Marist Softball Splits Saturday at Bear Down Fiesta

By Mike Ferraro

TUCSON, AZ – The Marist softball team split its two games on Saturday at the Bear Down Fiesta tournament, hosted by the University of Arizona.

The Red Foxes earned an 8-6 victory over Yale in the first game of the day, but then fell to the #8/#16/#20 host Wildcats 11-0 in five innings in their second game.

Marist is now 9-10 on the season.

Game One
Carmen Muscolina’s three-run homer gave Yale a 3-0 lead in the top of the first.

Marist answered with six runs in its half of the first. The first seven Red Foxes reached safely in the inning.

Shea Walsh had two hits in the inning. She scored the Red Foxes’ first run on Caroline Baratta’s single.

Miah McDonald’s two-run single brought home Baratta and Sam Freeland, which tied the game.

Morgan Gianelle’s bases-clearing double gave Marist a 6-3 lead, as it brought home McDonald, Meghan Davis, and Alyssa Grupp.

Yale cut its deficit to 6-4 in the second. Maddie Latta led off with a triple, and scored on a bunt by Willa Ferrer.

McDonald’s solo homer in the fourth gave Marist a three-run lead again at 7-4.

Yale made the score 7-6 in the fifth with runs coming home on a wild pitch and an error.

Davis’ sixth-inning single brought home Baratta with an insurance run.

Yale loaded the bases with two outs in the seventh, but Kiley Myers got a groundout to end the game.

Marist had 11 hits. Walsh had three, while Baratta and McDonald had two.

McDonald and Gianelle had three RBIs. McDonald and Baratta each scored two runs.

Maddie Pleasants went the first 4.2 for the win, and Myers finished with 2.1 scoreless for the save.

Muscolina finished 2-for-4 with three RBIs for Yale.

Game Two
Walsh led off with a single, and the Red Foxes had runners on first and second with one out in the first, but were unable to score.

Arizona scored single runs in the first and second.

The Red Foxes again had runners on first and second with one out in the third, but were unable to score.

The Wildcats then scored five in the third, with back-to-back home runs from Allie Skaggs and Carlie Scupin, and a three-run homer from Amber Toven.

Arizona then tacked on four more runs in the fourth.

Walsh got on base safely in all three of her plate appearances, going 2-for-2 with a hit by pitch. On the day, she had five hits and reached safely six times in seven plate appearances.

Toven went 3-for-3 with five RBIs and two home runs.