DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Apr. 22, 2018) – Powered by four different Mavericks recording a home run, the Mercy College softball team earned a 10-4 victory in game one before falling 10-7 in game two to ECC foe LIU Post on Sunday afternoon at Smith Field.
The Mavericks (23-14, 11-9 ECC) have their nine-game winning streak snapped with the loss in game two, while the Pioneers (26-16, 15-5 ECC) have split their last three doubleheaders.
Game 1: Mercy 10, LIU Post 4
The Pioneers jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first with both runs coming on a fielder's choice. It remained 2-0 until the bottom of the third when the Mavericks scored three runs to take a 3-2 lead. Senior Allie Pellizzaro (Victoria, British Columbia/Eastern Arizona CC) doubled home senior Skania Lemus (Chula Vista, Calif./Southwestern CC) and freshman Hannah Mueller (Fair Oaks, Calif./Bella Vista) to score two runs and Mueller also drove in a run on a single to put Mercy in front.
LIU Post retook the lead in the top of the fourth with two runs to build a 4-3 advantage. The Mavericks took the lead back in the bottom half of the inning when junior Mikayla Newham (Redding, Calif./Yavapai College) hit an RBI double to tie the game and later scored on an error to put Mercy ahead 5-4.
Mercy put the game away in the fifth inning when they plated five runs on five hits to take a 10-4 lead. Senior Baylee McCormick (Las Vegas, Nev./Indian Springs) started the scoring with a two-run home run to right field, Mueller brought home another run on an RBI single and Lemus capped off the scoring with a two-run double to right center. Junior Raina Gorman (Ardsley, N.Y./Florida Southwestern State College) did not allow a run in the final three innings to pick up the win.
Mueller went 4-for-4 with two RBI and McCormick went 2-for-4 with two RBI. Pellizzaro went 2-for-3 with two RBI and Lemus went 2-for-4 with two RBI. Gorman allowed four earned runs to pick up her ninth win of the season.
Julia Seader led LIU Post by going 1-for-4 with two RBI and Hannah Olshevski allowed two earned runs in 4.1 innings to take the loss.
Game 2: LIU Post 10, Mercy 7
The Pioneers once again jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first. Mercy responded with a run in the bottom of the inning when Newham scored on an error to make it 2-1. LIU Post increased their lead to 3-1 in the second inning when Abbey Fortin singled through the left side.
The visitors made it 4-1 in the fourth inning when Seader homered to center field. The Mavericks came back with four runs in the bottom of the inning to take a 5-4 lead. Senior Morgan Lloyd (East Lyme, Conn./East Lyme) hit a three-run home run to tie the game and Newham homered later in the inning to put Mercy back on top.
Sophomore Destini Bullock (San Diego, Calif./Helix) gave the Mavericks a 6-4 lead when she doubled to bring home Pellizzaro. The Pioneers responded with five runs in the sixth inning to take the lead for good at 9-6. The visitors would tack on a run in the seventh to make it 10-6 before Pellizzaro homered in the bottom of the inning, but it was not enough.
Pellizzaro went 3-for-4 with three runs and an RBI and Lloyd went 1-for-3 with three RBI. Newham went 2-for-4 with two runs and Mueller, Lemus and McCormick all recorded two hits. Junior Yazzy Jameson (San Diego, Calif./Southwestern CC) pitched the first six innings to take the loss.
LIU Post was led by Fortin who went 2-for-5 with three RBI and Katie Humhej went the distance to earn the win.
Head Coach Mike Fazio and the Mavericks resume action on Monday, April 23rd when they play at Post University at 11 a.m.
