Box Scores: Princeton | Villanova | Utah | Princeton 2 | Maryland

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The Hampton University softball team picked up a win in the University of Maryland Round Robin, held Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Robert E. Taylor Stadium.

The Lady Pirates (6-17) picked up their win on Saturday, when they defeated Princeton 4-2. Hampton opened play on Friday with a 12-0 loss in five innings to Princeton and a 12-10 loss to Villanova, before falling 22-1 in five innings to Utah on Saturday and 9-1 in six innings to host Maryland on Sunday.

Princeton took a 1-0 lead in the third inning of Saturday's contest on an RBI double from Kelsey VandeBergh, before the Lady Pirates tied the game in the top of the fifth when senior Bre'Anna Brown (Los Angeles, Calif.) scored on an error.

Princeton took a 2-1 lead in the sixth inning on a passed ball, but the Lady Pirates scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning to put away the game. Sophomore Carla Trimble (Riverside, Calif.) drove in the first run with a bases-loaded walk, before sophomore Adrianna Scott (Laurel, Md.) singled home a run and another run scored on an error.

Junior Travonna Byrd (Newport News, Va.) pitched a complete game, striking out four and giving up just four hits in picking up her second win of the season.

Brown and Scott each had three hits.

Friday's action began with Princeton beating Hampton in five innings, pushing across three runs in the first inning before adding three more in the third inning. VandeBergh hit a home run to lead off the fourth inning to kick off what would be a six-run frame.

Brown had two of Hampton's five hits in that game.

Villanova was up 6-0 after an inning and a half in Friday's second game, but the Lady Pirates got on the board in the bottom of the second inning on a Scott triple down the right-filed line that drove in two runs to cut the Wildcats' lead to 6-2.

Villanova answered with six run in the top of the third, highlighted by a bases-clearing double to center field from Amanda Marquez. The Lady Pirates struck back in the bottom of the inning, pushing two runs across on an RBI single from junior Brooke Boykin (Riverside, Calif.) and a bases-loaded walk to Byrd to make the score 12-4.

Hampton would then scored six runs in the fifth inning, pulling to 12-10. Scott drove in the first run with a single to center field, before Brown singled home another run. Sophomore Tamara Vickers (Lawndale, Calif.) then cleared the bases with a three-run triple, before scoring the final run of the inning on an illegal pitch.

Scott and Boykin each had two hits to lead the Lady Pirates, while Scott and Vickers each drove in three runs.

Utah scored eight runs in the top of the first inning to jump out quick on Saturday morning, before adding three more runs in both the second and third innings. Another eight-spot in the fourth inning put the game out of reach, before the Lady Pirates pushed across a run in the bottom of the fifth inning on an RBI groundout by Brown.

The Utes had 15 hits and took advantage of six errors. Tara Glover led Utah at the plate, going 3-for-5 in the leadoff spot, scoring twice and driving in three runs. Taylor Austin drove in four runs for the Utes, while Whitney Holm also drove in three runs.

Junior Rebecca Magett (Grand Rapids, Mich.) had two of Hampton's four hits.

Maryland scored five runs in the first inning on Sunday, beginning with an RBI double from Bree Hanafin, before Kerry Hickey then hit a grand slam.

Freshman Heather Ryder (Ontario, Canada) hit her first home run of the season third inning to make the score 5-1, before the Terrapins added two more runs in the fourth inning on a bases-loaded walk to Marisha Branson and a Hickey sacrifice fly.

Hickey would single in another run in the sixth inning, before Brittany Murray singled home the final run.

Ashley Czechner threw a complete game, holding the Lady Pirates to just one hit and striking out 16 batters.

The Lady Pirates will return to action on Thursday, when they head to Norfolk, Va. for a doubleheader against Norfolk State starting at 5 p.m. For more information on Hampton University softball, please call the Office of Sports Information at (757) 727-5811, or visit the official Pirates website at www.hamptonpirates.com.