WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross softball team picked up a 2-1 nonconference victory against Dartmouth on Tuesday afternoon in a Cousy Cup contest on Freshman Field.

The win snapped a four game losing streak for the Crusaders (15-32-1) while the defeat was the fourth in a row for the Big Green (12-21).

Senior Kari Jacobson picked up another hit for the Crusaders expanding her hit streak to five games. She has tallied a base knock in 15 of her last 18 games raising her batting average .98 points from .188 to .296 in that span.

Freshman Anna Brait was 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI also improving her reached base streak to a team season-high 10 games. The RBIs were Brait's 26th and 27th of the season which is tied for sixth all-time in a single season in program history.

Dartmouth came into the game grounding into zero double plays across 32 games this season. Holy Cross turned two double plays against the guests including a game ender to clinch the victory.
 
STARTING IN THE CIRCLE:

• Junior Megan Yurchick: W, (9-13), complete game, five hits allowed, earned run, four walks, two strikeouts.
• Rachel McCarroll: L, (8-13), complete game, five hits allowed, two earned runs, three walks, four strikeouts.

STEPPING TO THE PLATE:

• Anna Brait: 2-for-3, double, two RBI.
• Kari Jacobson: 1-for-3.
• Junior Jessica Mott: 1-for-3, double, run scored.
• Senior Bailey Bates: 1-for-2, run scored, walk.
• Ashley Frantz: 1-for-3, run scored, walk, stolen base.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Dartmouth took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first when an RBI groundout put them ahead. Yurchick made a nice glove scoop to home to prevent a run and she induced a groundout to shortstop which concluded the frame.
• The Crusaders put two runners on in the bottom of the third with no outs as Mott pulled a two-bagger into the left centerfield gap. With one down, Brait barreled an opposite field double to left center to unload the bases and give the Crusaders a 2-1 edge.
• In the sixth following a leadoff single, Yurchick induced a double play ball 6-4-3 marking it the first double play the Big Green grounded into this season. She then punched out the next batter swinging to end the inning.
• A one out single to left coupled with a fielder's choice put the tying run in scoring position with one away. On the second pitch of Leila Hennessy's at bat, she smoked the ball to first baseman, senior Peyton Morehouse and she gloved the ball on a line and tagged the first base bag unassisted for the contest concluding twin killing.

DUE UP:

• The Crusaders wrap up Patriot League action this weekend starting on Saturday, April 29 against Lehigh for a Senior Day contest.
• First pitch is scheduled for noon.

 
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