Marist Softball’s Winning Streak Reaches 10

By Mike Ferraro

EASTON, Pa – The Marist University softball team swept a doubleheader at Lafayette on Friday.

The Red Foxes prevailed by scores of 11-2 and 11-1 as they ran their winning streak to 10 and their overall record to 21-5.

Game One
Lafayette opened the scoring on a groundout in the bottom of the first, but the Red Foxes took the lead in the second on back-to-back homers from Ronni Howard and Kaitlyn Husic.
Samantha Rogers’ two-run double gave Marist a 4-1 lead in the third.

Lafayette cut its deficit to 4-2 in the bottom of the third, but Miah McDonald belted a three-run homer in the top of the fourth.

McDonald belted her second homer of the game the next inning, a two-run blast that gave Marist a 9-2 lead.

A two-run homer by Maddie Pleasants in the top of the seventh closed out the scoring.

Marist had 19 hits, led by Haley Ahr’s 4-for-4 performance, and belted five home runs.

McDonald (3-for-5, five RBIs, two runs) and Pleasants (3-for-4, two RBIs) each had three hits. Husic and Peyton Pusey each had two hits and two runs scored.

Anna Sidlowski (4-2) allowed just two hits over the first four innings. Both runs she allowed were unearned. She struck out one, and she did not walk anyone.

Isabella Milazzo closed the game with three scoreless innings. She allowed one hit and zero walks, and she had one strikeout.

Game Two
Ahr’s two-run single in the third opened the scoring.

Howard scored on an error in the top of the fourth.

Lafayette got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the fourth, but Pleasants’ two-run homer put Marist up 5-1 in the fifth.

Marist added three runs in the sixth. Maddie Gore and McDonald scored on errors, and Rogers came in on Pleasants’ sacrifice fly.

Marist scored three more runs in the seventh. McDonald delivered an RBI single. She and Pusey each scored on wild pitches.

Marist finished with 13 hits, led by Ahr’s three. Pusey and McDonald had two hits apiece, and both of Pusey’s hits were doubles.

Pleasants drove in three, while Pusey, McDonald, and Rogers scored two runs apiece.

Pleasants also started in the circle, and she struck out 10 in four innings.

Emma Bayor closed the game with three hitless innings and four strikeouts.