run and a double.
- Miller picked up her sixth win on 4IP. In those four innings, she allowed two earned runs on four hits. She also had two strikeouts pitching and went 1-2 hitting.
- Prickett in relief allowed two earned runs on three hits with three Ks in three innings pitched.
UP NEXT:
The Fighting Knights play again vs Kutztown on Friday, March 18th, at 12 P.M.
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Lynn's NCAA Division II Fighting Knights have won 25 national titles, 14 individual national titles, and 47 conference championships. The Blue and White are a member of the Sunshine State Conference, the Division II "Conference of National Champions." Lynn University is an independent college based in Boca Raton, Florida. U.S. News & World Report has recognized Lynn for its innovation, international students and value. To keep up to date on Lynn Athletics, follow @Lynn_Knights on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.