With the loss, the Huskies drop to 13-29 on the season and 6-14 in Mid-American Conference action.
Game Recap
The Bulls got on the board in the top of the first, scoring two runs on a single up the middle to take a 2-0 lead over the Huskies.
Jenna Turner (Marengo, Ill./Marengo) singled to left field to record the first hit of the game for the Huskies. Danielle Stewart (Frankfort, Ill./Lincoln-Way East) hit her sixth home run of the day, a two-run hit to center field to bring home Turner and tie the game at two.
The Huskies defense kept the Bulls off the board in the second, third, and fourth innings, allowing only one hit during the stretch.
Starting the bottom of the fourth, Caitlyn Shumaker (Bellefontaine, Ohio/Bellefontaine) doubled to center field before stealing home to give the Huskies a 3-2 lead over the Bulls.
Buffalo hit a three-run home run in the top of the fifth to take a 5-3 lead over the Huskies as they tallied two other runs in the inning. The Bulls added four runs off five hits in the top of the seventh as they held the Huskies to two hits in the final two innings of play.
Huskie Notes
- Seven different Huskies recorded a hit in the game.
- Lily Cassell (LaGrange, Ohio/Keystone) recorded two of the Huskies three strikeouts in the game.
- Shumaker recorded the lone stolen base for the Huskies as she has accumulated 20 strikeouts this season.