• Opponent: Hagerstown Hawks
• Scores:
  • Game 1: Harford 2 – Hagerstown 1
  • Game 2: Harford 3 – Hagerstown 9
• Records: Harford 5-9, 1-1 Md Juco  |  Hagerstown 6-5, 1-1 Md Juco
• Location: Hagerstown, Md.
• The Short Story: The Harford softball team split their first conference doubleheader on the back of a fantastic pitching performance by Emily Bowler.
• Box Score: 
  • Game 1
  • Game 2

HOW IT HAPPENED

GAME 1

• The Fighting Owls defeated Hagerstown in their first conference game of the season thanks to a stellar pitching performance.
• Emily Bowler gave up just seven hits and one earned run with nine strikeouts to keep their opponents at bay.
• Harford got on the board first in the third inning when Alexis Valentine hit a line drive to center field that scored Samantha Koga from first.
• The Hawks tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the fourth on a double to right field.
• Harford answered right back in the top of the fifth starting with back-to-back singles by Koga and Valentine.
• Both of the runners moved up a base on a wild pitch before Emily Wikane reached on an error to score Koga to regain the lead at 2-1.
• That was all the support Bowler needed as the Fighting Owls secured their fourth straight win.

• The Fighting Owls scored three runs in the fourth inning with the big inning being driven by a single by Emily Bowler and a double by Emily Wikane.
• Harford collected nine hits with Alexis Valentine, Lindsay Bowler, and Wikane each collecting multiple hits.
• Valentine gave up eight runs in 2.2 innings pitched before Bowler came in relief to allow just one unearned run over 3.1 innings with four strikeouts.

• Harford will stay on the road as they face another conference foe at Chesapeake on Wednesday, March 22 at 3 PM.