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Lexie Zuniga

Softball

Walk-off double gives Quincy sweep over Hawks

Lexie Zuniga hit a two-run home run in the second game.
Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 Rockhurst dropped both games of a doubleheader on Saturday at Quincy, falling 10-6 in the opener and 2-1 in eight innings in the nightcap.

Quincy scored six runs on three hits in the sixth inning to overcome a 5-4 deficit. Rockhurst crossed the plate five times in the fifth on five hits. Lexie Zuniga hit a two-run home run, Hannah Pyle drove in two runs with a double and Caroline Lipp led off the frame with a pinch hit solo home run.

Madison Wagner posted two of Rockhurst's nine hits. Bridgette Sappington took the loss in relief of Demi Plathe.

In the second game, Quincy won on a walk-off double with one out in the eighth. Sappington (17-7) suffered her first loss in her last nine starts. Plathe homered in the seventh to tie the score. Gabbie Boerema led the Hawks with two hits.

Rockhurst, 21-15 and 12-10 in the GLVC, host Fort Hays State on Tuesday, April 14.
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Players Mentioned

Gabbie Boerema

#24 Gabbie Boerema

SS
5' 7"
Sophomore
R/R
Demi Plathe

#14 Demi Plathe

OF / P
5' 5"
Junior
R/R
Hannah Pyle

#12 Hannah Pyle

OF
5' 7"
Sophomore
R/R
Bridgette Sappington

#20 Bridgette Sappington

P
5' 10"
Sophomore
R/R
Lexie Zuniga

#15 Lexie Zuniga

C / UT
5' 4"
Sophomore
R/R
Caroline Lipp

#8 Caroline Lipp

IF / OF
5' 5"
Freshman
R/R
Madison Wagner

#5 Madison Wagner

OF / P
5' 6"
Freshman
L/R

Players Mentioned

Gabbie Boerema

#24 Gabbie Boerema

5' 7"
Sophomore
R/R
SS
Demi Plathe

#14 Demi Plathe

5' 5"
Junior
R/R
OF / P
Hannah Pyle

#12 Hannah Pyle

5' 7"
Sophomore
R/R
OF
Bridgette Sappington

#20 Bridgette Sappington

5' 10"
Sophomore
R/R
P
Lexie Zuniga

#15 Lexie Zuniga

5' 4"
Sophomore
R/R
C / UT
Caroline Lipp

#8 Caroline Lipp

5' 5"
Freshman
R/R
IF / OF
Madison Wagner

#5 Madison Wagner

5' 6"
Freshman
L/R
OF / P