POUGHKEEPSIE, New York - The Marist softball team split a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference doubleheader against Manhattan on Monday.

The Red Foxes dropped the first game 2-1 but responded in a big way with a 9-0 win after five innings in game two. Maddie Pleasants had a team-best three hits on the day. The Marist pitching staff of Calista Phippen and Kiley Myers combined for 11 strikeouts and just one walk on the day.

• Manhattan opened the scoring with a solo home run to lead off the top of the fifth inning by Megan Hedlund.
• In the top of the sixth the Jaspers used three hits and one Marist error to add another run.
• Haley Ahr led off the bottom of the sixth with a double for the Red Foxes. Maddie Pleasants followed that up with an RBI double to get Marist on the board and make it 2-1.
• Sam Freeland, Haley Ahr, Maddie Pleasants, Reese Wilson, and Shea Walsh each got a hit for the Red Foxes.
• Calista Phippen went the distance, struck out five, and walked just one. She scattered six hits, struck out five, and one of the two runs she allowed was unearned

• The Red Foxes erupted for a seven-run second inning. 
• Maddie Pleasants drew a walk to start the inning. Alyssa Grupp followed that with a double down the left field line and Reese Wilson reached on a fielder's choice to load the bases. A wild pitch allowed Marist to score its first run.
• After Shea Walsh drew a walk, Isabella Manory hit a two-run single to left center to give the Red Foxes a 3-0 advantage.
• After runners advanced to second and third on a passed ball, Peyton Pusey stepped up to the plate and launched a two-RBI double to right center.
• The offensive barrage continued as Sam Freeland hit a single to left field and then stole second base before Haley Ahr hit a two-RBI single to make it 7-0.
• Marist added two more runs in the third inning. Manory hit a single through the right side and Hannah Brock crushed a two-run home run over the scoreboard in right field.
• Manory was 2-for-2 with two RBIs and two runs scored.
• Pusey, Ahr, and Brock drove in two runs each.
• Kiley Myers allowed just one hit while striking out six and not walking any. She needed just 51 pitches for her complete game.

• Marist is now 23-26 overall and 10-6 in the MAAC.
• Manhattan is 10-34 overall and 5-11 in the MAAC.

• Marist's non-conference games at Lafayette on Wednesday were canceled.
• The Red Foxes will now return to action on Friday for a MAAC doubleheader at Iona. First pitch of game one is set for noon.