WEEHAWKEN, N.J. – The Stevens Institute of Technology softball team lit up the scoreboard in a home-opening doubleheader sweep of Hunter on Sunday, winning 11-3 in Game 1 and 17-0 in Game 2, both via five-inning run rules.
Five players had at least one hit, one run, and one RBI in Game 1, and seven players accomplished the feat in Game 2, as Stevens (9-5) scored in seven of the 10 innings they went to the plate.
How It Happened – Game 1
The Ducks struck for nine runs in the first three innings, starting in the first when
Emma Quattrochi reached on an infield single, stole second and came all the way around on a throwing error.
In the second, with two in scoring position and one out, Alison Mitloff drove in
Riley Lawrence (who reached on an error) with a sac fly, then
Carmelita Murphy-Brown singled in
Lilian Cournoyer (who had singled and stolen second prior to Mitloff's sac fly).
Hunter tied it in the top half of the third but the Ducks untied it and then some in the bottom of the inning.
Isabela Lipsky walked, stole two bases, then scored on a
Madison DiSarno groundout.
Kyra Fischer reached on an error, Lawrence singled up the middle, then after both moved up 60 feet on a groundout, Quattrochi singled both home. Quattrochi stole second then scored on an infield single + throwing error off the bat of Mitloff, who in turn scored on a Murphy-Brown RBI double. Murphy-Brown scored the final run of the inning on a
Jessica Hsu single.
After 2.5 scoreless innings, during which time Fischer struck out seven of 10 batters faced, the senior took matters into her own hands, driving in Hsu and pinch-hitter
Maria Dante, both of whom had walked, initiating the run-rule win.
How It Happened – Game 2
The break between games did nothing to cool the Ducks' red-hot bats. Already up 1-0 in the second, 14 batters came to the plate, with 10 straight reaching at one point.
Larissa Cooper started the onslaught with a triple, scoring Lawrence following a walk. After a passed ball scored Cooper, Cournoyer, Quattrochi, and Mitloff reached to load the bases for Murphy-Brown, who unloaded them with a single + error, putting Stevens in front, 6-0. Hsu singled home Murphy-Brown and took second on a mishandled throw, Lipsky followed with a double, then stole third and came home on a muffed throw by the Hawks' third baseman, and Lawrence (who walked and stole second), capped the merry-go round, coming in to score on an
Isabelle Won single.
Already in position for another run-rule win, the Ducks blew the doors off in the third, tacking on another seven, with perhaps the biggest knock of the innings coming via a two-run Quattrochi triple, though DiSarno, Hsu, and Mitloff all had RBI hits in the inning as well.
Ella Tozduman set Hunter down in order in their final two times at bat, including striking out the side in the fourth, as the senior limited the Hawks to just two hits in her five innings of work.
Inside the Box Score(s)
- The Ducks 1-4 hitters in each game – Quattrochi, Mitloff, Murphy-Brown, and Hsu – finished the day a combined 13-for-24 (.542 AVG) with 13 runs and 13 RBI; Hsu was the lone Duck in the lineup who recorded multiple hits Sunday
- The team stole 13 bases (seven in Game 1 six in Game 2) after not stealing more than four in any of their first 12 games of the year coming in
- Fischer struck out a career-high 10 batters in Game 1
- Cooper's Game 2 triple marked her first hit and RBI as a Duck
- Following Sunday's offensive explosion, nine Ducks who've made at least two plate appearances per game are hitting at least .314 this season, including seven hitting at least .350
Up Next
Stevens heads to Montclair State on Wednesday for a doubleheader scheduled to begin at 2:00 PM.
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