WASHINGTON – Georgetown University's softball team dropped a 4-3 extra inning affair to visiting James Madison in nonconference action on Wednesday afternoon at the Catholic University Softball Field. With the loss, the Hoyas fall to 14-17 overall while the Dukes even their record to 20-20.
 
Hoya Highlights

• Georgetown tallied nine hits on the day, including a pair of doubles from Gabby Park and Emily Strittmatter and a triple from Claire Turner.
• Brooke Rebhan (2-for-4) and Nina Sarlo (2-for-3) both had a pair of hits for the Hoyas as well.
• Gabby Park and Emily Strittmatter added RBI doubles.
• Dayanara Campos, Rebhan and Claire Turner each scored for the Blue & Gray.
• Marina Egbert and Catherine Larson both tossed four full innings of work, each allowing a pair of earned runs and striking out one. Egbert allowed five JMU hits while Larson gave up four.

How it Happened

• After a quiet first two innings, scoring opened for both sides in the third. James Madison took a 2-0 lead in the top of the frame behind a pair of RBI singles. Georgetown responded in the bottom of the stanza as Strittmatter doubled to left center to bring home Campos and Rebhan and knot things up at 2-2.
• In the fifth, the Dukes took a 3-2 lead with a two-out RBI single to center.
• Georgetown would force extra frames with another run in the bottom of the seventh as Turner got things going with a one-out triple. Two batters later, Park connected on the first pitch she saw and doubled to left center to bring Turner across the plate.
• James Madison would add a run in the top of the eighth but the Hoyas were unable to respond.

James Madison Notes

• Cali Legzdin went 2-for-4 with a run scored to lead the Dukes while Kia Ortega notched the game-winning RBI single in the eighth.
• Kirsten Fleet tossed 4.2 innings in relief, allowing just one run on two hits.

Up Next
The Hoyas remain home to host Butler for a three-game series in BIG EAST play the weekend of April 17-19 at the Mount Vernon Athletic Complex in the District.