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Marist Athletics
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Marist MAR 25-31
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Winner Fairfield FFD 26-24
Marist MAR
25-31
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Final
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Fairfield FFD
26-24
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Marist MAR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1
Fairfield FFD 1 0 0 0 2 0 X 3 10 2

W: Rhinehart, Lauryn (9-5) L: Beiermeister, Megan (13-10)

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Winner Marist MAR 26-31
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Iona ION 19-27
Winner
Marist MAR
26-31
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Final
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Iona ION
19-27
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Marist MAR 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 5 6 3
Iona ION 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3

W: Teague, Nicole (4-8) L: Skinner,Marnie (8-10)

Game Recap: Softball | | Mike Ferraro

Marist Softball Advances At MAAC Championship

After Falling To Fairfield, Red Foxes Bounce Back vs. Iona

WEST LONG BRANCH, New Jersey – The sixth-seeded Marist softball team has advanced at the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference championship.
 
The Red Foxes fell to second-seeded Fairfield in their first game of the day by a score of 3-1, but rebounded a few hours later for a 5-1 victory over fourth-seeded Iona in an elimination game.
 
First Game – Fairfield 3, Marist 1
Summary
  • In the bottom of the first, Courtney Hankins, Angelina McGuire, and Kate Robinson strung together three consecutive two-out singles as Fairfield scored the game's first run.
  • The Red Foxes tied the game in the top of the second. With two outs, Lauren Beal walked on a 3-2 pitch. Miranda Perez then laid down a bunt single, and the runners advanced to second and third on a throwing error. Casey Page then beat out an infield single, which brought home Beal.
  • Fairfield's Courtney Hankins broke the tie with a two-run homer in the bottom of the fifth.
 
Key Stats
  • Fairfield outhit Marist, 10-7.
  • Perez had two hits to lead the Red Foxes.
  • Megan Beiermeister (13-10) took the loss. She started and went 5.2 innings with four strikeouts and no walks. Nicole Teague relieved her and recorded the final out of the sixth.
  • Lauryn Rhinehart (9-5) pitched a complete game for the Stags. She scattered seven hits, struck out two, and walked two. The lone run she permitted was unearned.
  • Both teams left seven runners on base.
 
Second Game – Marist 5, Iona 1
Summary
  • Marist opened the scoring in the top of the second. With two outs and the bases loaded, a ground ball up the middle off the bat of Caroline Baratta resulted in an error. When the ball scooted into center field, Beal, Kourtney Paul, and Page all scored.
  • In the bottom of the second, Iona scored its first run due to an infield error.
  • The Red Foxes added two runs in the top of the fourth. A triple by Paul scored Perez, and Page followed with a groundout, which plated Paul.
 
Key Stats
  • Nicole Teague (4-8) pitched a three-hitter for the Red Foxes. She struck out three and walked just two. The only run she allowed was unearned.
  • The Red Foxes had six hits, led by Brittany Colombo and Claire Oberdorf with two apiece.
  • The Red Foxes' 6-9 hitters scored all five of their runs, led by Paul with two.
  • Baratta had 10 assists. She now has 155 on the season, which is a single-season program record.
  • Teague recorded 15 ground ball outs. Her lone fly ball out came on a diving catch by Paul in the third. The Red Foxes turned two 6-4-3 double plays behind her.
  • Marnie Skinner (8-10) went the first 6.1 innings for Iona. Just two of the five runs she allowed were earned.
  • Courtney Miller was 1-for-3 and scored the Gaels' lone run.
 
Quote of the Day
"Someone has to come out of the losers' bracket," head coach Joe Ausanio said. "It might as well be us."
 
Record
Marist is now 26-31.
 
Up Next
Marist returns to action at 1:30 p.m. Friday in an elimination game against fifth-seeded Manhattan. The Red Foxes will need two wins on Friday to advance to Saturday's championship round.
 
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