RIVERDALE, New York – The Marist softball team swept a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference doubleheader from Manhattan at Gaelic Park on Sunday. The Red Foxes won the first game, 10-1 in six innings, and earned a 4-0 shutout in game two.
 

Game One - Marist 10, Manhattan 1 (6 inn.)

• Marist scored twice in the top of the first. Sophomore Caroline Baratta led off with a ground-rule double, and scored on a single by senior Brandi Coon. Coon then took home on the front end of a double steal with red-shirt junior Claire Oberdorf, which put Marist up 2-0.
• In the top of the third, senior Casey Page reached on a one-out infield single, and junior Ali Milam followed with a two-run homer over the wall in center. This gave the Red Foxes a 4-0 advantage.
• Freshman Morgan Gianelle's solo homer in the fourth put Marist up 5-0.
• In the top of the fifth, Marist expanded its lead to 6-0 as a ground-rule double by Coon scored Page.
• Freshman Calista Phippen held the Jaspers without a hit for the first 4.1 innings. In the bottom of the fifth, Christine Gebhardt doubled, which was followed by a Daniela Chiorazzi RBI single to make the score 6-1.
• In the Marist half of the sixth, sophomore Hunter Hand led off with a homer. Coon added a two-run single, and Oberdorf had a sacrifice fly as Marist's lead reached 10-1.
• Phippen finished with 13 strikeouts and a two-hitter.
• Coon went 3-for-4 with four RBIs. Page scored three runs and went 2-for-2.

 

Game Two - Marist 4, Manhattan 0

• Manhattan loaded the bases with one out in the second, but senior Megan Beiermeister quieted the rally with a strikeout and a lineout.
• Marist opened the scoring with two runs in the third. Coon's RBI single scored Page, and Oberdorf's sacrifice fly plated Milam.
• In the top of the fourth, Gianelle started a rally with a one-out double, and Baratta drove her in with a two-out single which expanded Marist's lead to 3-0.
• Manhattan had runners on first and second with two outs in the fifth, but Oberdorf fielded a ground ball, stepped on third and threw to first for an inning-ending double play.
• In the top of the sixth, Page's two-out single brought home Madison Lee, which gave the Red Foxes a 4-0 advantage.
• Beiermeister went the distance on a four-hitter. She struck out a season-high seven and walked just one.
• Baratta, Page, and Coon had two hits apiece.
• Gebhardt went 2-for-3 for Manhattan.

 

Stats & Notes

• In Phippen's four appearances this week, she struck out 35 in 17 innings, and allowed just eight hits and three runs.
• Beiermeister was unscored upon in her three outings this week, covering 13 innings. Her shutout in game two was the fourth of her career.
• On the day, Marist's 1-4 hitters (Baratta, Page, Milam, Coon) went 14-for-24 with 10 runs scored and nine RBIs.
• In the doubleheader, Phippen and Beiermeister combined for 20 strikeouts and allowed just six hits and two walks in 13 innings.
• The road team has won the last five Marist-Manhattan regular-season games.
• Marist is 10-2 since returning from its West Coast trip over Spring Break.

 

Records

• Marist is 21-16 overall and 7-1 in the MAAC. The Red Foxes have won four straight following their sweep at Saint Peter's on Saturday.
• Manhattan is 12-19 overall and 1-5 in conference play.

 

Up Next

• Marist returns to action on Wednesday, April 10 at Army West Point.
• The teams will play a doubleheader, with first pitch of game one set for 3:30 p.m.