If Slippery Rock was feeling good fresh off their 9-2 takedown of Franklin on Wednesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Rockets took a 5-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Hickory Hornets on Thursday. The contest marked the Rockets' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Slippery Rock saw two different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Sophia Lawrence, who went 1-for-2 with one stolen base, one double, and one RBI. That stolen base was Lawrence's first of the season.
Slippery Rock's loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 3-2. As for Hickory, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-1.
Slippery Rock has already played their next matchup, a 9-2 defeat against Wilmington on the 13th. As for Hickory, they also didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next game, an 11-4 win against New Castle on the 13th.
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