Casey Herzog Leads Bobcats to Win Over Lehigh, as QU Softball Splits on the Day

Wednesday, March 14

Tampa, Fla.

12:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

5-10

Lehigh University

3-12

Quinnipiac

Lehigh

Casey Herzog had the game-winning single with two outs in the seventh (photo by Rocco Labbadia)

Casey Herzog Leads Bobcats to Win Over Lehigh, as QU Softball Splits on the Day

3/14/2018 5:26:00 PM | Softball

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By: QU Athletic Communications

TAMPA, Fla. - Senior Casey Herzog went the distance in the circle, allowing four hits, and had a tie-breaking, two-out, two-run single in the top of the seventh as the Quinnipiac softball team came from behind to defeat Lehigh 4-2 in its first of two games on Wednesday afternoon. In the second game, Butler scored five times in the fifth to take a 5-2 win, giving the Bobcats a split on the day.

Team Records
Quinnipiac University Bobcats (5-11)
Lehigh University Mountain Hawks (3-12)
Butler University Bulldogs (8-12)

GAME ONE (Quinnipiac 4, Lehigh 2)
GAME TWO (Butler 5. Quinnipiac 2)

Senior pitcher Casey Herzog supported her own cause with a two-run single in the top of the seventh to give her a complete-game pitching victory.
After falling behind 2-0, the Bobcats were able to tie the score in the fifth inning on a bases-loaded two-run single from junior first baseman Keala Cordeiro.
Cordeiro helped set the table in the seventh inning with a one-out single, which was followed by another single from junior third baseman Rebecca Drake. After both moved into scoring position on a single from freshman Brighid Douglas, Lehigh threw home to get the force at the plate for the second out of the inning.
Herzog was able to break the tie with a clutch two-out, two-run single to give the Bobcats their first lead of the game, and then retired the side in order in the bottom half to finish off the win.
Quinnipiac came out hitting, with three singles in the top of the first, but they were unable to score.
Senior center fielder Keilani Finley was 3-for-4 on the day, while Herzog was 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Quinnipiac had 10 hits to Lehigh's four, as Herzog allowed just one earned run on the day.
In the second game, sophomore outfield Megan Dyson broke a scoreless deadlock with a two-run single in the fourth
Butler scored five times in the fifth, taking a 3-2 lead on a squeeze play, and then adding a sacrifice fly and a passed ball for two insurance runs

NEXT UP
Quinnipiac heads back to Clearwater for the Michelle Smith Tournament, hosted by the University of South Florida, facing Army and Tennessee-Chattanooga in the first day of the tournament on Friday, before closing out with Buffalo and North Florida on Saturday and Saint Joseph's on Sunday. .