Marist Completes Perfect Weekend

By Mike Ferraro

JOHNSON CITY, TN – The Marist University softball team won its eighth straight game on Sunday, as the Red Foxes defeated St. Bonaventure by a score of 10-1 in five innings in the Buccaneer Classic.

The victory was the Red Foxes’ eighth in a row, and they closed out play in the Buccaneer Classic with a 5-0 mark.

Peyton Pusey led off the bottom of the first with a walk on a full count, and Miah McDonald followed with a two-run homer to open the scoring.

Pusey started a one-out rally in the second with a bunt single. After McDonald walked, Haley Ahr drove in Pusey with a single. McDonald then came home on a single by Ronni Howard.

St. Bonaventure scored in the top of the third, but Marist answered with four in the bottom half of the inning. Kaitlyn Husic started the rally with a one-out hit, and she scored on an RBI single by Pusey. McDonald followed with a two-run homer. Later in the inning, Ahr came in on a passed ball.

Anna Sidlowski led off the bottom of the fourth with a single, and she scored on Samantha Rogers’ single. The Red Foxes closed out the scoring on McDonald’s groundout, which plated Sienna Kunze.

McDonald went 2-for-3 with five RBIs, three runs scored, two homers, and a walk.

Pusey went 2-for-3 with three runs, an RBI, and a walk.

Sidlowski went 2-for-3 with a run.

Kiley Myers improved to 10-0 with four innings of one-run ball. She struck out five, allowed three hits, and walked just one. She threw just 37 pitches.

Emma Bayor finished the game with a scoreless fifth which included two strikeouts.