Danbury, Conn. – The Mount Saint Mary College Softball team saw its four-game winning streak stopped on Thursday following tight 2-1 and 4-1 losses at Western Connecticut.
Samantha Bendig (Tampa, Fla.) recorded two hits in the opener with
Sofia Gannon (East Patchogue, N.Y.) doubling in game two.
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Thursday's sweep drops Mount Saint Mary to 9-11 overall on the season through 20 games, while the Wolves improve to 16-14.
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Game 1: Western Connecticut 2 – Mount Saint Mary 1
How It Happened
- Mount Saint Mary struck first in the opener, plating its only run of the game in the top of the first inning.
- Following a leadoff single from Olivia Ferara (Middletown, N.Y.), who was moved to second on a sacrifice bunt, Bendig laced a one-out double to left center t push Ferara home.
- Following the first inning, the Mount recorded just two more hits and would not move a runner into scoring position.
- The Wolves broke through with their two runs in the home half of the third.
- Two infield singles to start the inning and a one-out base hit from Sydney Chenoweth loaded the bases for the Wolves.
- Carly Cordove drove in the tying run with a sacrifice fly with Isabella Pincince crossing with an unearned run following a throwing error to close out the scoring in the game.
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For The Knights
- Bendig finished 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI, recording half of the Mount's four hits in the game.
- Ferara singled and scored her 14th run of the season.
- Sophia Reed (Rockaway, N.J.) picked up the Mount's other hit in the contest.
- Bridget Morris (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) suffered the loss in the circle and fell to 5-5 on the season. She surrendered one earned run on 10 hits and fanned seven against just one walk.
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Game 2: Western Connecticut 4 – Mount Saint Mary 1
How It Happened
- In game two it was Western Connecticut's turn to grab an early lead, scoring three times over the first two innings.
- Alexis Resto scored an unearned run in the bottom of the first before Benni Tucci pushed a run across with a bunt and the Wolves tacked on a second run following a Knights' miscue.
- Western Connecticut pushed its lead to 4-0 in the fourth inning when Madison Vanderploeg shot a two-out single through the middle that delivered Amber Roggendorf with the team's final run of the game.
- Trailing by four runs in the sixth inning, the Mount took advantage of an error ahead of a run scoring double off the bat of Gannon that pushed Jenna Cedeno across with the team's only run of the contest.
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For The Knights
- Cedeno finished the contest with a single and a run scored for the Knights.
- Gannon ripped her third double of the year and drove in her third run of the season.
- Ferara, Bendig, and Riley Norwood (East Haven, Conn.) all finished with a hit for the Mount.
- Grace MacDonald (Concord, N.H.) suffered the loss in game two, allowing just one earned run on five hits in 3.2 innings. MacDonald struck out two batters and did not allow a walk.
- Dana Donnelly (Yulan, N.Y.) came on to work 2.1 innings of scoreless relief, striking out two batters.
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What's Next
- Mount Saint Mary begins a busy conference weekend on Saturday when it plays host to Manhattanville.
