TAMPA, Florida – The Marist University softball team dropped two games on its first day at the USF Invitational.
 
In their first game of the day, the Red Foxes fell by a score of 10-7 to Boston College of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Marist then fell to host South Florida, 3-1.
 
The Red Foxes now stand at 5-6 on the season.
 

Game One

• Boston College scored three runs in the top of the first, all of which were unearned.
• The Eagles added three more in the second, two more in the third, and one more in the fifth to run their lead to 9-0.
• In the bottom of the fifth, Marist kept the game going by scoring five runs, all with two outs. Samantha Rogers drew a bases-loaded walk, which forced home McKenna Manley. Livia Wiltsie and Lily Roumelis both followed with two-run doubles.
• Boston College tacked on its final run in the top of the seventh. Marist answered with two in the bottom half of the inning on Isabella Manory's pinch-hit two-run double.
• Marist finished with eight hits. The freshman trio of Wiltsie, Roumelis, and Annabelle Geiser had two hits apiece. Roumelis had two doubles.
• Anna Sidlowski allowed just one earned run in 4.2 innings of relief.
• For Boston College, Sammy Horn was 3-for-4 with two RBIs.

 

Game Two

• South Florida started the scoring with two runs in the home half of the first.
• In the top of the fifth, Marist cut its deficit in half. Livia Wiltsie singled to lead off the inning, and scored on an error.
• South Florida closed out the scoring with an insurance run in the sixth.
• Marist had four hits in the contest, led by Wiltsie with two.
• Stella Blanchard pitched a complete game for the Red Foxes. She scattered six hits, struck out two, and walked just one.
• Alex Wilkes went 2-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI for South Florida.

 

Up Next

• Marist continues play in the USF Invitational with two games on Saturday.
• The Red Foxes will face Saint Joseph's at 11:30 a.m., followed by Indiana at 4:30 p.m.