WHITE HAVEN, Fla. – The Mount Saint Mary College softball team closed out The Spring Games Tournament with two losses Friday.
The Basics
(Game 1)
Score: Mount Saint Mary College 0, Westminster 9
Records: Mount Saint Mary College (0-7, 0-0 Skyline) | Westminster (6-3, 0-0)
(Game 2)
Score: Mount Saint Mary College 1, Western New England 12
Records: Mount Saint Mary College (0-8, 0-0 Skyline) | Western New England (6-5, 0-0)
(Game 1)
Rapid Recap
The Knights started off the top of the 1st against Westminster with three straight outs, but the Titans were able to get on the board with a homer in the bottom half of the inning.
Grace Terpening would single in the 2nd, getting one of only three hits this game for Mount Saint Mary. It wasn't until the bottom of the 3rd that Westminster would barrage the Knights with runs, scoring a total of 8 in the inning to go up 9-0.
Chloe Graham singled in the 4th, but the Mount would have to start chaining together hits if they were going to even survive past the 5th inning this game. Mount Saint Mary was unable to score, causing the mercy rule to go into effect as they would lose 9-0 to Westminster in 5 innings.
Notes and Numbers
(Game 2)
Rapid Recap
Mount Saint Mary looked to rebound in their second game of the day, and their final match of The Spring Games, against Western New England. Hitting first, the Bears only needed two hits in the top of the 1st to do some damage. The Knights were down 4-0 before they knew it, and had a good chance to respond in the bottom half of the inning.
Autumn Strobach,
Madison White, and
Grace MacDonald all singled to load the bases with 1 out. They were unable to score, as they faced an uphill battle for the remainder of the game.
Peyton Dost got out of a bases-loaded jam in the second inning with a routine ground ball. Mount Saint Mary couldn't get the bats going, while the Bears added 3 runs in the 2nd and 2 more in the 3rd to go up 9-0.
Samantha Stallone singled to score
Chloe Graham in the bottom of the 4th, but the Knights would need more than that if they were to make a comeback. Western New England tallied 3 more runs in the top of the 5th and Mount Saint Mary was unable to beat out the 8-run mercy rule as they fell to the Bears 12-1 in 5 innings.
Notes and Numbers
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