HAMPTON, Virginia – The Marist softball team earned its seventh straight win on Saturday as the Red Foxes defeated Central Connecticut State by a score of 13-3 in six innings by the mercy rule.
 
The game marked the first time that sophomore catcher Isabella Manory played against her twin sister Adriana, a sophomore at Central Connecticut State.
 

Summary

• Peyton Pusey led off the bottom of the first with a double, stole third, and scored on a two-out double by Haley Ahr, who then came home on an Alyssa Grupp single.
• The Red Foxes added three runs in the second, again all with two outs. Two runs scored on errors, and Maddie Pleasants had an RBI single.
• Manory led off the third with a walk, and scored on a leadoff single by Sophia Recrosio. Miah McDonald followed with a two-run double, which brought home Ronni Howard and Recrosio.
• After Central plated two runs in the top of the fourth, Ahr led off the bottom of the inning with a home run.
• Central cut its deficit to 9-3 in the top of the fifth, but Ahr was hit by a pitch with the bases load in the bottom half to force home Recrosio.
• McDonald's three-run homer gave Marist the win by the mercy rule.

 

Stats

• McDonald finished with six RBIs. She went 2-for-5, scored two runs, had a double and home run, and stole a base.
• Ahr went 2-for-4 with four RBIs, two runs scored, a double, and a home run.
• Marist finished with 13 hits, five of which went for extra bases.
• Pleasants (2-1) started and went the first 4.1 for the win with four strikeouts. Kiley Myers retired all five batters she faced in relief, with four strikeouts.

 

Records

• Marist is now 9-4 on the season.
• Central Connecticut State is 8-1.

 

Up Next

• Marist concludes its weekend in Virginia with two games on Sunday.
• The Red Foxes will face Norfolk State at 10:30 a.m., followed by FDU at 2:30 p.m.