Sage softball team racks up sweep of Mountaineers
Gabby Skillen and Jenn Ahearn combined for the one-two punch as the Gators swept SVC on Wednesday.
Troy, NY----The Sage Colleges softball team hosted the Mountaineers of Southern Vermont College in a non-conference doubleheader on Wednesday afternoon. Sage would take both games and have now won six of their last seven contests to stand at 6-24 overall, while SVC drops to 2-17.
Game # 1 Box Score Sage 11, SVC 3 (Six Innings)
Sage’s freshman pitcher Gabriella Skillen (Milford, NY/Milford Central) picked up the win after a complete game performance that saw her strikeout three and yield just two earned runs off six hits. The victory put her at 4-11 on the year.
She was helped offensively by sophomore second baseman Jennifer Ahearn (Cohoes, NY/Cohoes) and
senior short stop Kellie Jones (Troy, NY/Troy). Ahearn, this week’s Skyline Conference Softball Player of the Week, was 3-4 with an RBI and three runs scored. Jones roped her career record 35th double and was 2-4 with a pair of runs scored in the game as the Gators racked up 14 hits in the contest.
Rookie catcher Mallory Ingalls (Oriskany, NY/Oriskany Central) was 3-3 with three RBIs after adding a double and a sacrifice fly.
SVC’s sophomore Allison Murphy (Sunderland, VT/Arlington Memorial) was 2-3 with a run scored and RBI, while sophomore Alyssa Davis (Lyndonville, VT/Lyndon Institute) collected her third home run of the year.
Sophomore Gabrielle Remillard (Fairfax, VT/Rice Memorial) took the loss after 5.1 innings of work with eight earned runs off 14 hits with three walks, dropping to 2-9.
Game # 2 Box Score Sage 9, SVC, 8 GAME #2
The Gators were able to hold on for the 9-8 win in the nightcap after the contest saw four lead changes and a scary moment for Sage as Skillen was hit in the thigh with a line drive and went down. Skillen would stay in the game and held the Mountaineers at bay in the top of the seventh. She gave up four earned runs off eight hits with five strikeouts. With her two appearances on Wednesday, Skillen now stands in the No. 7 spot on Sage’s single-season record book and is now poised to move into the Top 10 with four strikeouts with her 34 thus far, which is 11th best. She boasts a 5-11 record now in 103.2 innings of work, which is fifth best in the season record book.
Sophomore Meghan Welcome (Cohoes, NY/Cohoes) roped a double and finished the game with four RBIs after a 2-4 effort, with her fifth double of the year. Ahearn was 3-4 with three more RBIs’ to hold the Gator lead in the category with 19 this season.
SVC’s Davis had a strong day as she added a pair of doubles in the second game and was 4-5 with an RBI and a run scored.
Freshman pitcher Talan Barron (Methuen, MA/Methuen) suffered the loss (0-7) after giving up 11 hits with three earned runs.
Sage returns to action on Thursday, April 22 hosting SUNY-Cobleskill at 4 p.m. in a non-conference pair at Robison Field.
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