CLERMONT, Fla. – After another rest day, the MSOE softball team took the field at Hancock Park with matchups against SUNY Geneseo and Amherst College. The Knights took the game away right from the start while the Raiders found themselves in the wrong side of a low-scoring battle with the Mammoths.
RESULTS
MSOE RAIDERS – 4
SUNY Geneseo – 17
MSOE RAIDERS – 0
Amherst - 2
HOW IT HAPPENED
- vs. SUNY Geneseo
- Geneseo (7-3, 0-0 Empire 8) made a statement in the blink of an eye, putting an 11 spot in the top of the first. Alyssa Jacobson in the bottom half of the inning sent a solo shot past the right field fence to put MSOE (3-7, 0-0 NACC) on the board.
- The Knights added two more runs in the second and three in the third to take a 16-1 lead. Caroline Fouras added a two-run single in the bottom of the third and Anna Marnell scored Jenna O'Donnell with a single in the fifth before the Knights shut the door on the game early.
- vs. Amherst
- The Raiders found themselves in a massive pitchers dual in game, with Katie Pollock holding Amherst (8-2, 0-0 NESCAC) to just one hit through the first five innings. The Mammoths broke the scoreless game in the bottom of the sixth when they scored two put pressure on the Red & White in the top of the seventh. After Autumn Sadler singled and then advanced to second on a pass ball, the Mammoths struck out three straight to seal it.
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES
- vs. SUNY Geneseo
- vs. Amherst
WHO'S ON DECK
The Raiders will close out their time at THE Spring Games tomorrow, March 22
nd, taking on Hamline University and Luther College. Game one is set for 12:30 PM ET with game two to follow at 2:45 PM ET.
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