WEST LONG BRANCH, New Jersey – The sixth-seeded Marist softball team defeated third-seeded Siena by a score of 7-2 in the opening round of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championship on Wednesday at Monmouth.
 
Summary

• Marist left a runner on third base in the first inning, and left the bases loaded in the second.
• Siena strung together three straight hits with two outs in the bottom of the second. The last, a two-run double by Amanda Dodson, got the Saints on the board first.
• In the third, a sacrifice fly by Brandi Coon scored Brittany Colombo with the Red Foxes' first run.
• Marist had runners at the corners in the fourth with one out, but did not score.
• In the fifth, Kourtney Paul's two-out single brought home Ali Milam, which tied the game at two apiece.
• Marist took its first lead with a four-run sixth, with all of its runs coming with two outs. Milam's single brought home Miranda Perez. Coon followed with a single, which plated pinch-runner Hunter Hand. Claire Oberdorf then followed with a two-run triple to right field, as Coon and Milam scored.
• The Red Foxes added an insurance run in the seventh when Casey Page chopped a single through the left side, which brought home pinch-runner Madison Lee.
• Colombo closed the game with a 5-3 double play.

 
Key Stats

• Marist outhit Siena, 14-8. Eight Red Foxes had hits, led by Page with three, followed by Caroline Baratta, Lauren Beal, Milam, and Perez.
• Coon and Oberdorf each drove home a pair of runs. Milam led the way with two runs scored.
• The Red Foxes did not commit an error.
• Megan Beiermeister (13-9) pitched a complete game. She threw just 77 pitches, 51 of which went for strikes.
• Marist advanced a runner to at least third base in every inning.
• Maddie McMahon (8-6) took the loss for Siena. She pitched four innings in relief of starter Lauren Butts, who went the first 2.1.
• Madysen Cossack and Jess Vollmer had two hits apiece for the Saints.

 
Notes

• Milam's RBI was her 54^th of the season, which ties the single-season program record set last season by Janna Korak.
• Beiermeister's 13^th win of the season is the most in her career. She improved her career record to 36-16. Her 36 wins are tied for fifth most in program history.
• Marist's 14 hits marked its second-highest total of the season.

 
Records
Marist is 25-30; Siena is 18-25.
 
Up Next
Marist faces second-seeded Fairfield on Thursday at 9 a.m. A win advances the Red Foxes to Friday's winners' bracket final. A loss will result in the Red Foxes playing an elimination game at 2 p.m. Thursday.