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Kaylee LaForest bats at Clarkson on March 14, 2024.
Ashley Stone
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Winner Clarkson University CLK-SB 10-10
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SUNY Potsdam POT2025 7-7
Winner
Clarkson University CLK-SB
10-10
11
Final
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SUNY Potsdam POT2025
7-7
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Clarkson University CLK-SB 0 2 0 7 2 11 14 0
SUNY Potsdam POT2025 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 1

W: Devin Fitzpatrick (6-4) L: Cottrill, Lexie (4-4)

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Winner Clarkson University CLK-SB 11-10
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SUNY Potsdam POT2025 7-8
Winner
Clarkson University CLK-SB
11-10
11
Final
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SUNY Potsdam POT2025
7-8
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Clarkson University CLK-SB 0 1 0 9 1 11 11 0
SUNY Potsdam POT2025 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 2

W: Amanda Corrice (4-0) L: Horne, Sam (3-4)

Game Recap: Softball |

Golden Knights take two from Bears

POTSDAM, N.Y.—Clarkson University (11-10) swept a Monday afternoon doubleheader from the SUNY Potsdam softball team (7-8), taking both games by 11-1 scores.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 1)
  • Clarkson scored twice on RBI singles in the top second inning.
  • The Golden Knights broke the game open with seven runs in the top of the fourth, the big blow coming on a two-run homer to right off the bat of sophomore first baseman Lexi Rydelek (Camillus, N.Y./West Genesee).  
  • Senior third baseman Kaylee LaForest (Cohoes, N.Y./Cohoes) led off the bottom of the fourth with a triple down the right field line. Senior pitcher Lexie Cottrill (Skaneateles, N.Y./Skaneateles) then brought her in with a sacrifice bunt.
  • Clarkson tacked on two more in the top of the fifth on a double by senior right fielder Bridget Kerwin (Rochester, N.Y./Brighton) to close the scoring.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS (GAME 1)
  • Cottrill (4-4) allowed nine earned runs on 14 hits in five innings.
  • Senior second baseman Kaylee Dobransky (New Britain, Conn./CREC Academy of Science & Renovation) was 2-for-3 for the Bears.
  • Senior pitcher Devin Fitzpatrick (Saugerties, N.Y./Saugerties) (6-4) allowed one run on four hits to pick up the win. She was also 2-for-4 with a run at the plate.
  • Rydelek finished 2-for-3 with two runs and three RBI.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 2)
  • The Golden Knights took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second on a Fitzpatrick homer to centerfield.
  • Clarkson then added nine runs on eight hits in the top of the fourth to grab a 10-0 lead. Fitzpatrick had the exclamation point with a three-run bomb to right.
  • An RBI triple from freshman third baseman Maddie Throumoulos (Webster, N.Y./Webster-Thomas) brought in the final run in the top of the fifth.
  • Graduate student second baseman Hope Sandor (North Salem, N.Y./North Salem) drove in senior centerfield Kiara Lovejoy (Lansing, N.Y./Lansing) in the bottom of the fifth for Potsdam's lone run.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS (GAME 2)
  • Freshman pitcher Sam Horne (Buffalo, N.Y./Kenmore West) (3-4) allowed 11 runs on 11 hits in five innings for the Bears.
  • Clarkson freshman pitcher Amanda Corrice (Oakdale, Conn./Montville) (4-0) allowed just three hits in four innings to earn the win. Freshman Bella Hotchkiss (Baldwinsville, N.Y./C.W. Baker) allowed a run on two hits in the final inning.
  • Fitzpatrick continued her monster day, going 3-for-3 with two runs and four RBI.
  • Throumoulos was also 3-for-3 with a run and two RBI.
 
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Bears are back in action on Wednesday when they host Vermont State University-Johnson for two contests beginning at 3 p.m.  
 
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