Newburgh, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College Softball team clubbed nine extra base hits in Sunday's doubleheader against Mount Saint Vincent, including six in game one, as the Knights cruised to 16-3 and 14-5 wins over the Dolphins.
Laura Dentato (Farmingdale, N.Y.) homered twice and drove in five runs in Sunday's opener for the Knights.
Sunday's sweep pushes Mount Saint Mary to 8-11 overall on the season and to 7-1 in Skyline Conference play, while Mount Saint Vincent dips to 3-15 overall and 0-8 in league action.
Game 1: Mount Saint Mary 16 – Mount Saint Vincent 3 (F/5)
How It Happened
- Mount Saint Mary broke game one open early, plating four runs in the home half of the first inning.
- Alicia Killeen (Nesconset, N.Y.) singled and Olivia Ferara (Middletown, N.Y.) walked to start the inning before Dentato blasted a three-run home run to left.
- Samantha Bendig (Tampa, Fla.) delivered the final run of the frame with her first of three doubles in the game.
- After the Dolphins plated a run in the top of the third, the Knights erupted for eight runs in the home half of the inning.
- Bendig doubled home two more runs in the frame with Sofia Gannon (East Patchogue, N.Y.) and Killeen adding run scoring base hits.
- Ferara put the Mount in front 10-1 with a two-run single ahead of a two-run opposite field home run from Dentato to close out the scoring in the inning.
- Mount Saint Mary finished off its scoring in the fourth, getting a sacrifice fly from Riley Norwood (East Haven, Conn.), a run scoring single from Gannon and a two-run single from Ferara.
- Mount Saint Mary outhit Mount Saint Vincent 15-6 in the contest.
For The Knights
- Six different Knights finished with a hit in the game with five different Knights posting multiple hits.
- Killeen finished 3-for-4 with a double, three runs scored and an RBI.
- Ferara went 2-for-3 with two runs and four RBI.
- Dentato closed out a big day with a perfect 4-for-4 effort with two home runs, three runs scored and five RBI.
- Bendig went 3-for-3 with a trio of doubles and three RBI.
- Gannon wrapped up the victory 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBI.
- Bridget Morris (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) cruised to the win in the game, working 5.0 innings and surrendering just one earned run. She allowed six hits and two walks while fanning nine.
Game 2: Mount Saint Mary 14 – Mount Saint Vincent 5 (F/5)
How It Happned
- After falling behind 2-0 following a Jocelyn Vega two-run homerun in the first, the Knights responded with three tallies in the bottom of the inning.
- Bendig closed out the scoring in the opening inning with her fourth double of the day, delivering Dentato.
- Mount Saint Mary put together its second eight-run inning of the day in the second, totaling seven hits.
- Jenna Cedeno (Staten Island, N.Y.) drove in two runs with a single in the inning with Norwood driving in two more runs with a single.
- Mount Saint Vincent scored single runs in its final three at-bats, but it was not enough to overcome four more runs from the Knights in the home half of the fourth.
- Ferara drove in the team's final two runs of the day with her first career home run, a two-run shot to left.
- Mount Saint Mary pounded out 14 more hits in game two, including three for extra bases.
For The Knights
- Killeen wrapped up game two 4-for-4 with three more runs scored and an RBI.
- Ferara finished 3-for-4 with a home run, three runs scored and three RBI.
- Cendeno closed game two 2-for-3 with a, double run and two RBI.
- Bendig doubled and drove in a run.
- Norwood went 1-for-2 with two runs and two RBI.
- Sophia Reed (Boonton, N.J.) supported the win by going 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI.
- Nicole Rosner (Brewster, N.Y.) made the start in the circle and worked the first 3.1 innings, surrendering three earned runs and striking out four.
- Christen Hansen (Cypress, Calif.) picked up her fifth win of the season in relief, working the final 1.2 innings, allowing one run on three hits.
What's Next
- Mount Saint Mary plays host to Western Connecticut on Wednesday.
- Mount Saint Vincent hosts Manhattanville on April 16.
