Purchase, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College Softball team earned a split with league rival the College of Mount Saint Vincent Monday afternoon, falling in the opener 3-1 in nine innings before rebounding for a 7-2 game two victory.
Grace MacDonald (Concord, N.H.) earned the game two win in the circle and drove in two runs for the Knights.
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Monday's split moves Mount Saint Mary to 13-15 overall on the season and 6-4 against Skyline rivals, while Mount Saint Vincent stands at 18-9 overall and 7-3 in league play.
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Game 1: Mount Saint Vincent 3 – Mount Saint Mary 1 (F/9)
How It Happened
- The Dolphins got on the board early with an unearned run in the home half of the first.
- After Nichole Reyes led of the frame with a walk and moved to second on a wild pitch, she crossed with the game's first run following a one-out error.
- The one-run lead stood until the top of the seventh when the Mount got even at 1-1.
- Mount Saint Mary put runners on second and third following an error and a one-out single from Jenna Cedeno (Staten Island, N.Y.) who moved to second on the throw.
- Rory Littman (Rancho Cordova, Calif.) crossed with the equalizing run on a groundout off the bat of Sofia Gannon (East Patchogue, N.Y.).
- Neither team would score until the bottom of the ninth when Mount Saint Vincent got a leadoff single from Jocelyn Vega and Katie Hutter clubbed a two-run walk off home run to give the Dolphins the game one victory.
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For The Knights
- Littman finished the opener 1-for-4 with the team's only run scored.
- Cedeno went 1-for-4.
- Laura Dentato (Farmingdale, N.Y.) wrapped up game one 2-for-3.
- Gannon drove in the team's lone run.
- Bridget Morris (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) suffered the tough luck loss, working 8.0 innings and striking out 10.
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Game 2: Mount Saint Mary 7 – Mount Saint Vincent 2
How It Happened
- Mount Saint Vincent jumped out to an early lead again in game two, getting the opening run on a sacrifice fly from Hutter.
- The Knights got even in the top of the second after Cedeno laced a lead-off double and a single from Dentato put runners at the corners.
- After Dana Donnelly (Yulan, N.Y.) walked to load the bases, Kaeli McAnally (Bay Shore, N.Y.) drove in the tying run with a two-out infield single.
- Mount Saint Vincent moved back in front 2-1 in the third on a two-out run scoring single from Vega.
- Trailing 2-1, Mount Saint Mary erupted for six runs in the fifth to surge in front by the final 7-2 score.
- A leadoff walk from Gannon and double from Cedeno set up the inning ahead of a two-run doubled off the bat of MacDonald.
- Littman added a two-out, two-run single that delivered McAnally and Donnelly to close out the scoring in the inning.
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For The Knights
- Cedeno wrapped up game two 2-for-4 with two doubles and two runs scored.
- Dentato collected two more hits and scored a run.
- MacDonald went 2-for-4 at the plate with a double and two RBI.
- McAnally continued her strong play with two more hits, a run and an RBI.
- Gannon went 1-for-2 with two walks and a run scored.
- MacDonald picked up the win in the circle, firing a complete game, allowing just one earned run on five hits. She fanned eight and did not walk a batter.
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What's Next
- Mount Saint Mary travels to William Paterson for a non-conference doubleheader with the Pioneers on Thursday.
