Game One Recap

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. -- After a four-run seventh by FIU to take the lead, WKU came back to score three in the bottom of the seventh to win game two of a Saturday doubleheader, 5-4, in Conference USA softball action at the WKU Softball Complex. FIU is now 17-14, 3-2 in C-USA games. WKU is now 10-12, 2-0 in conference.
 
The Panthers doubled their hit total with five in the seventh to push across four runs. FIU got three-straight hits with two outs to score the runs. A two-RBI single by center fielder Gabby Spallone (Miami, Florida / Palmetto HS) gave FIU the lead, and third baseman Dani Mowry (Cocoa, Florida / Space Coast HS) singled through the middle for the fourth run.
 
The Lady Toppers answered with a solo homer and two hits, to go with a pair of FIU walks and an infield error to walkoff game two.
 
WKU scored first after a one-out double in the first, and pitcher Hannah Parker helped out her own cause by driving in the runner for the 1-0 lead.
 
WKU added an insurance run, though unearned, in the fourth against FIU starter Megan Kugelmann (Merritt Island, Florida / Cocoa Beach HS) for the 2-0 lead.
 
Parker got the complete-game win to improve to 6-7. She allowed 10 hits, but no walks. All four runs charged to her were unearned and she finished with six strikeouts.
 
The loss went to FIU reliever Rachel Dwyer (Tampa, Florida / Chamberlain HS), whose record is now 2-2. She walked the only batter she faced in the final frame.  
 
The two teams will finish the series at 1 p.m. Eastern on Sunday.
 
About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports, and is a proud member of Conference USA. Athletic events are played in seven different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including FIU Arena and the FIU Football Stadium.
 
About FIU: Florida International University is recognized as a Carnegie engaged university. It is a public research university with colleges and schools that offers more than 180 bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU contributes $9.8 billion each year to the local economy. FIU is Worlds Ahead in finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission. FIU has awarded over 200,000 degrees and enrolls more than 54,000 students in two campuses and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. FIU also supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of Conference USA and has over 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.