Alfred University Takes Two From Hilbert
ALFRED, NY –- The Alfred University softball team ran its winning streak to 14 games Monday with a doubleheader sweep of visiting Hilbert College.
The Saxons won the non-conference games 8-0 and 10-1, both in five innings, to improve to 20-2 overall.
In the opener, senior
Alison Wickwire (Towanda, PA/Towanda) tossed her second no-hitter of the season, striking out nine Hilbert batters. The only baserunner Wickwire allowed came on a two-out error in the fourth inning. Wickwire was an offensive force in the second game, blasting a two-run homerun, her 10
th of the season and fifth in six games. She also belted a two-run double and finished the game with four RBIs.
The first game was scoreless until the bottom of the third, when AU erupted for eight runs. Sophomore third baseman
Liz Thompson (Horseheads, NY/Horseheads) stroked a three-run homerun and junior catcher
Nora Passuite (Lockport, NY/Lockport), sophomore first baseman
Sophia Chiavatti (Austin, CA/Foothills) and freshman outfielder
Shannon Schaefer (Westfield, NJ/Westfield) each hit RBI doubles in the inning.
Chiavatti finished with two doubles and scored a run and junior
Mackenzie Miller (Newport, OR/Newport) scored once and drove in a run.
AU scored twice in the bottom of the first to take an early lead in the second game. Wickwire drove in Thompson with a double and came in to score on a single by junior catcher
Jasmine Picini (Alexandria, VA/West Potomac).
After Hilbert (2-16) cut its deficit in half with a run in the third, Alfred answered with four in the bottom of the frame. Thompson smashed an RBI double, advanced to third on the throw home and scored on a throwing error a batter later. Wickwire plated a run with a sacrifice fly and Schaefer doubled home Miller to give Alfred a 6-2 advantage.
The Saxons scored four in the fourth to put the game away. Junior second baseman
Dana Torchia (Pompton Plains, NJ/Pequannock Twp.) hit an RBI single ahead of back-to-back homeruns by Wickwire and Picini.
Picini finished 3-for-3 with a run and two RBIs and junior outfielder
Samantha Jauregui (Lindsay, CA/Lindsay) was 2-for-3 and scored twice. Torchia, Wickwire and Thompson each scored three runs.
Schaefer got the pitching win, allowing an unearned run on four hits while striking out seven to improve to 3-0 on the year.
AU plays next on Tuesday, April 14, in a non-league doubleheader at 3 p.m. at Penn College.