POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist University softball team clinched the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference regular-season championship on Thursday with a doubleheader sweep of Iona at Gartland Field.
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The Red Foxes won the first game 2-1, and game two 8-1.
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Miah McDonald homered in both games. Her solo shot in game one gave her the MAAC single-season record for home runs, and she now has 23 this season.
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With the two wins, Marist has extended its winning streak to 13. The Red Foxes won the MAAC regular-season title for the second straight season.
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- Brianna Fischer's RBI single gave Iona a 1-0 lead in the third.
- McDonald's solo homer in the fourth tied the score.
- Peyton Pusey's solo homer to lead off the bottom of the sixth accounted for the game-winning run.
- Kiley Myers went the distance as she improved to 20-1.
- Myers tossed a four-hitter, walked just one, and struck out six.
- Myers became Marist's first 20-game winner since Megan Rigos in 2006.
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- In the top of the third, Fischer scored the game's first run on a wild pitch.
- Marist took the lead for good on McDonald's three-run homer in the bottom of the third. Pinch-runner Marissa Scarano scored the Red Foxes' fourth run of the inning on a double play.
- The Red Foxes added four more runs in the fifth. Haley Ahr's single scored Pusey, and Maddie Pleasants followed with a three-run homer.
- Pusey and Ronni Howard had two hits apiece.
- Anna Sidlowski (9-3) earned the win and allowed three hits and one run in five innings. Emma Bayor finished with two scoreless innings.
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- Marist is 43-7-1 overall and 20-2-1 in the MAAC.
- Iona is 28-18 this season and 18-7 in MAAC play.
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- Marist concludes the regular season with a single game against Iona on Friday.
- First pitch is set for noon.
- Senior Day will be celebrated at 11:45 a.m.
