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Holly Geranen
3
Colgate COLGATE 3-17
4
Winner Monmouth MON 8-11
Colgate COLGATE
3-17
3
Final
4
Monmouth MON
8-11
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Colgate COLGATE 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 1
Monmouth MON 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 4 6 1

W: Riley, A. (6-4) L: Crow, Bella (0-7)

6
Colgate COLGATE 3-18
9
Winner Long Beach State LBSU 23-7
Colgate COLGATE
3-18
6
Final
9
Long Beach State LBSU
23-7
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Colgate COLGATE 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 6 7 2
Long Beach State LBSU 2 0 0 3 1 3 X 9 13 3

W: Flores (5-1) L: Crow, Bella (0-8)

Game Recap: Softball | | Chelsea Vielhauer

Raiders Complete Spring Break Trip Saturday

Colgate Falls to Monmouth, Long Beach State on Final Day of LMU Tournament

LOS ANGELES – The Colgate softball team battled hard, but dropped a pair of tough games Saturday on the final day of the Raiders' 11-game Spring Break trip to California. Colgate fell 4-3 in extra innings to Monmouth before a late surge led No. 22 Long Beach State to a 9-6 win in the LMU Tournament finale.
 
The day's opener against Monmouth was scoreless through the first four and a half frames until the Hawks took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the fifth. The Raiders answered right back in the sixth as RBIs from senior Holly Geranen and first-year Mia Guevarra evened the game at 2-2.
 
Colgate jumped ahead momentarily in the top of the seventh as first-year Christiana Cottrell scored on a wild pitch to give the Raiders a 3-2 edge. Monmouth scored the game-tying run in the bottom of the frame, however, to force extra innings. The Raiders weren't able to get a run across in the top of the eighth. The Hawks then used a two-out single to plate the game-winning run in the bottom of the eighth and walk off with the 4-3 win.
 
Long Beach State put Colgate in a 2-0 hole in the first inning, but the Raiders got the runs back in the top of the third. A bunt single from sophomore Blake Brackett and a Long Beach error scored sophomore Jordan Miller before an RBI from Geranen brought home Brackett to make it 2-2.
 
Colgate then put up three runs in the fourth behind an RBI from Miller and two-run single from Geranen to pull ahead 5-2. Long Beach State answered with a three spot of its own in the bottom of the frame, however, to knot the score at 5-5 through four.
 
Long Beach State scored four runs in the next two innings to pull ahead 9-5. Geranen sent a homer over the left field fence in the top of the seventh, but it wasn't enough as the Raiders fell 9-6. 
 
BOTTOM LINES
  • Monmouth 4, Colgate 3 (8 innings)
  • No. 22 Long Beach State 9, Colgate 6
 
WON-LOST RECORDS
  • No. 22 Long Beach State improved to 23-7.
  • Monmouth moved to 8-11 with the victory.
  • Colgate dropped to 3-18 with the decisions.
 
KEY RAIDER INFO
  • Geranen's home run against Long Beach State was her fourth of the season.
  • Geranen's four RBI against Long Beach State were the most by any Raider in a single game this season.
  • Six different Raiders recorded hits on the day.
 
UP NEXT
  • The Raiders now turn their attention to Patriot League play, which begins next weekend at defending champion Lehigh.
  • The three-game series begins with a 12 p.m. doubleheader Saturday from Bethlehem, Pa.
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