Gators Win 10-4 at RPI
TROY, N.Y. – Russell Sage College Softball jumped out to a 6-0 lead to take the first game of Thursday's doubleheader at RPI by a score of 10-4.
Game 1
Game 1
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4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 1 |
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TROY, N.Y. – Russell Sage College Softball jumped out to a 6-0 lead to take the first game of Thursday's doubleheader at RPI by a score of 10-4. Darkness caused the second game to be suspended with RPI ahead 8-2 with no outs and the bases empty in the top of the third inning.
Junior designated player Annalise Tyler (Schenectady, NY/Schalmont), announced as the Empire 8 Conference Player of the Week on Monday, led the Gators in the road victory. She went 3-for-5 with three runs scored and three RBI.
Senior catcher Emma Heartquist (Stuyvesant, NY/Ichabod Crane) added three hits and an RBI, while junior infielder Allison Kenyon (Mechanicville, NY/Mechanicville) and junior outfielder Bella Julian (Cicero, NY/Cicero North-Syracuse) each tallied two hits and a run scored.
The Gators started quickly in the opener, scoring four runs in the top of the first and adding an additional marker in the second and third frames. After the Engineers trimmed their deficit to two, 6-4, through five, RSC responded with a four-run sixth. Tyler, currently hitting .484 in the early going, cleared the bases with a three-run triple to highlight the rally.
Senior Sydney Speanburg paced RPI (6-5) on the afternoon. The outfielder went 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI in the setback. She had two hits and scored twice to help the Engineers build an early lead in the nightcap
RSC (5-4) is scheduled to be back in action on Saturday, March 28 vs. SUNY Poly.
Gator Bites with Papa John's: Russell Sage College Softball looks to return to the Empire 8 Conference Championship Tournament for the sixth-straight spring…14 returners combine with seven newcomers to make up this year's roster…Tyler, Heartquist, and senior infielder Hannah Smith (Clifton Park, NY/Shenendehowa/Saint Rose) headline the returnees…Tyler and Smith both earned All-E8 honors last season…Tyler was named to the second-team while Smith earned a spot on the third team… Pitcher Annabella Putnam (Prattsburgh, NY/Prattsburgh/Mansfield), a graduate student, and junior catcher/infielder Katie Call (Antwerp, NY/Indian River/Jefferson County CC) highlight the newcomers…Tyler took home E8 Player of the Week honors for the period ending Sunday, March 15…The infielder slashed .462/.654/.533 during the team's season-opening trip to Florida…The junior scored eight runs, tallied four RBI, laced three doubles, and totaled 17 bases…She registered four multi-hit efforts and stole four bases across the eight games.
