Sage drops pair to Skyline Conference, foes Farmingdale
Troy, NY----Farmingdale State College posted a Skyline Conference sweep of the Sage College Gators on Sunday at Robison Field. Farmingdale improves to 18-6 overall and 7-1 in the league, while Sage falls to 0-20 and 0-8 in the conference.
Farmingdale’s sophomore pitcher Hope Zino (Bay Shore, NY/Bay Shore) had a perfect game in progress until the fourth inning when Sage’s sophomore Ashley Eberle (Delmar, NY/Bethlehem) and senior Kellie Jones (Troy, NY/Troy) tagged her first back to back hits to spoil her no-hit and perfect game bid.
Zino was helped offensively by sophomore Rebecca Richman (West Islip, NY/West Islip), freshman catcher Jennifer Jarczynski (West Babylon, NY/West Babylon) and sophomore Shelby Martin (New Paltz, NY/New Paltz) as they all collected home runs in the contest. Martin, Jarczynski, and junior Nicole Farber (Oakdale, NY/ZConnetquot) all drove in two runs apiece for the Rams.
Sage’s sophomore Kristen Knights (Chatham, NY/Chatham) took the loss (0-8) after 3.1 innings of work with eight hits allowed and four earned runs. Freshman Nichole French (Harrisville, NY/Harrisville Center) came in the game in relief for the Gators. Zino (7-4) collected the two-hit shutout win after strikeout out six in the game.
Farmingdale’s team would combine for 11 hits and nine runs in the nightcap as Martin, Jarczynski, and sophomore Amanda Maass (Mastic Beach, NY/William Floyd) all went deep in the game. Jarczynski and Martin tallied back to back solo shots in the top of the third inning for the Rams.
Sage mounted a rally in the bottom of the fifth, but were not able to get over the hurdle and fell 9-1. With one out in the inning, French singled before Eberle singled to right field moving French over and with two outs, junior Allison Bishop (Troy, NY/Lansingburgh) singles in a run to put the Gators on the scoreboard.
Sage’s freshman Gabriella Skillen (Milford, NY) was given the loss pitching 2.1 innings with five earned runs with a walk and a strikeout. Farmingdale’s freshman Lauren Fitzpatrick (Huntington, NY/Walt Whitman) collected the complete game win after strikeout out six in the game.
Sage returns to action on Tuesday, April 13 in a non-conference doubleheader at 3 p.m. at Robison Field with SUNY-IT.
