WINTER PARK, Fla. (Mar. 12, 2023) – Despite an RBI from senior Nicole Smart (Santa Clarita, Calif./Golden Valley), the Mercy College softball team dropped 8-0 and 5-1 decisions to Rollins College on Sunday afternoon.
The Mavericks (1-13) have dropped two games in a row, while the Tars (15-9) have won nine games in a row.
Game 1: Rollins 8, Mercy 0 (6 Innings)
Junior Shannon Sisco (Cicero, N.Y./Mansfield University) and sophomore Victoria Seppala (Abington, Mass./Abington) led off the game with back-to-back singles and later were moved over to second and third on a sacrifice bunt. However, a pair of groundouts ended the inning without a run scoring. Rollins would score two runs in the bottom of the first to take a 2-0 lead.
The score remained 2-0 until the third inning when the Tars tacked on a run on a sacrifice fly to make it 3-0.
Rollins tacked on two runs in the fourth and fifth innings to take a 7-0 lead and scored their final run of the game in the sixth inning to win via the run-rule.
Seppala went 2-for-3 and junior Mia Harris (West Harrison, N.Y./Harrison) and senior Hailey Puglia (Holtsville, N.Y./Assumption University) both went 1-for-2. Sisco went 1-for-3 and freshman Cayla Crawford (Hemet, Calif./West Valley) went 1-for-2. Senior Angelina Oquendo (Middle Island, N.Y./Longwood) allowed two runs in one inning to take the loss.
Rollins was led by Jaden Walker who went 1-for-3 with two RBI. Emily MacMullen pitched a complete game to earn the win.
Mercy had six hits and three errors and Rollins had 10 hits and no errors.
Game 2: Rollins 5, Mercy 1
Mercy scored a run in the top of the first to take a 1-0 lead. Sisco led off the game with a single and stole second before moving over to third following a sacrifice bunt. Smart then drove Sisco in on a groundout to make it 1-0. Rollins tied the game at 1-1 on an Ashley Troutman home run in the bottom of the first.
The score remained 1-1 until the bottom of the fifth when Taylor Waters recorded an RBI triple to give the Tars a 2-1 lead after five innings.
Rollins tacked on three more runs in the sixth inning to take a 5-1 lead.
Mercy went down in order in the seventh inning, giving Rollins the sweep.
Puglia went 1-for-2 and Sisco went 1-for-3 with a run. Senior Alexi Benson (Fredericksburg, Va./Riverbend) pitched a complete game with five runs allowed to take the loss.
Rollins was led by Troutman who went 3-for-4 with two RBI. Taylor Hartman pitched 6.2 innings with just one run allowed to earn the win.
Mercy had two hits and two errors and Rollins had 11 hits and no errors.
Head Coach Jaime Lorenzo and the Mavericks resume action on Saturday, March 18th when they host Bloomfield at 12 p.m.
