Mylea Mann went 3-for-6 with six RBI, including a grand slam in the second game, to lead the St. Lawrence University softball team to a sweep of SUNY Potsdam in a non-league doubleheader in the Saints' home opener on Tuesday afternoon.
Mann drove in the Saints' first run of the game in a come-from-behind 5-4 win in the opener, then broke open the game with her third home run of the season in a 9-1 win in the second game.Â
Angelina Carney was 4-for-5 with two RBI on the day, while
Caitlin Syphurs was 3-for-5 and
Skylar Hein was 3-for-6 with two RBI.
Game 1 - St. Lawrence 5, SUNY Potsdam 4
The Bears jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning, as Brooke Falsion scored on a passed ball and Lucy Condon scored on a sacrifice bunt by Lauren Brace.
Mann cut the lead to one with a bases loaded single through the left side in the bottom of the fourth, and Hein gave the Saints the lead with a two-run single up the middle in the fifth. Carney gave St. Lawrence a 4-2 lead with a single to right, and Syphurs scored on a dropped pop fly in short left to up the lead to 5-2.
SUNY Potsdam threatened to come back in the seventh inning, with Condon, Megan Fish and Brace all hitting hard line drives to right center, with Condon scoring on Brace's hit and Fish scoring on a sacrifice fly, but
Madison Mitchell got Kayla Palmer to ground out to third to end the game.
Carney was 2-for-3 for the Saints, while Armijo was 2-for-4.
Falsion was 3-for-4 to lead the Bears' offense.
Mitchell, who got her first career hit in the third inning in just the second plate appearance of her career, earned the complete game victory to improve to 2-3 on the season. She allowed four runs (two earned) on six hits and two walks with 11 strikeouts.Â
Samantha Hubinsky pitched the first four innings for the Bears, allowing one run on four hits with two strikeouts and two walks. Palmer took the loss in relief, allowing four runs (three earned) on five hits in two innings of work.
Game 2 - St. Lawrence 9, SUNY Potsdam 1 (5 innings)
St. Lawrence broke the second game open with a six-run third inning, capped by Mann's grand slam. All six runs were scored with two outs, as Armijo hit a one-out triple down the left field line, then scored on an RBI single to center by Syphurs. Carney looped a single down the left field line to score Syphurs, and after a single to left by Mitchell, Mann hit a towering drive over the center field fence for her sixth career home run.
Sydney Miller cut the lead to five with an RBI single in the fourth, but the Saints scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth on RBI singles by Mann,
Allie Courtwright and
Alexandra Barter and the game was called due to the eight-run rule.
Mann was 2-for-3 with five RBI in the nightcap, while Carney was 2-for-2 with a walk. Syphurs and Hein were both 2-for-3 for the Saints.
Miller led SUNY Potsdam at the plate, going 2-for-2 and driving in the Bears' only run.
Courtwright earned the complete-game victory, allowing one run on six hits with one strikeout in five innings pitched. Meghan Dougherty took the loss, allowing six runs on eight hits with two strikeouts in 2.2 innings. Alissa McCauley allowed three runs on four hits with four strikeouts in two innings of relief.
Records: SUNY Potsdam (3-9); St. Lawrence (8-6).
Up Next: Liberty League opener at RIT, Saturday, April 7, 1 p.m.
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