AMHERST, Massachusetts – The Marist softball team split a non-conference doubleheader on Wednesday at UMass.
 
The Red Foxes extended their longest winning streak in three years to seven with a 9-3 game one victory, but fell 6-5 in game two.
 

Game One

• Marist scored in the top of the first as Maddie Pleasants' sacrifice fly brought home Peyton Pusey.
• Chloe Whittier's two-run homer in the bottom of the first put UMass up 2-1.
• Marist took the lead for good with a three-run top of the third.
• The Red Foxes had another three-run inning in the fifth. Shea Walsh had a two-run double, and Haley Ahr had a sacrifice fly.
• The Red Foxes added two more runs on an error in the sixth.
• Pusey and Sam Freeland each scored three runs. Pusey was 3-for-4, while Freeland was 2-for-3.
• Walsh and Alyssa Grupp each went 2-for-4.
• Calista Phippen tossed a five-hitter and struck out four.

 

Game Two

• UMass opened the scoring with two runs in the first and added one in the second.
• Maddie Pleasants' RBI single brought home Shea Walsh with the Red Foxes' first run in the top of the third.
• In the fourth, Freeland's first collegiate home run – an inside-the-park one to left-center – brought home Ronni Howard and Walsh, which put Marist up 4-3.
• UMass scored twice in the bottom of the fifth, but Walsh's RBI single brought home Pusey with the tying run in the top of the sixth.
• Taylor Richardson's homer in the bottom of the seventh won it for UMass.

 

On The Day

• Freeland finished the doubleheader with four runs scored and three RBIs.
• Pusey scored four runs.
• Walsh drove in three runs and scored twice.

 

Records

• Marist is 17-20.
• UMass is 12-22.

 

Up Next

• Marist returns to MAAC play with a doubleheader at Siena on Saturday.
• The Red Foxes and Saints are tied for first in the MAAC at 5-1.
• First pitch of game one is set for noon.