STEPHENVILLE, Texas – The Marist softball team earned its third straight win on Sunday, as the Red Foxes closed out play in the Texan Classic with a 12-4 victory over Bucknell.
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- Marist opened the scoring when Maddie Pleasants' single scored Miah McDonald, who had tripled, in the top of the first.
- Bucknell took a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the third on Shea Malone's two-run double.
- Marist took the lead for good with a seven-run fifth. Samantha Rogers and Ronni Howard started the rally with RBI singles. Kaitlyn Husic drove in a run on a squeeze. McDonald delivered a two-run triple. The Red Foxes added additional runs on an error and a wild pitch as they sent 11 hitters to the plate in the inning.
- Bucknell got two back in the bottom of the fifth, but Rogers belted a solo homer in the sixth.
- The Red Foxes tacked on three more in the seventh. McDonald's RBI single brought home pinch-runner Marissa Scarano. Peyton Pusey came home on a wild pitch. McDonald then scored on Isabella Manory's sacrifice fly.
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- Marist had 15 hits. McDonald, Pleasants, and Rogers led the way with three apiece, and Pusey had two.
- McDonald finished 3-for-5 with three runs scored, three RBIs, and two triples..
- Rogers went 3-for-5 with two runs scored, two RBIs, a homer, and a stolen base.
- Pleasants was 3-for-4 with an RBI and a walk.
- Pusey went 2-for-5 with two runs scored.
- In the circle, Emma Bayor started and struck out three in 2.1. Anna Sidlowski (1-1) picked up the victory with 4.2 innings of relief and three strikeouts.
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- Marist went 4-1 in the Texan Classic.
- Bucknell is now 1-4.
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- Marist will head to South Carolina for the Battle at the Beach next weekend.
- The Red Foxes will play five games from Friday through Sunday, with two against Kent State and one apiece against Notre Dame, Towson, and Coastal Carolina.
- Action starts on Friday against Kent State (9:30 a.m.) and Notre Dame (2:30 p.m.).
