BUFFALO, New York – The Marist University softball team completed a series sweep at Canisius with a 15-4 victory in Saturday's series finale.
 
The teams had to endure three delays. First pitch was pushed back and hour, and there were two in-game delays in the top of the second and top of the fourth.
 

Summary

• Marist scored two runs in the first without the benefit of a hit. The Red Foxes drew four walks, and Livia Wiltsie's bases-loaded walk forced home Peyton Pusey with the game's first run. Annabelle Geiser then came in on a fielder's choice off the bat of Isabella Manory.
• The Red Foxes added two more in the top of the second. Lily Roumelis walked with one out, and she came home on Haley Ahr's sacrifice fly. Sienna Kunze's RBI single scored Pusey.
• Canisius loaded the bases with none out in the bottom of the second, but Anna Sidlowski kept the Golden Griffins off the scoreboard.
• Marist extended its lead to 9-0 with a five-run third. Manory led off with an infield single, and she scored on a double by Samantha Rogers. Sidlowski then belted a two-run homer. A sacrifice bunt by Geiser scored Roumelis, and Ahr's sacrifice fly brought in Pusey.
• Rogers came home on an error in the fourth, which gave Marist a 10-0 advantage.
• Canisius extended the game in the bottom of the fifth by scoring four. The inning included a two-run triple by Grace Walker.
• Marist then added five in the sixth, which included a two-run single by Livia Wiltsie and a sacrifice fly by Ahr.

 

Stats

• Every Marist starter reached safely.
• Marist totaled 11 hits, led by Kunze, Manory, and Sidlowski with two apiece.
• Pusey, who drew three walks and doubled, scored four times. Rogers scored three runs. Geiser, Sidlowski, and Roumelis had two apiece.
• Wiltsie drove in three runs, while Ahr and Sidlowski had two apiece.
• Sidlowski went the first five innings to earn the victory with four strikeouts. Kaylie DeChicchis pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the sixth.

 

Notes

• The Red Foxes set season highs for runs scored and walks (10).
• Marist has now won nine straight, and 14 of its last 15.
• Sidlowski's homer was the first of her collegiate career.
• Sidlowski is now 7-0 against MAAC opponents this season.
• Marist has won all nine MAAC series this season, and 14 straight dating back to last year.

 

Records

• Marist is now 29-19 overall and 21-3 in MAAC play.
• Canisius is 13-26 this season and 8-15 in conference games.

 

Up Next

• Marist plays a doubleheader at Manhattan on Wednesday.
• These games will not count toward the conference standings.
• First pitch of game one is set for noon.