EMMITSBURG, Maryland – The Marist University softball team swept a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference doubleheader at Mount St. Mary's on Tuesday.
 
The Red Foxes scored 19 runs and had 25 hits on the day. They earned a 10-5 win in game one, followed by a 9-6 triumph in game two.
 

Game One

• Marist opened the scoring with four in the top of the first.
  • Peyton Pusey and Annabelle Geiser led off the game with bunt singles. Both scored on a single by Haley Ahr.
  • A double by Samantha Rogers brought in Ahr.
  • Livia Wiltsie's single scored Rogers.
• Mount scored once in the third, but Marist answered in the top of the fifth. Isabella Manory singled to lead off the inning, and she scored on a groundout by Maia Salvo.
• Mount cut its deficit in half with two in the fifth, as three consecutive hitters reached with one out: Taylor Williams (double), Avery Dinges (RBI double), and Gina Del Giorno (RBI single).
• Marist expanded its lead with a five-run seventh:
  • Maia Salvo led off the inning with a hit by pitch, and she scored on an RBI off the bat of Ahr.
  • Rogers' single brought home Pusey.
  • Sienna Kunze's double scored pinch-runner Marissa Scarano.
  • Manory's double brought home Kunze and McKenna Manley.
• Mount scored twice in the bottom of the seventh, and the tying run reached the on-deck circle. However, Kaylie DeChicchis struck out the only batter she faced to end the game and earn a save.
• Marist totaled 11 hits. Pusey, Ahr, Rogers, and Manory had two apiece.
• Ahr had a team-leading three RBIs, followed by Rogers and Manory with two apiece.
• Pusey scored two runs.
• Ava Metzger (6-1) struck out four while working the first five innings.

 

Game Two

• In the top of the second, Isabella Manory singled with one out, and Maia Salvo with two away. Peyton Pusey drove in both with a triple to right field.
• Marist ran its lead to 5-0 in the third. Sienna Kunze belted a solo homer to left with two outs. After Livia Wiltsie singled, Manory homered to dead center.
• Mount St. Mary's then scored three in the bottom of the inning, which included a two-run homer by Emma Tawney.
• Marist got one back in the fourth. Maia Salvo led off the inning with a single. She came home on a groundout by Ahr.
• Mount cut its deficit to 6-5 with a two-run fourth.
• The Red Foxes responded with two in the fifth on consecutive two-out RBI singles by Salvo and Pusey.
• Gina Del Giorno's RBI single cut Marist's lead to 9-6 in the sixth, which was the game's final run.
• Marist had 14 hits, led by Annabelle Geiser with three. Pusey, Manory, Salvo, and Samantha Rogers had two apiece.
• Pusey drove in a team-best three runs.
• Manory scored three times.
• Stella Blanchard (7-3) went the distance in the circle with 10 strikeouts.

 

Notes

• Blanchard's 10 strikeouts were a career high, and the highest total by a Marist pitcher this season.
• Metzger won her fifth straight start, and Blanchard won her fourth straight. Both are 4-0 against MAAC opponents this season.
• Pusey, Rogers, and Manory each finished the day with four hits. Manory went 4-for-7 with four runs scored, four RBIs, a homer, a double, and a walk.
• Kunze has four home runs in her last seven games.

 

Records

• Marist is now 15-13 overall and 9-1 in MAAC play.
• Mount stands at 6-20 this season and 3-4 in conference games.

 

Up Next

• Marist heads to North Carolina for the Mizuno Classic on March 27-28.
• The Red Foxes will play a total of four games, as they will play Arizona State and North Carolina once apiece on Friday and Saturday.