Posted: Mar 10, 2023
Fujino’s Shutout Closes Spring Break Games for Tartans
![Carnegie Mellon](https://cdn.prestosports.com/action/cdn/logos/id/g7cp0n5etkgkpooj.png)
Carnegie Mellon
(5-6)
3
AT
![Muskingum](https://cdn.prestosports.com/action/cdn/logos/id/720h7ev2ickcgxb5.png)
Muskingum
(7-2)
9
Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
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Carnegie Mellon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
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Muskingum | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | X | 9 | 12 | 0 |
![Allegheny](https://cdn.prestosports.com/action/cdn/logos/id/ax3kvegmie79b9c4.png)
Allegheny
(8-4)
0
AT
![Carnegie Mellon](https://cdn.prestosports.com/action/cdn/logos/id/g7cp0n5etkgkpooj.png)
Carnegie Mellon
(6-6)
5
Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E | |
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Allegheny | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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Carnegie Mellon | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 | 10 | 2 |
![women's softball pitcher wearing a black uniform prepares to pitch](/sports/sball/2022-23/photos/jwu/fujino_F03Q8816_1920.jpg?max_width=650)
Batting
Muskingum
2B:
Kalie Eshelman
3B:
none
HR:
Kennedy Cauger; Carlee Lamacz
Batting
(WINTER HAVEN, Fla.) – The Carnegie Mellon University softball team is 6-6 after a 9-3 defeat to Muskingum University (7-2) and a 5-0 victory against Allegheny College (8-4) on its last day of games in Florida on Friday, March 10.
Against Muskingum
- Junior Erika Heffernen, sophomore Libby Eichberger, and freshman Kira Monji all recorded two hits.
- Heffernen doubled, stole a base, and scored two runs.
- The Tartans scored in the top of the first inning when Monji walked, stole second, and later scored on a passed ball.
- The other two runs for the Tartans came in the fifth and seventh innings.
Against Allegheny
- Freshman Grace Fujino earned the first shutout of the season for the Tartans, pitching 6.0 innings. She scattered three hits and struck out eight batters for her second win.
- The Tartans plated two runs in the third inning with junior Kiera Boucher and Eichberger collecting RBIs.
- The Tartans put two more runs on the board in the fourth inning with Boucher singling in two more.
- The fifth run was added in the fifth inning when Eichberger singled up the middle to score sophomore Faith Lawrence who led off the inning with a double.
- Monji picked up another pair of hits and scored two runs.
- Boucher also had two hits while Eichberger had three.
Notes
- Monji now has an eight-game multi-hit streak which continues to top the program's records book.
- Heffernen and Eichberger join Monji with eight-game hitting streaks.
- Fujino's shutout is the eighth in program history.
Up Next
The Tartans will play their first home series of the year with a double header against Kenyon College scheduled for Saturday, March 18 beginning at 1:00 p.m.