Friars Drop Second Game of Series at Villanova

VILLANOVA, Pa. – The Providence College softball team fell to Villanova, 5-4, in the second game of their BIG EAST series on Saturday, May 3 at the Villanova Softball Complex. With the loss, the Friars moved to 22-28 overall and 11-12 in conference play. Junior Julia Renny (Syosset, N.Y.) recorded her fourth home run of the season, while sophomore Alyssa Twomey (Warwick, R.I.) delivered a complete-game performance in the circle, tallying a season-high seven strikeouts.

GAME RECAP

Providence opened the scoring in the first inning with an RBI single from Emma Douma (Midland Park, N.J.), bringing home Gabriella Lee (Belmont, Calif.) for a 1-0 lead.
In the second inning, Rachael Petrarca (Tampa, Fla.) scored on a fielder's choice to extend the Friars' advantage to 2-0.
Villanova responded with a two-run home run in the third to even the score, 2-2.
Sofia Peterson (Bordentown, N.J.) regained the lead for Providence with an RBI infield single that scored Petrarca and make it 3-2.
Renny added to the lead in the fifth with a solo home run to put the Friars ahead 4-2.
The Wildcats cut the deficit to one with a home run in the bottom half of the fifth and later tied the game, 4-4, following a Providence error.
Villanova secured the win with a walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh.
Twomey pitched all seven innings for the Friars, allowing seven hits and four earned runs while striking out seven.
Peterson went 3-for-4 at the plate and Lee added a 2-for-3 performance.

ON DECK
Providence will close out the series against Villanova on Sunday, May 4. First pitch is set for 12:00 p.m. and will stream live on FloCollege.

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Team Stats

Sofia Peterson

Gabriella Lee

Elisa Smith

Emma Douma

Players Mentioned

Emma Douma

Gabriella Lee

Sofia Peterson

Rachael Petrarca

Julia Renny

Alyssa Twomey

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