Bronx, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College Softball team closed out the regular season in impressive fashion Sunday afternoon, cruising to 18-0 and 13-0 victories at Yeshiva.
Bridget Morris (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) and
Dana Donnelly (Yulan, N.Y.) combined for a perfect game in the opener with
Olivia Ferara (Middletown, N.Y.) recording her 100
th career hit.
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Mount Saint Mary finishes the 2023 regular season at 19-17 overall and 12-6 in conference play, while Yeshiva ends its season at 2-29 overall and 0-18 against conference opponents.
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Game 1: Mount Saint Mary 18 – Yeshiva 0 (F/5)
How It Happened
- The Knights broke game one open earlier with eight runs in the first inning and six more tallies in the second.
- Samantha Bendig (Tampa, Fla.) opened the scoring with a run scoring double with Ferara driving in two runs with a double.
- Bendig picked up her second run scoring double of the inning to finish off the scoring in the opening frame.
- Ferara picked up a run scoring double in the second with Bendig lacing her third RBI double of the game to make the score 12-0.
- Riley Senk (Staten Island, N.Y.) drove in a run with a single to close out the scoring in the second inning.
- A three-run third inning was highlighted by a second run scoring single from Senk that made the score 17-0.
- Ava Rigano (Franklin Square, N.Y.) delivered the Mount's final run with a two-out single that pushed home Dylan Lane (Red Hook, N.Y.).
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For The Knights
- Mount Saint Mary outhit Yeshiva 23-0 in the opener with 13 different Knights posting a hit.
- Ferara picked up her 100th career hit in a 3-for-4 effort that included two doubles, two runs and three RBI.
- Bendig finished 3-for-3 with three doubles, two runs scored and three RBI.
- Sofia Gannon (East Patchogue, N.Y.) went 2-for-3 with a double and two runs.
- Senk wrapped up the win 3-for-3 with two RBI.
- Donnelly closed the game 2-for-3 with a run and two RBI.
- Kaeli McAnally (Bay Shore, N.Y.) finished 2-for-3 with two runs and an RBI.
- Morris and Donnelly combined for a perfect game, striking out nine of the 15 batters they faced.
- Morris moved to 10-8 with the win, striking out eight.
- Donnelly worked the final two innings and fanned one.
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Game 2: Mount Saint Mary 13 – Yeshiva 0 (F/5)
How It Happened
- The Knights did all the damage it would need in game two, plating eight runs in their first at-bat.
- Bendig highlighted the big first inning and closed out the scoring in the frame with a two-run single with two outs in the inning.
- The Mount put two more runs on the board in the second inning thanks to a two-run single from Grace MacDonald (Concord, N.H.).
- Two more runs came home in the fourth inning thanks to RBI singles from Jenna Cedeno (Staten Island, N.Y.) and Rigano that made the score 12-0 in favor of the Knights.
- The Mount's final run was delivered in the fifth when Gannon singled home Lane.
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For The Knights
- Rigano finished game two 3-for-3 with a walk, run and two RBI.
- Paige Shrimpton (Rockville Centre, N.Y.) finished 3-for-4 with two runs scored.
- McAnally picked up two more hits, adding a run and an RBI.
- MacDonald collected two hits, adding a run and driving in three.
- Lane went 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI.
- Senk recorded three more hits, scoring twice and driving in one.
- MacDonald added the win in the circle, striking out six in 3.0 innings.
- Rory Littman (Rancho Cordero, Calif.) fanned three over 2.0 shutout innings.
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What's Next
- The Knights will open play in the 2023 Skyline Conference Championship on Tuesday against Old Westbury. Game time will be announced Monday.
