Cardinals Sweep Spartans; Alfred Falls to Rochester
ST. JOHN FISHER v D'YOUVILLE
The St. John Fisher College softball team extended its win streak to 10-straight games, sweeping D’Youville College on Friday night. The Cardinals (27-11) won game one 2-1 before pulling away in game two, 10-3. The Spartans fall to 15-13 with the losses.
In the first game, Leanne Merchant was the only Cardinal to pick up a hit through the first four innings, before her team picked up five in the fifth and sixth inning to score two runs on the Spartans. In the fifth, Sarah Fordyce led off the inning with a single, was moved to second by Lindsay Holtz and was eventually scored on a single from Krista Robarge.
The following inning, Jessie Smyrski and Kayla Goodberlet went back-to-back with doubles, putting Fisher up 2-0.
The home Spartans scored a run in the bottom of the seventh inning, but with runners on second and third, Sarah Stefanon struck out the final D’Youville batter to seal the win.
D’Youville picked up a hit in each of the first three innings but couldn’t make anything of them. In the second, the Spartans looked to score a run after a one-out double put a runner in scoring position, but Stefanon struck out the next two batters to end the threat. Stefanon finished the game with 11 strikeouts.
In the nightcap, Fordyce put the Cardinals on the board in the first inning with a two-out double that scored Goodberlet from second and Merchant from first. Goodberlet had gotten on after an error from the Spartans pitcher, while Merchant hit a single.
The Cardinals went up 6-0 in the fifth inning after posting four runs in the stanza. Robarge led off the fifth with a solo home run and Kate Disbrow followed with a single before stealing second base. After the steal, Goodberlet hit another double to score Disbrow. Merchant followed that with a two-run home run.
After another run made it 7-0 in the top of the sixth, D’Youville scored three unearned runs, but Fisher added three more in the top of the seventh to put the game out of reach.
Stefanon picked up the second win as well, posting an eight strikeout performance while scattering five hits. Merchant led the Cardinals with four hits in the game and three RBI. Fordyce and Robarge also had three RBI, while Danielle Leone and Disbrow also had two hits.
The Cardinals will return to action at 1 p.m. on Sunday when they travel to St. Lawrence for their regular season finale.
ALFRED v ROCHESTER
Host Rochester swept a doubleheader from theAlfredUniversitysoftball team Friday afternoon. The Yellowjackets took the first game, 4-3, then shut out the Saxons, 4-0, in the nightcap.
In the first game, Alfred (19-15) rallied with two runs in the top of the seventh to tie it at 3-3, butRochestergot a walk-off solo homerun with two outs in the bottom of the frame.
Freshman Samantha Greenberg (Toms River, NJ/Toms River) went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored. Her two-run single tied the contest for AU in the seventh. Freshmen Samantha Jauregui (Lindsay,CA/Lindsay) and Mackenzie Miller (Newport,OR/Newport) each scored a run and freshman Jasmine Picini (Alexandra,VA/WestPotomac) had an RBI single.
Freshman Katelyn Jakobsen (Elmwood Park,IL/Elmwood) took the pitching loss for AU, allowing four runs on 11 hits and striking out three in 6 2/3 innings.
In the second game, AU had six base hits, including Pincini’s double. Junior Rachel Guszick (Sparrowburh,NY/Port Jervis), junior Danielle Mastropierro (Randolph,NJ/Randolph), senior Maressa Mistretta (Shirley,NY/Longwood) and junior Samijo Scheer (Corning,,NY/Corning East) also had base hits for the Saxons.
Sophomore Jessica O’Sullivan (Habersham, SC/Groton-Dunstable (MA) Regional) took the pitching loss, allowing four runs (two earned) on eight hits while striking out five in five innings. Sophomore Samantha Jo Muller (Port Jervis, NY/Port Jervis) allowed one hit in an inning of scoreless relief.
Alfred wraps up its regular season on Wednesday at3 p.m.with a doubleheader at Keuka. The Saxons then play in the Empire 8 Conference championship tournament atUticaMay 3-5. The Saxons are seeded fourth in the four-team tournament, the winner of which earns a berth in the NCAA Division III championships.