PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania – The Marist softball team dropped a pair of high-scoring non-conference games at Drexel of the Colonial Athletic Association on Tuesday. The Dragons prevailed 12-11 in eight innings in game one, and 9-6 in game two.
Marist's
Alyssa Grupp totaled seven hits in the doubleheader, going 7-for-8 with four runs scored, four RBIs, three doubles, two stolen bases, and a walk.
Sam Freeland totaled five hits, three runs, and three RBIs in the two games.
Miah McDonald had four hits on the day, and
Maddie Gore drove in four runs.
- In the second inning, Grupp took third on the front end of a double steal with Gore, and scored on a throwing error.
- Marist then scored six times in the fourth. The inning included two-run singles from Grupp and Freeland, an RBI double from Caroline Baratta, and an RBI single from Hailee Jantorno. Grupp had two hits in the inning.
- Drexel countered with a six-run fifth to cut its deficit to one. The Dragons then took the lead with a three-run sixth, which included a two-run homer from Jackie Masone.
- Grupp doubled to lead off the seventh, and Gore followed with her first collegiate homer, which tied the game at nine apiece.
- Freeland and Grupp had RBI singles in the top of the eighth, but Drexel scored three times in the bottom half of the inning to win the game.
- Drexel had 15 hits, while Marist had 13.
- Grupp went 5-for-5 with three runs scored, three RBIs, two doubles, and two stolen bases. Freeland went 3-for-5 with three RBIs and two runs scored.
- Megan Trivelpiece's bases-loaded walk brought home Sarah Clinton and gave Drexel a 1-0 lead in the first.
- McDonald led off the top of the second with a double, and later scored on a fielder's choice off the bat of Hannah Brock.
- Ameryn Humble's three-run double keyed a four-run second for Drexel.
- Drexel tacked on two more runs in the fourth to advance its lead to 7-1.
- Marist cut its deficit in half with a three-run fifth. Baratta had a two-run double, and scored on a groundout by Gore.
- The Dragons extended their lead to 9-4 with a two-run sixth.
- Marist scored twice in the seventh. With two outs, McDonald singled and scored on a double by Grupp, who then scored on a double by Gore.
- McDonald finished the game 3-for-3 with two runs scored. Freeland and Grupp had two hits apiece. Gore and Baratta drove in two apiece.
- Marist opens its home schedule with back-to-back doubleheaders against Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference foes Iona and Fairfield on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.
- First pitch of game one is set for noon on both days.
