WEST POINT, N.Y. – Rebecca Johnson and
Meghan Romero recorded two hits and an RBI apiece to back a strong pitching performance from
Bella Crow as Colgate capped off the weekend sweep of Army with a 4-2 victory on Sunday afternoon at the Army Softball Complex.
The game was scoreless until the third inning when Colgate took advantage of an infield error to get on the board. Johnson reached on the miscue and advanced to second on a wild pitch before Romero drilled an RBI double into the right-center gap.
Virginia Irby moved Romero up to third base on a fielder's choice and
Jordan Miller capped the inning with a sacrifice fly to extend Colgate's lead to 2-0.
After Army plated its first run in the home half of the third, Johnson slashed a hard single into right field to score
Cayman Coughlin and stretch the Raider lead to 3-1 after four innings.
Colgate padded its lead in the top of the fifth when
Mia Guevarra beat out an infield single with two outs to score Miller all the way from second.
Crow was in cruise control until Army strung together a two-out rally in the seventh. An RBI single by Emily Ballesteros brought the winning run to the plate, but Crow reared back to finish her complete game with a flyout securing the Raiders' weekend sweep, 4-2.
Ballesteros led the Black Knights offensively with three hits. Renee Poirier surrendered the loss in the circle, allowing three unearned runs over 3 1/3 innings.
BOTTOM LINE
Colgate 4, Army 2
RECORD UPDATES
• Colgate is now 16-17 overall and 3-3 in league play.
• Army fell to 17-22 on the season and 4-5 in the Patriot League.
FROM THE SOURCE
• Colgate head coach
Marissa Lamison-Myers:
"It was a great weekend in the circle and offensively. I couldn't be any prouder of this team and the way they came out to play. It's a good momentum swing heading into next weekend at Boston."
KEY RAIDER NOTES
• Colgate completes its first season sweep of Army since 2015.
• The Raiders have now won five of their last six games.
• Johnson and Romero each finished with two hits, an RBI, and a run scored.
• Five Raiders finished with a hit in the win.
• Crow improved to 8-7 on the year with her seventh complete game.
• She allowed two runs (one earned) on seven hits with two walks and a strikeout over seven innings.
• Colgate entered the three-game series ranked seventh nationally in doubles per game (1.87).
• The Raiders added to that number over the weekend with six doubles and eight total extra base hits.
• Johnson finished the weekend 6-for-12 with two runs and an RBI.
• Irby and Romero each had five hits and two RBI in the sweep.
• Crow picked up two of the three wins in the circle, allowing three earned runs over 14 innings.
UP NEXT
• Colgate returns to action for a non-conference doubleheader at Cornell on Tuesday.
• First pitch from Ithaca, N.Y., is set for 2:30 p.m.
