Softball Shuts Down Dayton – Ohio State Buckeyes
4/14/1998 12:00:00 AM | Softball
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%^$April 14, 1998 %^$
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%^$ COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State softball team (19-18-0 overall, 4-9 in Big Ten) tossed back to back shutouts to defeat the Dayton Flyers (19-17-0 overall), 1-0 and 8-0. %^$
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%^$Game one went down to the wire with the Buckeyes gutting out a 1-0 win in 10-innings. In the bottom of the tenth inning, with one out and Candace Kollen (Sr., Cerritos, Ohio) on second base, Holly English (Fr., Akron, Ohio) blasted a double to left-centefield to drive in the winning run. OSUs Meaghan Robinson (Jr., Naples, Fla.) started the game and pitched a magnificent nine innings of shutout ball. Jodi Dolan (Sr., Fallon, Nev.) entered the game in the top of the tenth, and pitched a flawless inning of relief work to earn the win. %^$
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%^$Dayton’s Sara Hatcher saw her record fall to 10-6 on the season. She gave up only one run in 9.1 innings of work. %^$
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%^$In game two, the Buckeyes decided to finish things early winning the game 8-0 in five innings (NCAA sofball invokes a mercy rule of eight runs after five innings). English kept her hot bat going with two RBI of a double. Dolan would knock in the final two runs to win the game. Also chipping in offensively was Carla Tobias (Jr., West Jefferson, Ohio), with her first hit and RBI as a Buckeye. She played the last two seasons at Malone College. %^$
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%^$Toni Hileman (So., Alliance, Ohio) tossed her second shutout of the season. Her record improved to 3-3 on the year. Dayton’s Heidi Pease was charged with her fifth loss of the year (6-5). %^$
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%^$The Buckeyes will return to the field tomorrow when they play host to a doubleheader against Bowling Green at 3 p.m. %^$
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%^$Notes: In the tenth inning of the first game, Julie Bauman (Sr., Canfield, Ohio) injured her right arm. At present time, no specific details of her injury are available. %^$
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