The Seton Hill softball team rebounded from an opening loss in the NCAA Division II World Series and stayed alive with an 8-1 victory over Adelphi (N.Y.) in the loser’s bracket game Friday night in Denver.
The Griffins (42-11) will take on Cal State Dominguez Hills (42-22) at 4:30 p.m. (EST) Saturday in the double-elimination tournament.
All-Americans and Hempfield grads Jenna Osikowicz and Morgan Ryan each drove in two runs, and Ryan pitched a complete game with five strikeouts and no walks.
Osikowicz jump-started the offense with a hard-hit, two-run double in the third.
Ryan followed with a double to score Osikowicz.
SB: Moving on!!! SHU advances in the D2 Softball Championships with an 8-1 win over Adelphi. pic.twitter.com/L7TOVDnP5t
— SHUGriffin Athletics (@GriffinsSports) May 28, 2022
Morgan Toal added an RBI, and Nichole McClendon added two hits and scored three times for the Griffins, who had three-run innings in the third and fifth innings.
They had 10 hits after Auburn-Montgomery held them to three on Thursday.
Adelphi finished the season at 47-15.
