MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- The Barry Buccaneer softball team split their doubleheader with the Kutztown Golden Bears on Thursday, Mar. 17., winning the first game 5-1 and losing the second game 3-6.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Game 1 Final: Barry 5, Kutztown 1
Game 2 Final: Kutztown 6, Barry 3
Records: Barry (17-11, 6-3 SSC), Kutztown (11-5)
All-Time Series: Kutztown lead 3-2
 

SUMMARY:
Game 1

• B1 - The Bucs came out of the gates with their bats on fire. Mac Stone-Folmar got a single in the leadoff spot and stole second the next at-bat. Maggie Wheless drew a walk to bring up Payton Germer who cracked a two-RBI single up the middle. Megan Ballash brought home Germer with a single of her own two at-bats later. | Bucs 3, Bears 0
• T4 - Two errors cost the Bucs a run in the fourth. | Bucs 3, Bears 1
• B4 - Cassandra Lee smacked a double to bring home two runs and extend the Bucs lead to four runs. | Bucs 5, Bears 1

Game 2

• B1 - The Bucs got on the board first with an RBI single from Germer. | Bucs 1, Bears 0
• T2 - The Bears got a leadoff walked from J Lipowski and moved her to third with consecutive groundouts before being brought home on a single from K Geesey. | Tied 1-1
• B2 - Courtney Chisolm brought home Ayana Andrade-Zygmunt on a sacrifice bunt. | Bucs 2, Bears 1
• T5 - Sarah Harvat cracked a two-run homer to take the lead. | Bears 3, Bucs 2
• B6 - The Bucs tied it up when Andrade-Zygmunt scored on a single from Becka Mellor. | Tied 3-3
• T8 - The Bears scored three runs on a pair of hits to secure the game. | Bears 6, Bucs 3

ON THE HORIZON:

The Bucs will host their final doubleheader of the week when they take on Mercy at 4pm on Friday, Mar. 18.