Newburgh, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College Softball team got back into the win column Friday afternoon with a pair of Skyline Conference victories, scoring 12-0 and 11-3 decisions over old Westbury.
Bridget Morris (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) fired a shutout in the game one win, while
Samantha Bendig (Tampa, Fla.) doubled and homered in the game two victory.
Friday's sweep pushes Mount Saint Mary to 17-14 overall and 13-1 in Skyline Conference play heading into the final weekend of the regular season. Old Westbury slips to 7-19 overall and 7-7 in conference action.
Game 1: Mount Saint Mary 12 – Old Westbury 0 (F/5)
How It Happened
- Mount Saint Mary outhit the Panthers 10-1 in the opener, with Old Westbury's lone hit coming on a bunt single in the first inning.
- The Knights got all the scoring they would need in the bottom of the first, plating three runs.
- Nicole Rosner (Brewster, N.Y.) drove in the game's first two runs with a single.
- Sofia Gannon (East Patchogue, N.Y.) pushed the Knights in front 3-0 with a single to left that delivered Laura Dentato (Farmingdale, N.Y.).
- Mount Saint Mary plated four more runs in the third and put the game away with five tallies in the home half of the fourth.
- Alicia Killeen (Nesconset, N.Y.) drove a three-run double through the left center field gap and later scored on an Olivia Ferara (Middletown, N.Y.) single that gave the Mount a 9-0 lead.
- In the fourth, Gannon and Riley Norwood (East Haven, Conn.) both walked in runs ahead of two runs coming home on an Old Westbury miscue.
- Ferara delivered the game's final run with a groundout to second.
For The Knights
- Killeen finished the game 2-for-3 with a double, two runs scored and three RBI.
- Ferara recorded a hit, scored a run and drove in two for the Knights.
- Rosner posted a pair of hits, scored two runs and drove in two.
- Bendig wrapped up the victory 2-for-3 with a run scored.
- Dentato and Gannon each recorded a hit and a run scored with Gannon driving in two runs.
- Morris worked her ninth complete game and fourth shutout of the season. She moved to 8-6 on the season after allowing just the one hit and striking out six.
Game 2: Mount Saint Mary 11 – Old Westbury 3 (F/5)
How It Happened
- Mount Saint Mary jumped in front 5-0 with five tallies in the bottom of the second inning.
- The Knights scored their first two runs on Old Westbury miscues, before Killeen doubled home two runs to give the Knights a 4-0 lead.
- Dentato closed out the scoring in the second inning with a single that delivered Killeen.
- Old Westbury scored their only three runs of the day in the top of the third keyed by an RBI single from Alaina Reilly.
- Mount Saint Mary answered with three more runs in the bottom of the fourth and ended the game with three tallies in the bottom of the fifth.
- Dentato drove in Ferara with a ground rule double ahead of a two-run blast from Bendig.
- Rosner delivered the final two runs in the fifth with a single that drove in Dentato and Ferara.
For The Knights
- Killeen picked up two more hits, including another double, adding two runs and two RBI in game two.
- Dentato added two safeties, including a double, two runs scored and a pair of RBI.
- Rosner closed out a big day 2-for-4 with a run and two RBI.
- Bendig went 2-for-2 with a double, home run, two runs and two RBI.
- Ferara doubled and scored two runs.
- Melanie McClinchey (Medford, N.Y.) finished game two with a hit and a run scored.
- Christen Hansen (Cypress, N.Y.) picked up her ninth win of the season in relief, working the final 3.0 innings, allowing just two hits and striking out one.
What's Next
- Mount Saint Mary continues Skyline Conference play on Saturday at Sarah Lawrence.
- Old Westbury travels to Manhattanville on Saturday.
