Saint Joseph's
Madison Fife went 6-for-9 with two home runs and seven RBI as she helped the Hawks to a doubleheader split with UMass on Saturday afternoon at the SJU Softball Field. The Hawks rallied for a 17-11 victory in the opener, but fell 12-9 in game two.
How It Happened
Game One
• UMass' jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the top of the first as both Bella Pantoja and Kendra Allen scored the first two runs on wild pitches.
• Later in the first, Hannah Bunker drew a bases-loaded walk that scored Amy Smith to make it 3-0 in favor of the Minutewomen.
• Juliana Shields followed with a RBI single up the middle that scored Caroline Deem to push UMass ahead 4-0.
• Payge Suggs made it 5-0 as her bases-loaded single scored Caroline Videtto.
• Pantoja drew a bases-loaded walk to make it 6-0 as Bunker scored.
• Shields came around to score the final run of the top of the first on a groundout by Kristina Day.
• Saint Joseph's responded in the bottom of the first as
Molly Kapala sparked the Hawks with a solo home run to make it 7-1.
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Madison Fife and
Jessica Gaughan scored later in the bottom of the first as UMass misplayed a single by
Payton Baxter, allowing the two Hawks to score.
• The Minutewomen got a run back in the top of the second as Videtto scored on a fielding error by Saint Joseph's to push ahead 8-3.
• UMass made it 9-3 in the top of the third as Day scored on a ground out by Allen.
• Saint Joseph's rallied in the bottom of the third as the Hawks scored eight times to take an 11-9 advantage.
• Showing patience at the plate, Baxter and
Lauren Pscolka were each hit by pitches with the bases-loaded, while
Sarah Ostaszewski drew a bases-loaded walk to account for Saint Joseph's first three runs of the inning.
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Molly Kapala got the Hawks to within 9-8 on a two-run single that scored
Nicole Bondoc and
Erica Lawrence.
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Caela Abadie followed with a monstrous three-run home run to left to give Saint Joseph's its first lead, 11-9.
• The Hawks added to their lead in the bottom of the fourth as Lawrence scored from third on a wild pitch, while Fife would draw a bases-loaded walk to make it 13-9.
• UMass chipped away at Saint Joseph's lead in the top of the fifth as the Minutewomen scored twice on a pair of sacrifice flies to get within 13-11.
• Saint Joseph's added four insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth with Ostaszewski starting things with a RBI single, and
Madison Fife connecting on a three-run home run to extend the lead to 17-11.
Game Two
• The Minutewomen took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first as Day scored on a RBI single by Smith.
• Saint Joseph's tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the second as Baxter scored on a double by Lawrence.
• A double by Abadie scored Ostaszewski to give the Hawks a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the third.
• Fife followed with her second home run of the day, drilling a three-run shot over the center field wall to give Saint Joseph's a 5-1 advantage.
• UMass cut into the Hawks' lead in the top of fourth as they scored two runs on a single and an error off a ball hit by Bunker.
• Pantoja followed with a RBI double to center field to bring the Minutewomen within 5-4.
• UMass carried its momentum into the top of the fifth as it scored three runs to retake the lead, 7-5.
• A double down the left field line by Smith scored Day to make it 8-5 in favor of the Minutewomen in the top of the sixth.
• Allen followed with a RBI single, while a sacrifice fly by Shields scored Smith to make it 10-5.
• UMass added two insurance runs in the top of the seventh to go up 12-5.
• The Hawks fought back in the bottom of the seventh as they scored four runs to come within 12-9.
• With two runners on and the tying run at the plate for SJU, the Minutewomen induced a game-ending ground out.
Inside The Boxscore
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Emily Siler picked up the win in game one as she allowed four earned run over 4.2 innings of work.
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Ashley Stokes tossed 2.0 innings of scoreless relief to earn her first save of the season.
• Fife finished game one 4-for-4 with four RBI and two runs scored.
• Kapala went 3-for-4 with three RBI and three runs scored.
• Abadie drove in three and scored twice, while going 2-for-5 in the opener.
• Fife was 2-for-4 with three RBI in game two.
• Baxter and Abadie were both 3-for-4 in the nightcap.
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Saige Stutz moved to 3-4 on the season with the loss in game two.
Up Next
The Hawks (12-12, 6-2 Atlantic 10) return to action on Wednesday with a doubleheader at Penn. First pitch for game one is set for 3:30 p.m.
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