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URI URI 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 10 3
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W: VALE-Cruz, Avery (4-4) L: Goedel, Jordan (2-14)

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URI URI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Holy Cross HC 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0

W: Roncone, Sophia (4-15) L: GERRY, Brooke (1-3)

Game Recap: Softball |

Gallagher homer walks off game two, Crusaders split URI doubleheader

Gallagher hit her first career home run and Roncone shut out URI with six strikeouts

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross softball team hosted Rhode Island (URI) for a non-conference mid-week doubleheader and Cousy Cup game on Thursday, Apr. 24. The Crusaders dropped game one 3-2 (10 innings) to the Rams 3-2 but rallied to shutout URI 2-0 in game two.

GAME ONE: CRUSADERS 2, RAMS 3 (FINAL)

STARTING IN THE CIRCLE:

  • Holy Cross: Jordan Goedel (L, 2-14), 10.0 innings pitched, 10 hits allowed, three runs, two earned, six strikeouts.
  • URI: Avery Vale-Cruz (W, 4-4), 10.0 innings pitched, four hits allowed, two runs, one earned, five strikeouts.

STEPPING TO THE PLATE:

  • Ava Gambichler: 1-for-2, one double, one run scored.
  • Emma Pietrzak: 2-for-4, one RBI.
  • Ali Sniegocki: 1-for-4, one RBI.
  • Katie Knarr: 3-for-4, one double, one run scored, one RBI.
  • Hannah Hernandez: 2-for-4, one run scored.
  • Sydney Orndorff: 3-for-4.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

  • After a scoreless four innings, URI scored on a Katie Knarr RBI double to right center field, followed by Ella Morris scoring on a fielding error for the 2-0 lead in the top of the fifth. The Crusaders answered back in the bottom of the inning with a junior captain Ali Sniegocki RBI single to score teammate Ava Gambichler.
  • Holy Cross tied the game in the bottom of the sixth on a sophomore Emma Pietrzak RBI single to bring in teammate Caroline Higgins.
  • After two scoreless extra innings, the Rams broke through with a Julianne Torres RBI double to left center field in the top of the 10th inning. The Crusaders came up short in the bottom of the inning to drop game one 3-2.


GAME TWO: CRUSADERS 2, RAMS 0 (FINAL)

STARTING IN THE CIRCLE:

  • Holy Cross: Sophia Roncone (W, 4-15), 7.0 innings pitched, two hits allowed, six strikeouts.
  • URI: Brooke Gerry (L, 1-3), 6.1 innings pitched, four hits allowed, two runs, two earned, six strikeouts.

STEPPING TO THE PLATE:

  • Maya Gallagher: 1-for-3, one home run, one run scored, two RBIs.
  • Jenna Whipple: 1-for-3, one run scored.
  • Emily Power: 1-for-3.
  • Hannah Hernandez: 1-for-2.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

  • After a scoreless 6 innings, junior pitcher Sophia Roncone picked up two strikeouts in the top of the seventh, two of her six on the game, to keep the Rams off the board.
  • In the bottom of the seventh, senior captain Jena Whipple singled to center field to occupy first base. Sophomore Maya Gallagher stepped up to the plate and crushed a two-run walk-off homer to left field to give the Crusaders the 2-0 victory. This hit marked Gallagher's first career home run and Roncone earned her first shutout win of the season.

UP NEXT: 

  • The Crusaders return to action on Saturday, Apr. 5 for a Patriot League doubleheader at Colgate in Hamilton, N.Y. at Eaton Street Softball Complex
  • First pitch is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.


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