SYRACUSE, New York The American International College softball team lost in extra innings to Le Moyne College, falling 5-4 in the ninth inning on Tuesday, April 23.
FAST FACTS:
Final Score: Le Moyne 5, AIC 4 / nine innings
Win: Lauren Nichols(11-7), Loss:
Kacie Allison(3-13)
Location: Softball Complex, Syracuse, New York
Records:AIC moves to 8-30 overall, 5-18 in NE10 play, and 4-11 in divisional play, while Le Moyne moves to 20-15 overall, 12-6 in NE10 play, and 10-4 in divisional play
STATS LEADERS::
AIC:
Makaylah Mutz: 2-for-3, one RBI, one run, one walk
Victoria Andrade: 2-for-3, one run, one walk
Brianna Rivera: 2-for-4, one RBI, one run
Kacie Allison: 8.2 innings pitched, four earned runs
Le Moyne:
Peyton Bellrose: 2-for-2
Lauren Zazzaro: 2-for-4, two RBI, one run
Victoria Catalano: 1-for-1, one RBI, one run
Madison DeRita: 3-for-4
Lauren Nichols: 3.0 innings pitched, no earned runs, four strikeouts
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- The Dolphins scored first in the bottom of the second inning with a single up the middle.
- In the top of the fourth, sophomore Makaylah Mutz singled up the middle to score senior Sarah Baganz from third to tie the game up at one. A couple of batters later, the Yellow Jackets took their first lead when sophomore Brianna Rivera drove in freshman Victoria Andrade after a well-struck single to left field. Then after a Dolphin error, two more Yellow Jackets crossed home plate to give AIC a 4-1 lead.
- In the bottom half of the inning, Le Moyne responded with a run to cut the deficit to two.
- The Dolphins came up big in the sixth inning, Lauren Zazzaro connected on a two-run homer to tie the game at four.
- The game went nine innings before Le Moyne ended it with a walk-off single to take down the Yellow Jackets in a 5-4 heartbreaker.
UP NEXT:
- The Yellow Jackets won't waste much time to travel to Garden City, New York to take on Adelphi in a doubleheader starting at 2:30 p.m.
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