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Bulls Drop Pair At Adidas Tournament

Marcy Hansen

In the early game, the Bulls fell, 7-1, to Hofstra as the Pride used the long ball, hitting three home runs against UB starter Margo Schramm (Phoenix, AZ/Catalina Foothills/Iowa Lakes CC). Down 4-0 in the contest, the Bulls got their only run of the game as Mary Russell (Apalachin, NY/Owego Free Academy) led the inning off with a single down the left field line. After stealing second, Russell scored when senior Lauren Picciano (Endicott, NY/Union-Endicott) reached base on an error. Junior Sophie Barstad (Canby, OR/Canby) led the Bulls at the plate, going 2-for-3 in the contest.

In the nightcap, NC State used four UB errors as it escaped with a 5-2 victory. The Bulls had a chance to take an early lead as they went into the second inning down 1-0. Laura Kor (Beaverton, OR/Westview) led off the inning with a walk and advanced to third on a Picciano double. With two outs, Marcy Hansen (Claremont, CA/Claremont) drilled a single up the left side, scoring Kor. Picciano advanced to third, but was stranded there.

Lacy Schneider

The game remained tied until the Wolfpack scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning against Barstad. UB was able to pick up one run in the sixth inning as sophomore Lacy Schneider (Idylwild,CA/Hemet) singled up the right side, scoring Kor.

The Bulls have dropped four in a row playing some of the nation's best competition. UB will play Illinois-Chicago in the early game tomorrow, beginning at 11 am and then the championship rounds of the tournament begin, which go into Sunday.