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Royle 2024
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Saint Louis SLU 24-16, 12-6 A-10
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Winner George Mason GMU 15-29, 6-12 A-10
Saint Louis SLU
24-16, 12-6 A-10
4
Final
5
George Mason GMU
15-29, 6-12 A-10
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Saint Louis SLU 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 4 8 4
George Mason GMU 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 5 8 1

W: Nigh (2-2) L: Royle, Isabel (9-4)

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Winner Saint Louis SLU 25-16, 13-6 A-10
1
George Mason GMU 15-30, 6-13 A-10
Winner
Saint Louis SLU
25-16, 13-6 A-10
4
Final
1
George Mason GMU
15-30, 6-13 A-10
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Saint Louis SLU 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 13 0
George Mason GMU 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0

W: Royle, Isabel (10-4) L: Tallman (4-8)

Game Recap: Softball |

Billikens Earn Split at George Mason with Game-Two Victory

GAME RESULTS
Game 1 – George Mason 5, Saint Louis 4
Game 2 – Saint Louis 4, George Mason 1
Saturday, April 20, 2024
Fairfax, Va.
 
THE BASICS
Isabel Royle pitched a six-hitter and Natalie Sullivan had two RBIs to lead Saint Louis to a 4-1 victory over George Mason in game two of an Atlantic 10 Conference doubleheader Saturday at GMU Softball Complex.
 
George Mason won the opener 5-4.
 
With seven conference games remaining, the Billikens (25-16, 13-6) are in second place in the A-10, trailing Dayton (12-5).
 
GAME 1 – HOW IT HAPPENED
•Kelsey Etling led off the second inning with her eighth home run of the season.
•George Mason pulled even in the bottom of the inning with a solo homer of its own.
•The Patriots took a 4-1 lead by scoring three unearned runs in the fourth.
•The Billikens drew closer on Cami Newbanks' sixth-inning RBI double.
•SLU began a game-tying rally with two outs in the seventh. Jocelyn Abbott tripled and scored on Kendall Johnson's RBI single. Following Abby Ulsas' infield single, pinch-runner Karsen Jany scored the tying run on Sullivan's RBI single.
•George Mason pushed the winning run across in its half of the seventh.
 
GAME 1 – BILLIKEN NOTABLES
•Starting pitcher Taylor Hochman worked six innings, striking out five and allowing just one earned run and five hits.
•Sullivan added a single for a two-hit game.
•Abby Mallo recorded a double.
 
GAME 2 – HOW IT HAPPENED
•The Billikens grabbed a 1-0 first-inning lead on Jane Kaniecki's RBI single.
•It stayed that way until the sixth when Saint Louis plated three 2-out runs. Ulsas drove in the first with a single, and Sullivan followed with a two-run triple.
•George Mason tallied once in the seventh, but Royle worked out of a jam with the tying run at the plate.
 
GAME 2 – BILLIKEN NOTABLES
•Royle collected her 10th victory (10-4). She fanned four and walked only two.
•Kaniecki was 3-for-4, adding a triple and a single.
•Sullivan had two hits, adding a single to her three-bagger.
•Mallo doubled and singled.
•Newbanks registered two singles.
•Etling, Abbott and Johnson picked up a single apiece.
 
UP NEXT
The Billikens and Patriots conclude the series Sunday with a single game starting at 11 a.m. Central.
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