POTSDAM, N.Y.—The College at Brockport (9-9, 2-4 SUNYAC) defeated the SUNY Potsdam softball team (0-19, 0-8) in both ends of a doubleheader on Tuesday afternoon. The Golden Eagles took game one 8-3 and game two 10-0.
The Golden Eagles slowly built up their lead in game one, scoring in each of the first six innings. Golden Eagles junior first baseman Annie DiPirro (Lancaster, N.Y./Depew) drove in the first two runs of the game in the top of the first with a single. Bears senior catcher
Hailey LaGiudice (Mount Sinai, N.Y./Mount Sinai) got one back in the bottom of the first with a single that plated freshman centerfielder
Danielle Moscarello (Arlington, Vt./Mount Anthony Union).
Brockport then added one in each of the next three innings. Junior centerfielder Madison Evarts (Niagara Wheatfield, N.Y./Niagara Wheatfield) had an RBI single in the second. Junior catcher Madison Ross (Hamburg, N.Y./Hamburg) knocked in a run in the third with a ground out and senior second baseman Cameryn Duggan (Hamburg, N.Y./Frontier) had an RBI double in the fourth to make it 5-1. Ross added another RBI on a single in the fifth and a fielder's choice allowed the Golden Eagles to extend their lead to 8-1 in the top of the sixth.
Potsdam countered with two in the bottom of the sixth. Junior first baseman
Anna Grottola (Ronkonkoma, N.Y./Connetquot) homered to left field and freshman third baseman
Rebecca Holmes (Lawtons, N.Y./North Collins) drove in LaGiudice with a single to close the scoring.
Brockport graduate student pitcher Julia Palopoli (Hauppage, N.Y./Hauppauge) (2-1) earned the win after allowing three runs on seven hits in the first seven innings. Sophomore pitcher Roseland Stroh (Jamesville, N.Y./Fabius-Pompey) allowed a hit and struck out one in the last inning. Senior
Sierra Ashley (Ogdensburg, N.Y./Lisbon) (0-9) went the distance for Potsdam, allowing seven earned runs on 15 hits.
Evarts was 3-for-4 with two runs and an RBI for Brockport. Duggan was 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run. DiPirro was 2-for-4 with 2 RBI. Junior third baseman Amanda Blakely (Ontario, N.Y./Wayne) was 2-for-4 with two runs and sophomore right fielder Emma DeJesus (Hicksville, N.Y./Hicksville) was 2-for-4 with a run.
Grottola finished 2-for-4 with a homer. Sophomore left fielder
Kelsey Bennett (Hammond, N.Y./Hammond) was 2-for-3 with a run.
Brockport broke open game two with a six-run third inning. Senior first baseman Emily Willis-Nersinger (Webster, N.Y./Webster Schroeder) and junior Morgan Skpowski (Burnt Hills, N.Y./Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) each had two run singles in the inning. After a sacrifice fly added a run in the top of the fourth, Dugan closed the scoring with a two-run triple in the top of the fifth.
Willis-Nersinger was 3-for-3 with three RBI and two runs to lead the way for Brockport. Dugan was 1-for-4 with three RBI and two runs.
Freshman pitcher Hali Jenner (Waverly, N.Y./Waverly) (3-3) picked up the win allowing just one hit in five innings. Sophomore
Anna Brown (Ellenburg Depot, N.Y./Northern Adirondack) (0-10) allowed six earned runs on 11 hits and struck out two for the Bears.
The Bears head to Central New York this weekend for four SUNYAC contests. They face Oswego State at 3 p.m. on Friday and SUNY Cortland at noon on Saturday.
