RALEIGH, N.C. – Marymount softball dropped a pair of hard-fought contests to Rhode Island College and William Peace to open the Grand Slam Classic on Saturday afternoon.  

NOTABLE

• Kaylynn Johnson smoked a grand slam in the first inning against Rhode Island.
• Shanyn Burch also hit a home run against Rhode Island.
• Against William Peace, Sara Emig hit a home run to left-center in the first inning. She went 3-for-3 in the contest to lead the MU offense.

RHODE ISLAND (L, 3-5)

• Johnson hit a grand slam in the first inning to make it a 4-0 MU lead early.  
• In the third inning, Johnson scored on a sacrifice squeeze from Elizabeth Corcoran to make it a 5-1 lead.
• Emig scored on a throwing error from Rhode Island in the fourth inning to extend the lead to 6-1.
• Burch's homer in the 6th made it a 7-3 lead for the Saints.
• Rhode Island scored four runs in the sixth to tie it before winning the game 8-7 on a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh.

WILLIAM PEACE (L, 3-5)

• Against the Pacers, Emig's home run in the first gave the Saints an early 1-0 lead.
• That lead held until Caitlyn Oakland hit a pinch-hit sacrifice fly in the fourth inning to make it 2-0.
• William Peace tied it in the fifth with a two-run home run to center.
• Emig scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the fifth to give Marymount its final lead of the day.
• Back-to-back RBI singles from William Peace in the top of the sixth inning put the Pacers ahead, 5-3.
• Marymount couldn't rally in the final two innings and fell, 5-3. 

UP NEXT

• Marymount will play North Carolina Wesleyan (10 AM) and Randolph-Macon (12 PM) on Sunday to conclude the Grand Slam Classic.

 
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