After dropping the first two games of the Women's National Team Training Camp series, the Stars mounted a late comeback and salvaged a 7-3 win over the Stripes in the final contest of the week on Thursday morning.

Much like in games one and two, it was the Stripes that jumped out to an early lead in this one, getting their bats going in the second innings against Stars starter Olivia Pichardo. A hit-by-pitch, a single, and a walk loaded the bases for the team with just one out, and with a golden opportunity now right in front of her, Aspen Robinson cashed in with a line drive into center field for a sacrifice fly to bring home the first run of the game.

In the bottom half of the inning, the Stars tried replicating this method of success, loading the bases to start the frame themselves thanks to consecutive singles by London Studer, Remi Schaber, and Valerie Perez. Unlike their opponents, however, they could not capitalize on their own promising chance, as Stripes pitcher Kelsie Whitmore escaped her own jam unscathed by picking up a strikeout followed by a huge ground-ball double play. To add insult to injury on top of this as well, the Stripes used this momentum to add onto their lead soon after, scoring their second run of the game on a two-out error in the top of the fourth.

Now trailing by a pair, the Stars followed the same script as earlier in the game, putting three runners on after back-to-back leadoff singles by Sierra Baldwin and Schaber and a walk by Sarah Edwards. A strikeout with one down put them on the verge of squandering yet another chance to respond, but this time, they finally broke through, using well-struck base hits up the middle by Alana Martinez and Alexia Jorge to turn their deficit into a one-run lead.

Seemingly energized by their first lead of the entire series, the Stars followed this up with a crooked number in the sixth to essentially put the game out of reach. A triple by Schaber and a pair of walks with no one out put them in business once again, and immediately after, Peyton Coria got on the scoreboard with a base hit into left to move everyone up one station. Jorge drove in her second run of the game with a walk one batter later, and finally, Naomi Ryan doubled into left to bring home two more, pushing the team's advantage all the way up to five.

The Stripes fought back for one more run in the last inning, using an RBI base hit by Maggie Paulovich to bring the score to 7-3. Reliever Paloma Benach made sure that's where it would stay though, shutting the door on the comeback before it could even start and wrapping up the victory for the Stars on the final day of the week.

Notable Stats

• Leading the way offensively for the Stars was Ryan and Schaber, who both went 3-4 on the day. The former doubled twice and drove in two runs, while the latter tripled and scored two of her own.
• Ryan shared the team lead in RBIs with Martinez and Jorge, with both of them notching two each.
• The middle frames were dominated by the Stars pitching, with the quartet of Niki Eckert, Akira Kopec, Studer, and Kate Blunt combining to toss four innings of one-hit ball while allowing just one unearned run.
• Pichardo also turned in a solid effort in her start, striking out five in two innings of work.

On Deck

The Women's National Team Training Camp concludes with the final roster announcement for the Women's National Team, which will take place later today.