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Winner Bradley BRAD 15-13
5
Loyola Chicago LUC 16-11
Winner
Bradley BRAD
15-13
12
Final
5
Loyola Chicago LUC
16-11
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Bradley BRAD 1 1 3 0 0 4 3 12 14 2
Loyola Chicago LUC 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 5 10 0

W: Mahaffy, Megan (5-3) L: JONES, Kiley (8-5)

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Madison Schwindenhammer

Bradley Softball Takes Series Opener At Loyola 12-5

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Game Recap: Softball |
CHICAGO, Ill. – Bradley Softball collected 14 hits, including a pair of home runs, and senior Megan Mahaffy tossed a complete game as the Braves took the series opener at Loyola 12-5 Sunday afternoon at Loyola Softball Park.
 
On a cold afternoon, Bradley (15-13 overall, 3-3 MVC) and Loyola (16-11 overall, 1-6 MVC) combined for 24 hits and 17 runs.  Ten different Bradley players collected hits and six Braves drove in runs in the victory, which improved BU to 10-4 in its last 14 games.  . 
 
Sophomore Taise Thompson and Vicki Zaluske each drove in three runs to help highlight the victory, while junior Allison Apke and sophomore Jillian Navarro both hit home runs.  Apke hit a solo homer in the top of the second to take over the Bradley career home run lead with her 22nd as a Brave.  Navarro, who hit a two-run shot in the top of the seventh, is now tied for second on the team with Apke with seven homers. 
 
Bradley wasted no time getting on the scoreboard, plating a run in the top of the first to take an early lead.   Brooklyn Bane had a one-out single and sophomore Stacia Seeton followed with a double to right to put runners at second and third.  Thompson drove in Bane from third with a groundout to second as the Braves went in front 1-0.
 
Loyola, which put the leadoff person on base in each of the first five innings and all but one inning, left a pair of runners on in the bottom of the first.  Bradley's lead was 2-0 after Apke's solo homer to open the top of the second. 
 
The Ramblers loaded the bases with no outs in the top of the second on a pair of singles and walk to open the frame.  Bradley was able to turn a double play on a flyout to right, but Madison Ebeling drove in a run with a RBI single to right. 
 
A three-run top of the third gave Bradley a 5-1 advantage.  With runners at the corners after singles by Lucy Mead and Bane, Seeton drove in the first run of the inning with a single to center.  Thompson, who now owns 20 RBI on the year, drove in two more with a single to center. 
 
A Bradley error to open the bottom of the third helped lead to a Loyola run as the Ramblers cut the Bradley lead to 5-2.  The Ramblers struck for two more runs in the bottom of the fifth to make it a one-run Bradley lead at 5-4.  A hit batter and single to start the inning put runners at the corners and Jessica Shields scored on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Allyson Ivey.  Later in the inning, Emily Borg delivered a two-out pinch-hit RBI single to pull Loyola within a run. 
 
Bradley broke the game open with a four-run sixth, however.  Thompson had a leadoff walk and senior Katie Habryle followed with a single to left.  Freshman Keeler van Breusegen extended her hit streak to five games with a pinch hit single, which drove in pinch runner Carly Chovanec from second.  The Braves loaded the bases on a Samantha Smith walk for Zaluske, who drove in all three base runners with a double to center to give Bradley a 9-4 lead. 
 
Mahaffy sat Loyola down in order in the top of the sixth and a three-run seventh gave the Braves a 12-4 advantage.  Chovanec singled to open the seventh and moved to third on a Habryle single.  A double steal allowed Chovanec to race home from third and a two-run homer by Navarro capped the scoring for the Braves, who took a 12-4 lead into the bottom of the seventh. 
 
Shannon McGee legged out a one-out triple for Loyola in the bottom half of the inning.  Ivey drove in McGee from third with a single to center, but was later thrown out at third on a Katie Kasubke single and Mahaffy got a groundout to end the contest.  Mahaffy picked up her team-best fifth victory of the year to improve to 5-3 on the season with the win. 
 
Bradley and Loyola will close out the three-game series Monday with an 11 a.m. doubleheader in Chicago. 
 
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Players Mentioned

Allison Apke

#16 Allison Apke

IF
5' 6"
Junior
R/R
Brooklyn Bane

#20 Brooklyn Bane

OF
5' 8"
Junior
L/R
Katie Habryle

#25 Katie Habryle

C/IF
5' 9"
Senior
R/R
Megan Mahaffy

#3 Megan Mahaffy

RHP
5' 6"
Senior
R/R
Jillian Navarro

#24 Jillian Navarro

OF
5' 7"
Sophomore
R/R
Stacia Seeton

#13 Stacia Seeton

OF
5' 9"
Sophomore
R/R
Taise Thompson

#1 Taise Thompson

P/U
5' 3"
Sophomore
R/R
Vicki Zaluske

#34 Vicki Zaluske

IF
5' 5"
Sophomore
R/R
Carly Chovanec

#9 Carly Chovanec

C/UT
5' 7"
Freshman
L/R
Lucy Mead

#4 Lucy Mead

IF/UT
5' 8"
Freshman
L/R

Players Mentioned

Allison Apke

#16 Allison Apke

5' 6"
Junior
R/R
IF
Brooklyn Bane

#20 Brooklyn Bane

5' 8"
Junior
L/R
OF
Katie Habryle

#25 Katie Habryle

5' 9"
Senior
R/R
C/IF
Megan Mahaffy

#3 Megan Mahaffy

5' 6"
Senior
R/R
RHP
Jillian Navarro

#24 Jillian Navarro

5' 7"
Sophomore
R/R
OF
Stacia Seeton

#13 Stacia Seeton

5' 9"
Sophomore
R/R
OF
Taise Thompson

#1 Taise Thompson

5' 3"
Sophomore
R/R
P/U
Vicki Zaluske

#34 Vicki Zaluske

5' 5"
Sophomore
R/R
IF
Carly Chovanec

#9 Carly Chovanec

5' 7"
Freshman
L/R
C/UT
Lucy Mead

#4 Lucy Mead

5' 8"
Freshman
L/R
IF/UT