MELBOURNE, Fla. – The Holy Family University softball team suffered two walk-off defeats, 5-6 to Davis & Elkins and 3-4 to Roosevelt, on Tuesday. 
 
The Tigers were leading 5-4 and down to the final out against D&E, before leading 3-1entering the bottom of the sixth against the Lakers. 
 
Individual Highlights

• Alexis Letizia (Toms River, N.J./Donovan Catholic) was 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs and Emma Clayborne (Ambler, Pa./Wissahickon) had three RBI in the opener, while Lily Hoban (Millsboro, Del./Indian River) was 2-for-3 with a double and Rylee Hobel (Coopersburg, Pa./Southern Lehigh) scored two runs in the nightcap
• Game two starter Paige Tidaback (Carteret, N.J./St. Thomas Aquinas) threw a complete game, allowing three earned runs in 6.1 innings 
• Sam Ciasullo (Springfield, Pa./Springfield) notably collected her 100th career hit and moved into the top 10 in program history in both walks (35) and doubles (22)

 
How it Happened
Davis & Elkins

• Holy Family did not trail until the walk-off after plating two runs in each of its first two-at bats
  • After a Madison Grubb (Swedesboro, N.J./Kingsway) single, walks by Letizia and Ciasullo loaded the bases for an Clayborne fielder's choice and Kylee Jones (Hulmeville, Pa./Neshaminy (Rider)) base on balls to make it 2-0 in the first
  • The Tigers then erased two unearned D&E runs with a two-run second that featured singles by Hobel and Letizia
• The Senators plated another unearned run in the bottom-half though, but after a scoreless third, three straight two-out singles by Letizia, Ciasullo and Claborne re-established a two-run lead in the fourth
• Davis & Elkins pulled one back in the fifth, after HFU stranded two in the top-half
• The Tigers also singled twice in the seventh, but the Senators escaped unscathed and used four straight two-out singles to walk it off

Roosevelt

• Hobel's leadoff triple and Letizia's sacrifice fly again put the Tigers ahead in the first, but Roosevelt would counter with an unearned score
• Those were the only runs until the sixth, as Tidaback retired 11-of-12 at one point
• Holy Family took advantage of back-to-back errors to plate two unearned runs without a hit, but the Lakers again had an answer in the form of four singles
• The Tigers escaped a bases-loaded jam to keep it tied, but after a Kathryn McHale (Frankford, Del./Indian River) walk in the top-half, a lead-off hit-by-pitch eventually led to the game-winning run coming home on an error

 
Up Next
Holy Family takes tomorrow off, before returning to action against Walsh and Cedarville on Thursday.