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Holy Cross HC 8-26, 0-9 PL
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Winner Colgate COL 14-18, 5-1 PL
Holy Cross HC
8-26, 0-9 PL
3
Final
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Colgate COL
14-18, 5-1 PL
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Holy Cross HC 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 6 1
Colgate COL 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 4 6 1

W: Misken, Bailey (7-7) L: Sophia Roncone (2-12)

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Game Recap: Softball | | Lauren Templin

Fusco Slams Go-Ahead Homer to Clinch Series Sweep

Junior Kara Fusco hit a go-ahead home run in the bottom of the fifth to clinch the series sweep over Holy Cross

HAMILTON – Colgate softball swept its first Patriot League series of the season after overcoming Holy Cross 4-3 in a long Easter Sunday battle.
 
Junior Kara Fusco slammed a go-ahead homer in the bottom of the fifth that gave the Raiders a 4-3 lead that would be the eventual game-winner.
 
 Senior Bailey Misken moved to 7-7 on the year after striking out five batters to go along with three runs off six hits.
 
Even though Colgate was trailing at one point of the game, senior Taylor Ludwick got the Raiders on the board first in the bottom of the opening inning after singling down the right field line to bring Fusco home, who singled to the left three at-bats previously.
 
Holy Cross didn't make any noise in the first two innings, going down in order in both outings, but the Crusader bats found a spark in the top of the third inning, scoring three runs off two singles and a wild pitch to lead 3-1.
 
The Raider offense knew they had to step up after the lead change and did in the bottom of the fourth. Ludwick started the inning, reaching base off an error, then advancing to third after catcher Quinn Livesay singled to right center. Ludwick crossed home plate after Jillian Herbst slammed a single to left field to cut the deficit to 3-2. First-year Cate Murray entered the game as a pinch runner for Ludwick and tied the game up at three with an unearned run a few at-bats later.
 
The winning dinger came in the next inning as Fusco hit a leadoff homer to give Colgate a one-run lead. The Crusaders tried to get the run back in the sixth with a single, but Misken and the defense got the final five outs to keep the score at 4-3 to clinch the series sweep.
 
UP NEXT
Colgate (14-18, 5-1 PL) hosts the Big Red of Cornell on Wednesday, April 12, for a midweek doubleheader scheduled for 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play HC COL
COL BOT 1st Ludwick, T. singled down the rf line, RBI (2-0 BB); Fusco, K. scored. 0 1
HC TOP 3rd Mott singled, RBI (2-2 BBFS); Jacobson advanced to third; Gold scored. 1 1
HC TOP 3rd Brait singled to left field, RBI (0-1 F); Mott advanced to third; Jacobson scored. 2 1
HC TOP 3rd Brait advanced to second on a wild pitch; Mott scored on a wild pitch. 3 1
COL BOT 4th Herbst, J. singled, RBI (3-2 FKFBFBFBF); Murray, C. advanced to second; Ludwick, T. scored, unearned. 3 2
COL BOT 4th Romero, A. walked, RBI (3-0 BBBB); Jacoby, S. advanced to second; Herbst, J. advanced to third; Murray, C. scored, unearned. 3 3
COL BOT 5th Fusco, K. homered to left field, RBI (0-0). 3 4

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