Softball Splits Doubleheader with Lafayette

Saturday, April 11

Easton, Pa.

Noon

Bucknell University

6-26-1, 3-4

Lafayette

8-27, 1-6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Bucknell	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	4	7	1
Lafayette	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	5	4

Photo by: Isabelle Roes

4/11/2026 5:16:00 PM | Softball

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EASTON, Pa.- Bucknell (6-27-1, 3-5 Patriot League) split Saturday's doubleheader with Lafayette (9-27, 2-6 Patriot League). The Bison won the first game 4-3 and Lafayette seized the second contest 11-3 in six innings.

Game One Recap

Avery Powers pitched six innings of competent ball, allowing only two runs, and Nina Barrouk collected her second save of the season, moving into ninth all-time at Bucknell. The Bison scored all four runs in the fifth inning and held on for the 4-3 victory.

Neither team advanced a runner further than second base in the first four innings.

Bucknell scored all four runs with two outs. Addison Taft's double was sandwiched between a grounder and a strikeout. Sarah Zimmerman drove in Taft with an RBI single. Haley Speicher delivered another single. Barbara Jo Coppola sliced an RBI single, scoring Zimmerman. Brooke Popella finished the scoring with a two-run single and Bucknell led 4-0.

Lafayette got two, also with two outs, back in its fifth at-bats. A walk and a double set up the plate for two RBI singles.

Barrouk entered the circle in the seventh inning. She yielded a leadoff home run but prevented any more scoring and Bucknell celebrated its third conference victory.

Game Two Recap

Lafayette scored in every inning and easily clinched the 11-3 victory in six innings.

Sarah Zimmerman started in the circle and gained two outs amidst a single and bunt. Back-to-back triples scored the first two runs.

A double and a single scored Lafayette's third run in the second inning.

A walk, double, and a sacrifice fly provided two runs for the Leopards in the third inning.

Unearned runs plagued the Bison in the fourth inning. Zimmerman quickly obtained two quick outs and Reagan Powell's error erased the likely third out. Lafayette pounced with two walks, a single, and a double for the 8-0 lead. The sequence chased Zimmerman and Barrouk entered the circle to douse the flames.

Bucknell countered with three runs in the fifth inning. Molly Lawson walked and Zimmerman reached on a fielder's choice sacrifice bunt. Speicher's bunt single loaded the bases. Coppola drove in an RBI on a fielder's choice and stole second. Popella doubled in two more runs.

Lafayette added another run in its fifth frame on a double, wild pitch, and single.

The Leopards ended the contest early in the sixth inning. A single and a double chased Barrouk and Mea Consentino entered the circle. She yielded a sacrifice fly for the second out. The next batter lifted the potential third out but Speicher's dependable glove dropped the ball and the Leopards invoked the run-rule.

Up Next

Bucknell and Lafayette duel in the rubber match tomorrow at noon.