HAMDEN, Connecticut – The Marist University softball team completed a series sweep at Quinnipiac with a 7-3 victory on Saturday.'
 
The Red Foxes have now won four straight.
 

Summary

• Marist opened the scoring in the top of the first. Peyton Pusey led off the game with a double, and she scored on a Haley Ahr single.
• Quinnipiac countered with three in the bottom of first, which included a two-run triple by Ally Hochstadter.
• Pusey's RBI single in the top of the second brought home pinch-runner Marissa Scarano, which cut Marist's deficit to 3-2.
• Marist took a 4-3 lead in the top of third on back-to-back home runs by Ahr and Sienna Kunze.
• Marist extended its lead to 7-3 with a three-run fifth. Pusey led off with a triple, and she scored on Ahr's sacrifice fly. Annabelle Geiser came home on a wild pitch, and Kunze scored on an error.

 

Stats

• Marist outhit Quinnipiac, 11-9.
• Pusey went 4-for-4 with two runs scored, an RBI, a double, and a triple.
• Ahr was 2-for-3 with three RBIs.
• Kunze was 2-for-4 with two runs scored.
• Anna Sidlowski went the distance in the circle. Sidlowski did not allow an earned run, and she needed just 86 pitches to get through her outing.

 

Notes

• Pusey tied her career high with four hits. It was her fifth four-hit game of her career, and it was her second of the season.
• Sidlowski is now 6-0 with a 1.87 ERA against MAAC opponents.
• Kunze's home run was her eighth against a MAAC opponent this year, which leads the conference.
• Marist has won all eight of its series against conference foes this season.

 

Records

• Marist is 24-19 overall, and 18-3 in the MAAC.
• Quinnipiac is 18-16 this season, and 13-9 in conference play.

 

Up Next

• Marist returns to Gartland Field with a home non-conference doubleheader against Monmouth on Wednesday.
• First pitch of game one is set for 1 p.m.