BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Defending champion Lehigh scored three unearned runs in the fourth inning to defeat Colgate 3-1 in the finale of the teams' league-opening series Monday afternoon at Leadership Park.
Colgate threatened in the top of the second as hits from first-year
Mia Guevarra and junior
Baillie Jorth and a walk from junior
Meghan Romero loaded the bases with no outs. Lehigh's Parker Boyd got out of the jam, however, with a line out and pair of strikeouts to keep the Raiders off the board.
Colgate bounced right back in the top of the third as sophomore
Virginia Irby smacked a leadoff triple to the right field corner. Classmate
Nicole Rounsavill followed with a sacrifice fly to left field to score Irby and give the Raiders a 1-0 advantage.
First-year
Bella Crow limited the Mountain Hawks to just two hits through the first three frames until Lehigh used four hits and Colgate error to score three unearned runs in the bottom of the fourth and take a 3-1 lead.
The Raiders scattered two hits in the final three frames, but weren't able to get any run production as Lehigh held on to win 3-1.
BOTTOM LINES
WON-LOST RECORDS
- The Raiders drop to 4-20 on the season and 1-2 in Patriot League play.
- Lehigh improves to 6-16 and 2-1 in league action.
KEY RAIDER INFO
- Irby tripled for the second-straight game and scored a run for the seventh time in the last nine games.
- Rounsavill's third-inning RBI was her 10th of the season.
- The Raiders left seven runners on base.
- Six different Raiders finished the game with one hit apiece.
- Crow threw her second-straight complete game, finishing with a line of three unearned runs on eight hits with two strikeouts. She fired 99 pitches, 64 of which were strikes.
UP NEXT
- The Raiders are scheduled to make their home debut next weekend at Eaton Street Field when Colgate hosts Binghamton in a Saturday doubleheader at 12 p.m.
