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Colgate University Athletics

Christiana Cottrell
Nina Lindberg
8
Winner Colgate COLGATE 8-23, 3-4 PL
5
Lafayette LAFAYETT 4-31, 1-9 PL
Winner
Colgate COLGATE
8-23, 3-4 PL
8
Final
5
Lafayette LAFAYETT
4-31, 1-9 PL
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Colgate COLGATE 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 8 13 1
Lafayette LAFAYETT 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 11 3

W: Hay, Jess (3-5) L: Cook, Hannah (2-6) S: Griswold, Kyle (1)

0
Colgate COLGATE 8-24, 3-5 PL
3
Winner Lafayette LAFAYETT 5-31, 2-9 PL
Colgate COLGATE
8-24, 3-5 PL
0
Final
3
Lafayette LAFAYETT
5-31, 2-9 PL
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Colgate COLGATE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
Lafayette LAFAYETT 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 3 4 0

W: Randall, Alexis (3-13) L: Crow, Bella (3-11)

Game Recap: Softball | | Chelsea Vielhauer

Raiders Win Wild Opener in Saturday Split

Colgate Takes Series Opener 8-5 in Extra Innings

EASTON, Pa. – The Colgate softball team found some more late-game magic in an 8-5 extra-inning victory at Lafayette in the opener of a Saturday doubleheader. The Leopards went on to win the nightcap 3-0 to even the best-of-three series at 1-1.
 
Colgate trailed 2-1 heading into the top of the seventh inning of the 8-5, eight-inning victory, but the Raiders put up four runs in the frame to surge ahead 5-2. Lafayette used a two-out, three-run home run to knot the score at 5-5 and send it to extras. The Raiders rallied with three more runs in the eighth and held on to claim the 8-5 victory.
 
A two-run home run gave the Leopards an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first of the day's opener. The Raiders answered right back in the top of the second as sophomore Jordan Miller smacked a ball off the top of the center field wall for a leadoff double. Sophomore Sabrina Odierno followed with a two-out RBI single to right to pull Colgate within 2-1.
 
After the first-inning home run, sophomore starting pitcher Jessica Hay allowed just four hits through the next five frames to keep the Leopard lead at one. Colgate put constant pressure on the Leopards, but finally broke through in the seventh.
 
 First-year Christiana Cottrell opened the top of the seventh by taking first on a Lafayette error before sophomore Virginia Irby drew a walk. The Leopards couldn't handle a hard-hit ball off the bat of first-year Mia Guevarra that allowed Cottrell to run home and knot the score at 2-2. An RBI bloop single from Miller then plated the go-ahead run before a two-run base hit off the bat of junior Baillie Jorth capped off Colgate's four-run inning and put the Raiders in front 5-2.
 
Hay had the Leopards down to their last out, but Lafayette's Maddie Wensel stepped up with a game-tying three-run home run to center field to knot the score at 5-5 and send the game to extra innings.
 
Colgate responded right away in the top of the eighth as Cottrell reached first by way of error once again. Following a sac bunt from Irby, Guevarra smoked a double down the left field line to score Cottrell and put the Raiders in front. A sacrifice fly from senior Holly Geranen and solo home run from Miller capped the three-run frame as the Raiders surged ahead 8-5.
 
The Leopards threatened with two runners on and one out in the bottom of the eighth, but senior Kyle Griswold got a pop up and strikeout to end the game and secure the 8-5 Colgate win.
 
The nightcap started much like the opener as Lafayette was ahead 2-0 after one thanks to a pair of unearned runs. Colgate was only able to muster one hit in the opening five frames as Lafayette's Alexis Randall was in control.
 
The Leopards added a run in the bottom of the fifth to make it 3-0. First-year Bella Crow continued to shine as she surrendered just four hits for the entire game, but Colgate wasn't able to get to Randall as the Leopards held on to win 3-0 and even the series at 1-1.
 
BOTTOM LINES
  • Colgate 8, Lafayette 5 (8 innings)
  • Lafayette 3, Colgate 0
 
WON-LOST RECORDS
  • Colgate is now 8-24 on the season and 3-5 in Patriot League action with the Saturday split.
  • Lafayette sits at 5-31 overall and 2-9 against league foes.
 
KEY RAIDER INFO
  • Miller homered for the second-straight game in the opener and tallied her fourth multi-RBI game of the season.
  • Jorth recorded her second multi-RBI game of her junior campaign.
  • Hay finished with a line of five earned runs on nine hits with a career-best six strikeouts in 7.0 innings of work to earn the win.
  • Griswold earned a save in the opener after holding the Leopards scoreless in the final frame.
  • Odierno recorded her second RBI of the season in the opener.
  • Colgate stole a season-high three bases in the opener.
  • Odierno and Irby collected hits in the nightcap.
  • Crow finished with a line of three runs, only one of which was earned, on four hits with four strikeouts in 6.0 innings in the tough-luck loss.
  • The Raiders were hindered by three errors in the nightcap.
 
UP NEXT
  • The rubber match in the best-of-three series is set for a noon start Sunday at Lafayette.   
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