New York, N.Y. – Playing in its 2013 home opener on Saturday, the College of Mount Saint Vincent Softball squad dropped a pair of league games to Mount Saint Mary, falling to the Knights by scores of 9-3 and 7-5.
Kathleen Davis (Beacon, N.Y.) hit a home run in game one and drove in three runs in game two.
Mount Saint Mary put runs on the board in five of their seven at-bats in the opener. The Knights scored two runs in the first, with Ashley Schirripa delivering a run scoring double to open the scoring.
Trailing 4-0 in the third inning, Mount Saint Vincent broke through with a run on a
Joann Guerra (Bronx, N.Y.) sacrifice fly. Davis started the inning with a walk and a
Kathryn Dalton (Northampton, Pa.) single and
Joanna Makayan (Queens, N.Y.) sacrifice bunt set up the run scoring fly out.
The Knights would plate the next four runs to take an 8-1 advantage before Davis connected for the Dolphins in the home half of the fifth inning. After Leann Cerbone (Bronx, N.Y.) reached on an error, Davis powered her first home run of the season over the left field wall to bring the Mount to within five.
The five run deficit would be as close as the Dolphins would get in game one as the Knights tacked on a run in the in the sixth on a Victoria DeMarco infield single.
Davis finished game one 1-for-2 with two walks, two runs scored and a pair of RBI.
Casey Cuccio (Medford, N.Y.) and
Allison Regan (Carmel, N.Y.) added hits for the Mount and Dalton closed the game 2-for-3.
Sabrina Gordek went 4-for-5 for the Knights in game one with three runs scored with DeMarco closing the game 2-for-4 with a run and three RBI. Schippira collected three hits, including a double.
Amanda Barrese picked up the complete game win for Mount Saint Mary after allowing two earned runs on five hits. She fanned two and worked around five walks. Davis took the loss, striking out seven.
In game two, Mount Saint Mary built another early lead after plating a single run in the second and two more in the third. All three of the early runs for the Knights were unearned.
Mount Saint Vincent got back into the game with a pair of runs in the home half of the third when Davis drove in a run with a single and Dalton drove in a run with a double up the right center field gap.
The Dolphins would trail by a single run until the Knights scored three times in the sixth and once more in the seven to take a 7-2 advantage. DeMarco was in the middle of the sixth inning rally again for the Knights with a run scoring groundout.
Trailing by five runs, the Dolphins strung together three hits and left the bases loaded in the seventh. Davis drilled a double to center to drive in two runs and Cuccio pushed a run across with a groundout to bring the Mount to within 7-5. After a lengthy at-bat Cerbone grounded out to end the threat.
Davis and
Danielle Maffei (Valhalla, N.Y.) each recorded two hits in the game for the Dolphins with Davis driving in three runs and scoring twice. Dalton doubled and walked twice.
Chelsea Hepburn collected a pair of hits for the Knights in game two and scored three times. DeMarco drove in a pair of runs in the Knights' second victory of the afternoon.
Dalton took the loss after allowing only three earned runs and striking out seven. Caitlin Maynes picked up the victory with 7.0 strong innings that featured five strikeouts.
Saturday's sweep drops Mount Saint Vincent to 1-5 overall on the season and to 0-2 in Skyline Conference play. The Dolphins will look to stop a three game skid on Sunday when they travel to Baruch. First pitch with the Bearcats is set for 12:00 p.m.
