LAKEWOOD, N.J. (Apr. 17, 2018) – Powered by three home runs and six RBI from senior Skania Lemus (Chula Vista, Calif./Southwestern CC) in game two, the Mercy College softball team earned 11-1 and 11-3 victories over Georgian Court University in five innings on Tuesday afternoon.
The Mavericks (18-13) have won four games in a row, while the Lions (20-17) have dropped four games in a row.
Game 1: Mercy 11, Georgian Court 1
The opening game of the day remained scoreless until the top of the third when the Mavericks scored a pair of unearned runs after senior Cassidy Wootten (Ardsley, N.Y./Monroe College) reached on an error by the third baseman with two outs.
Junior Raina Gorman (Ardsley, N.Y./Florida Southwestern State College) pitched a scoreless bottom of the third before Mercy exploded for six runs on seven hits to increase their lead to 8-0. Senior Morgan Lloyd (East Lyme, Conn./East Lyme) drove in the first run on a sacrifice bunt and junior Mackenzie Dunlop (Surrey, British Columbia/West Virginia State University) singled home the second run of the inning to make it 4-0. Freshman Hannah Mueller (Fair Oaks, Calif./Bella Vista) plated Dunlop with a single to the pitcher and would later score in the inning on an error by the left fielder. Wootten capped off the scoring in the inning with a two-run home run to right center that gave the Mavericks a comfortable 8-0 lead.
Georgian Court scored their lone run of the game in the bottom of the fourth to make it 8-1. However, Mercy would put the game away with three runs in the top of the fifth to build an 11-1 edge. Dunlop started the scoring with an RBI double to left field and junior Mikayla Newham (Redding, Calif./Yavapai College) tripled home Dunlop before scoring on a passed ball. Gorman pitched a scoreless fifth inning to give the Mavericks the win via the run-rule.
Wootten went 1-for-4 with two RBI and Dunlop went 2-for-3 with two RBI. Mueller batted 2-for-3 with an RBI and Newham went 1-for-2 with an RBI. Lemus went 3-for-4 with two runs and Gorman allowed just three hits and one earned run to pick up her sixth win of the season.
Marissa Trezza went 1-for-2 with an RBI and allowed five earned runs in the circle to take the loss.
Game 2: Mercy 11, Georgian Court 3
The nightcap saw the Mavericks jump on Georgian Court pitching with Lemus hitting a two-run home run to left center in the first inning to put Mercy up 2-0. Senior Baylee McCormick (Las Vegas, Nev./Indian Springs) increased the advantage to 3-0 with a leadoff home run in the second inning. Later in the inning Lemus delivered a three-run home run to left center that gave the Mavericks a 6-0 lead.
After a scoreless inning tossed by junior Yazzy Jameson (San Diego, Calif./Southwestern CC), Mercy tacked on a run in the third inning when Lloyd homered to left center to make it a 7-0 game. Georgian Court answered with two runs in the bottom of the inning on a two-run home run from Samantha Reilly.
Mercy quickly responded with four runs in the top of the fourth to increase the advantage to 11-2. Lemus hit her third home run of the game to give the Mavericks a 9-2 lead and sophomore Destini Bullock (San Diego, Calif./Helix) finished off the scoring with a two-run home run that helped seal the deal for Mercy. The Lions scored a run in the bottom of the inning but could not get any closer, giving the Mavericks the win via the run-rule.
Lemus went 3-for-4 with three runs and six RBI and Bullock went 1-for-3 with two RBI. Lloyd went 1-for-3 with an RBI and McCormick went 1-for-2 with an RBI. Jameson allowed just three hits and three earned runs to pick up her seventh win of the year.
Reilly went 1-for-1 with two RBI for the Lions and Taylor Baloga allowed three earned runs to take the loss.
Head Coach Mike Fazio and the Mavericks resume action tomorrow when they play at St. Thomas Aquinas at 2:30 p.m.
