TUCSON, Arizona – The Marist softball team split its two games on Saturday at the Bear Down Fiesta tournament, hosted by the University of Arizona.
 
The Red Foxes earned an 8-6 victory over Yale in the first game of the day, but then fell to the #8/#16/#20 host Wildcats 11-0 in five innings in their second game.
 
Marist is now 9-10 on the season.
 

Game One

• Carmen Muscolina's three-run homer gave Yale a 3-0 lead in the top of the first.
• Marist answered with six runs in its half of the first. The first seven Red Foxes reached safely in the inning.
  • Shea Walsh had two hits in the inning. She scored the Red Foxes' first run on Caroline Baratta's single.
  • Miah McDonald's two-run single brought home Baratta and Sam Freeland, which tied the game.
  • Morgan Gianelle's bases-clearing double gave Marist a 6-3 lead, as it brought home McDonald, Meghan Davis, and Alyssa Grupp.
• Yale cut its deficit to 6-4 in the second. Maddie Latta led off with a triple, and scored on a bunt by Willa Ferrer.
• McDonald's solo homer in the fourth gave Marist a three-run lead again at 7-4.
• Yale made the score 7-6 in the fifth with runs coming home on a wild pitch and an error.
• Davis' sixth-inning single brought home Baratta with an insurance run.
• Yale loaded the bases with two outs in the seventh, but Kiley Myers got a groundout to end the game.
• Marist had 11 hits. Walsh had three, while Baratta and McDonald had two.
• McDonald and Gianelle had three RBIs. McDonald and Baratta each scored two runs.
• Maddie Pleasants went the first 4.2 for the win, and Myers finished with 2.1 scoreless for the save.
• Muscolina finished 2-for-4 with three RBIs for Yale.

 

Game Two

• Walsh led off with a single, and the Red Foxes had runners on first and second with one out in the first, but were unable to score.
• Arizona scored single runs in the first and second.
• The Red Foxes again had runners on first and second with one out in the third, but were unable to score.
• The Wildcats then scored five in the third, with back-to-back home runs from Allie Skaggs and Carlie Scupin, and a three-run homer from Amber Toven.
• Arizona then tacked on four more runs in the fourth.
• Walsh got on base safely in all three of her plate appearances, going 2-for-2 with a hit by pitch. On the day, she had five hits and reached safely six times in seven plate appearances.
• Toven went 3-for-3 with five RBIs and two home runs.

 

Up Next

• Marist closes out play in Bear Down Fiesta against Arizona on Sunday at 3 p.m. Eastern.
• The game can be seen on the Pac-12 Network.