ALFRED, N.Y. (April 1, 2016) – The Stevens Institute of Technology softball team scored two in the seventh to capture a 5-4 game one victory against Alfred University Friday, but fell in game two 10-4.
The split put Stevens' record at 10-6 (1-1), while Alfred moved to 9-5 (1-1).
Stevens 5, Alfred 4Alfred struck first with two in the first, but the Ducks answered with two of their own in the second the tie the game. With sophomore
Olivia Gemma on third and freshman
Katherine Tirabassi on second, sophomore
Jessica Rees lined a single to score both.
The Ducks grabbed the lead in the third after sophomore
Farryl Groder scored on a wild pitch, but Alfred came-back with two in their half of inning to re-take the lead.
Both teams traded zeroes over the next three innings, before Stevens mounted a two-run rally in the seventh to take back the lead. Rees sparked the inning with a lead-off single, followed by a pinch-hit double from freshman
Madison Telles to put runners at second and third.
Alfred tallied a strikeout in the next at bat for the second out of the inning, but Groder delivered the knock-out blow with a two-RBI single to give the Ducks the one-run lead.
Freshman starter
Marissa Cappello took it from there, retiring the Alfred side in order in the seventh to seal the win and cap a run of nine-straight outs from the rookie hurler.
Groder and Rees each drove in two, while Cappello earned her team-leading fifth win of the season in the two strikeout, four out, complete game performance.
Alfred 10, Stevens 4Stevens got on the board early after senior
Gavriella Risman-Jones scored off an RBI ground-out from Gemma in the first. Junior
Emily Sellitti followed with an RBI single in the next at bat, before Tirabassi capped the big inning with an RBI double to score Sellitti.
Alfred answered with one in their half of the inning and two more in the second, but Gemma hit the Ducks back into the lead with an RBI single in the third to score sophomore
Lauren Shirley.
It's the last lead Stevens would hold however as Alfred scored two runs in the third, fourth, and fifth before one more in the sixth the seal the Ducks loss.
Gemma went 1-for-3 from plate with two RBIs to lead the Ducks, while LaRochelle took the loss in the circle.
UP NEXTThe Ducks will continue their E8 road trip tomorrow with a doubleheader at Houghton College starting at noon.
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