Mercy Softball Drops Two Heartbreakers to NYIT
Mercy Softball Drops Two Heartbreakers to NYIT
Game One Linescore
Game Two Linescore
The Mercy College softball team had a pair of games slip through
their fingers on Tuesday afternoon, dropping both ends of a
doubleheader to NYIT. The Bears won both games in their final at
bat, 10-7and 6-5.
In the first inning of game one, Mercy's Ashley Johnstone (Bellmore, N.Y./John
F. Kennedy) came to the plate with the bases loaded and one out,
and was able to drive Krissy Lacik (Edison,
N.J./Edison) home on a groundball to short, which was scored an
error. Mercy then scored twice more in the third, when Chelsea Methot (Bristol, Conn./Bristol
Central) homered to increase the lead to 3-0. Jackie Roebuck (Walden, N.Y./Chapel
Field Christian) then scored in the fifth, and the Mavericks were
up 4-1.
In the top of the sixth, NYIT got on the board when Brooklyn
Fields hit a
leadoff home run.
In the bottom half of that inning, Mercy scored three runs with
two outs, as Paige Cauley (Stratford, N.J./Iona
College) belted a three-run home run, increasing the lead to 7-1.
In the top of the seventh, the NYIT bats finally came alive. The
leadoff batter popped up before eleven consecutive batters reached
base for the Bears. When the inning ended and the dust cleared,
NYIT had scored nine runs on eight hits, two walks, a hit batter,
and a pair of Mercy errors.
Mercy would put two runners on base in the bottom of the
seventh, but could not scratch a run across.
In game two, NYIT jumped out to an early 2-0 lead, as Fields hit
her second home run of the day. In the third inning, Johnstone
keyed a three-run rally for Mercy with a two-run double, and the
Mavericks led 3-2.
NYIT would tie it in the fourth, before Methot belted a two-run
homerun to reclaim the lead for Mercy, 5-3.
But, alas, in the seventh inning, NYIT found a
way to rally. Pitcher Shanna Hicks (Marlboro,
N.Y./SUNY New Paltz) got the first two batters out, then walked the
next two. On a 3-2 pitch, Hicks enticed Pat Memale to swing at a
knuckleball, but the pitch got away from catcher Kim
Curry (Bristol, Conn./Bristol Central), allowing one
run to score and the inning to continue. Marissa Brucculeri then
singled, driving in a pair of runs, pushing NYIT out front 6-5.
Mercy went 1-2-3 in the seventh inning, and the
game ended.
Mercy hosts C.W. Post on Thursday, April 8, in
the fourth and final date on a week-long homestand.
