Pair of Gators Achieve Career Milestones on Tuesday vs. Union
CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. – A pair of Russell Sage College Softball players achieved career milestones in the first game of Tuesday's non-conference doubleheader vs. Union at the Clifton Commons.
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CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. – A pair of Russell Sage College Softball players achieved career milestones in the first game of Tuesday's non-conference doubleheader vs. Union at the Clifton Commons.
Senior outfielder Madalyn Ring (Gansevoort, NY/South Glens Falls) had career hit number 100, part of a 1-for-2 with a run scored performance.
Junior pitcher Leah Madore (Williamsville, VT/Brattleboro Union) struck out seven Union batters during three innings of relief, surpassing 350 career strikeouts in the process. The right-hander closed the night with 354 career Ks, the most by an RSC pitcher.
After the Garnet Chargers (11-18) used a five-run second inning to pick up an 8-2 victory, lightning and rain arrived during the bottom of the first inning to wash away the second contest. It will not be resumed.
Junior infielder Hannah Smith (Clifton Park, NY/Shenendehowa/Saint Rose) plated both RSC runs with a single in the fifth.
Freshman pitcher Carra Cleaves excelled in the circle and at the plate for Union. Coming off a no-hitter vs. SUNY Potsdam on Monday, the rookie allowed no hits until there was one-out in the fifth. The right-hander, who went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, permitted just three hits and struck out eight during her complete game.
RSC (14-21), battling for a home game in next week's Empire 8 Conference Championship Tournament, is back in action tomorrow afternoon at SUNY Poly.
Gator Bites with Papa John's: RSC swept a home doubleheader from SUNY Brockport on April 27 to secure a spot in the E8 Playoffs for the fifth-straight spring…12 returnees combine with eight newcomers on this year's roster…Ring, sophomore infielder Annalise Tyler (Schenectady, NY/Schalmont), and Madore highlight the returning Gators…Madore and Tyler earned second-team All-E8 honors last spring, while Ring made third-team All-Conference…Madore punched out 154 batters across 174 innings, both single-season program records in 2024..The righty became the program's all-time leader for career strikeouts in the complete game shutout of visiting Saint John Fisher on April 4…She opened the week with 347 career K's….The junior was chosen the E8 Pitcher of the Week for the period ending Sunday, April 6…Madore went 3-0 and whiffed 15 batters across 15.0 scoreless innings…The right-hander tossed no-hitters in the shutout wins at Keuka on April 19 and at Hartwick on April 22…She opened the week ranked third in the E8 with 135 strikeouts…She entered the final week of the regular season with 397 innings, second-most all-time…Ring commenced the season with 43 career stolen bases, good for fourth in RSC records…Tyler began the week second in the Conference with 51 hits…RSC opened its spring with eight contests in Florida between March 10-14… Sophomore outfielder Bella Julian (Cicero, NY/Cicero North-Syracuse) led the Gators with a .500 batting average during the time in the "Sunshine State"…She commenced the week with a Conference-best seven triples…Sophomore infielder/outfielder Allison Kenyon (Mechanicville, NY/Mechanicville), Ring, and junior catcher/outfielder Emma Heartquist (Stuyvesant, NY/Ichabod Crane) comprise the team's Leadership Committee.
