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Holly Geranen Celebration
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Winner Holy Cross HC 8-24
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Colgate COLGATE 10-23-1
Winner
Holy Cross HC
8-24
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Final
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Colgate COLGATE
10-23-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Holy Cross HC 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 8 1
Colgate COLGATE 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3

W: Held,Alexandra (6-9) L: Griswold, Kyle (3-9)

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Holy Cross HC 8-25
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Winner Colgate COLGATE 11-23-1
Holy Cross HC
8-25
1
Final
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Colgate COLGATE
11-23-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Holy Cross HC 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 0
Colgate COLGATE 3 0 2 0 3 0 X 8 11 0

W: Murray, Gillian (2-4) L: Watson,Katy (1-12)

Game Recap: Softball | | Chelsea Vielhauer

Colgate Captures 8-1 Win in Game Two For Saturday Split

Geranen with Two Home Runs, Six RBI on the Day

HAMILTON – The Colgate softball team bounced back from a tough 3-2 loss in Saturday's series opener with Holy Cross to grab a dominant 8-1 victory over the Crusaders in the nightcap to secure a split in the twinbill.
 
Junior Holly Geranen hit a home run in both games and finished the day 3-for-6 with six RBI. Senior pitcher Gillian Murray turned out a strong performance in the circle in the 8-1 victory to earn her second-straight Patriot League victory.
 
Colgate got off to a fast start in the nightcap as Geranen smacked her second home run of the day and third in the last three games in the bottom of the first inning. The three-run shot drove in senior Katie Bushee and first-year Virginia Irby to give the Raiders a 3-0 lead through one frame.
 
Murray limited the Crusaders to just one hit through the first three innings. Colgate was able to tack on two more runs in the bottom of the third on a sacrifice fly from Geranen, her sixth RBI of the day, and an RBI single from first-year Jordan Miller as the Raiders extended their lead to 5-0.
 
Holy Cross got a run back in the top of the fourth thanks to a leadoff home run from Taylor Wahler. The Crusaders loaded the bases in the same frame, but Murray got a big strikeout to end the threat and keep Colgate ahead 5-1.
 
The Raiders put up another crooked number in the fifth as senior Tara Grennan smoked a double before first-year Sabrina Odierno drove her home with an RBI single. Sophomore Baillie Jorth followed with a two-run home run to left center to give Colgate an 8-1 cushion.
 
Murray took care of the rest, sitting down the final six Holy Cross batters of the game to secure the 8-1 Colgate victory.
 
The Crusaders used an RBI double to take a 1-0 lead in the top of the first of the day's opener. Colgate answered right back in the bottom of the frame as Irby reached on an error before Geranen smacked a two-run home run over the left center fence to give the Raiders a 2-1 lead through one.
 
After a scoreless second inning, the Crusaders used two hits and two errors to plate two runs in the top of the third and take a 3-2 lead.
 
First-year Brittany Bendel and the Colgate defense kept the Crusaders off the board for the rest of the game, but the Raider bats weren't able to get going as Holy Cross pitcher Alexandra Held went the distance to secure the 3-2 victory.
 
 
BOTTOM LINES
  • Holy Cross 3, Colgate 2
  • Colgate 8, Holy Cross 1
 
WON-LOST RECORDS
  • The Raiders move to 11-23-1 on the season and 2-9 in Patriot League action.
  • Holy Cross is now 8-25 on the season and 3-8 in the league.
 
KEY RAIDER INFO
  • Geranen's two home runs brought her season total to six. It marked her 14th career home run, moving her into 11th all-time on Colgate's career home runs leaderboard.
  • Jorth's home run was her first career dinger.
  • Murray finished with an impressive line of one earned run on five hits with five strikeouts in a full 7.0 innings of work.
  • Odierno and Bushee finished the day with two hits apiece.
  • Bendel fired a strong 4.0 innings of scoreless relief in the opener. 
 
FACTS & FIGURES
  • The teams finished the day with 10 hits apiece.
  • Colgate knocked five extra-base hits, three of which were home runs, compared to Holy Cross' four.
  • The Raiders were 6-for-6 in stolen base attempts. Irby led the way with three stolen bags, while Bushee added two and Murray nabbed one.
 
FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Melissa Finley
  • "It is frustrating that we are an inconsistent team, but I was really happy with the adjustment that we made in the batters box for game two. We did a much better job with our approach and manufactured runs when we had the opportunity to. If we can find a way to continue that level of play, then we will see much more consistent results."
  • "Gillian did a great job of mixing zones and speeds to hold them to five hits. I thought our defensive game back her up well. It was a solid team win. Holly had another great day at the plate for us, but it was nice to see a lot of other people step up as well."

UP NEXT
  • The Raiders and Holy Cross wrap up their three-game series with a 12 p.m. single game Sunday at Eaton Street Field.
 
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