Marist Comeback Comes Up Short

By Mike Ferraro

TAMPA, FL – The Marist softball team rallied from a four-run deficit in the late innings but fell 10-9 to Lehigh in its final game of the South Florida Showdown on Sunday.

Peyton Pusey led off the game with a walk, stole second, advanced to third on an error, and scored the game’s first run on Haley Ahr’s sacrifice fly.

Josie Charles’ RBI single tied the score in the bottom of the first.

Hannah Brock drew a leadoff walk in the second and came home on Kaitlyn Husic’s two-run homer.

Lehigh scored six in the bottom of the fourth, aided by two Marist errors.

After Pusey had a leadoff single and Maddie Pleasants drew a two-out walk, Reese Wilson’s three-run homer cut Marist’s deficit to 7-6 in the fifth.

Lehigh scored three in the bottom of the fifth, which included an RBI double by Charles, and extended its lead to 10-6.

Haley Ahr’s two-run ground-rule double brought home Isabella Manory and Husic and cut Marist’s deficit to 10-8 in the sixth.

Shea Walsh scored on a wild pitch to make the score 10-9 in the top of the seventh.

The Red Foxes had the go-ahead run on base in the seventh, but the game ended on a double play.