MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – The FDU-Florham softball team went 8-1across its nine-game spring break as the Devils closed out the trip with a 13-3 win over UMSV followed by their first loss, falling to Scranton 5-1. 
 
DEVILS HIGHLIGHTS (vs UMSV)

• Giulia Olear went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBI
• Jada Lambright went 2-for-2 with a double and two runs scored.
• Riley Signor had a double with two RBI and two runs scored. 
• Hailey Wodecki led the offense with three RBI and a double.
• Grace Capparelli and Alison Wysocki each had two hits and two RBI.
• Giana Abinanti earned her fourth win allowing one earned run on six hits and punching out three.  

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The FDU bats began the day hot and never cooled off as Wodecki knocked in the game's first three runs with a bases-clearing double in the bottom of the first. 
• After a UMSV error, Wodecki came around to score to make it 4-0. 
• Later in the inning, Abigail Rodriguez knocked in Kylee Berg with a sac fly followed by a Wysocki RBI-single to score Capparelli and push the FDU lead to 6-0. 
• In the second, Signor doubled home two more runs as Lambright and Olear scored. 
• Capparelli then drove home Signor with an RBI-single and came around to score herself on a Wysocki RBI-single to make it 10-0. 
• Olear then doubled home two more to make it 12-0 after two innings.
• In the third, the Dolphins answered with three runs, but after Capparelli made it a 10-run game again with an RBI-single to left, Sydney Grifone shut the door in the fourth and fifth innings as the Devils won on the 10-run rule in five innings. 

DEVILS HIGHLIGHTS (vs Scranton)

• Olear drove in the Devils' lone run as she went 2-for-4 against the Royals. 
• Reece also had two knocks and scored the only FDU run. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• It was a scoreless ball game entering the fifth until Scranton's Quin Doherty drove in the first run of the game with a sac fly to plate Giana Muliero. 
• In the sixth, Olear tied the game with an RBI-single to score Reece and the game remained tied into the eighth inning. 
• The Royals scored four in the top of the eighth to take a 5-1 lead and despite having multiple runners in scoring position in the bottom of the eighth, the Devils could not push any runs across, falling for the first time this season. 

GAME NOTES

• This was FDU's first extra innings game this season. 
• Lambright is currently riding a six-game hitting streak

UP NEXT
FDU returns to the Northeast and begins MAC Freedom play on Sunday, March 22 as the Devils are set to face Misericordia University. First pitch of Game 1 is set for 1 p.m. and the location has been changed to Wilkes University. 
 
For the latest on FDU-Florham Athletics, follow the Devils via social media (@FDUDevils) on X, Facebook, and Instagram.