Fisher Takes Game One In NCAA Super Regional
St. John Fisher College took game in the NCAA Division III Softball Championship Rochester Super Regional, as the Cardinals came through with a 2-1 win over visiting Manhattanville College on Friday afternoon.
With the win, Fisher improves to 37-10 overall, while Valaints fall to 41-4. Game two in the best-of-three series will be played at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Fisher's Softball Complex. An "if necessary" game is scheduled for 3:30 p.m.
Sophomore pitcher
Lindsey Thayer allowed just two hits and one unearned run, while striking out nine batters to raise her record to 27-5 on the year. The righty, who leads all of NCAA Division III with 414 strikeouts, became the second player in Fisher history to go the 700-mark for her career with a strikeout in the first inning.
Fisher took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. Freshman
Julia Sortisio singled and advanced to second on bunt-single from
Katie Mazierski. After a sacrifice-bunt from
Ashley Prince,
Karlie Neale walked to load the bases.
Freshman
Sarah Kubik helped score Fisher's first run, reaching on a hit-by-pitch to score Sortisio.
In the second inning, Sortiso doubled to right-center and scored on a single to right from Mazierski for the eventual game-winning round.
Both hits for Manhattanville came in the third inning with two hits. Ashley Scapperotti reached on a perfectly-placed bunt and stole second. Sophia Chapelone then singled to shortstop with the runner scoring on an over-throw at first.
Thayer retired the final 12 batters in order to preserve the win.
Lauren Owens, Sortisio and Mazierski each finished with two hits to lead Fisher.