Softball Drops Pair To Brockport State and SUNY New Paltz

Brockport State 2, Worcester State 1 (9 Innings)

SUNY New Paltz 4, Worcester State 2

Game 1 --- Box Score

Game 2 --- Box Score

Fort Myers, FL --- The Worcester State softball team dropped a pair of games on Friday morning to wrap up their annual trek to Florida. The Lancers were defeated 2-1 in nine innings by Brockport State before they dropped a 4-2 loss to SUNY New-Paltz.

In the opening contest, Golden Eagles junior Stephanie Geer (Binghamton, NY) had a perfect game through the first five innings. In the top of the sixth though, the Lancers would take advantage of a miscue in the outfield and sophomore Erica Cordio (Leominster, MA) would notch the only base-hit of the game to have runners on first and second, but Geer used a strikeout to end the threat.

Junior Michaella Mahoney (Shrewsbury, MA) would match Geer as she would pitch six shutout frames. Mahoney would also strand four in scoring position in the bottom of the second, third and fourth.

The two hurlers had a 1-2-3 seventh to force extra innings.

In the eighth, both teams stranded the go-ahead runner at third and Worcester State converted an out at home to set the stage for their rally in the next frame.

Worcester State started off the top of the ninth with runners on the corners. With a man at second, sophomore Lauren Besozzi (Milford, MA) hit a ground ball in front of the catcher and the Golden Eagles tried to get the out at third, but first-year Melissa Beaudry (Worcester, MA/St. Peter-Marian) beat the throw to the plate. WSC then went up 1-0 when Besozzi came home on a passed ball.

But would Geer buckle down and got three outs to end the inning as Beaudry was left at third.

Brockport State though would score a pair of runs in the bottom of the ninth for the walk-off win. Sophomore Becca Pringle (Sanborn, NY) knocked in junior Nicki Odrobina (Depew, NY) with a triple to left field for the tie. Senior Kim Gabor (Cheektowaga, NY) then drove in Pringle for the game-clincher with a single up the middle.

Geer collected 12 strikeouts in the triumph while Mahoney fanned six in the loss.

Neither pitcher allowed a walk.

In the nightcap, SUNY New-Paltz took the early 3-0 lead as they were highlighted by an RBI ground out by senior Elizabeth May (Commack, NY) in the second and a two-out run producing single by classmate Rose Dovi (Cortland, NY) in the third.

Hawk junior Courtney Costello (Bayport, NY) set down 12 of the first 13 batters she would face before the Lancers touched her up for a run in the top of the fifth to break the shutout. Senior Ashley Loomer (Pepperell, MA) got on with a single and moved to third on a two-base error in the infield. Loomer was then driven in by sophomore Jamie Jacobs (Billerica, MA) as they made the score 3-1.

SUNY New-Paltz though would get a run back in the bottom of the frame as fourth-year Victoria Kyle (Staten Island, NY) chipped in an RBI single.

Worcester State would try to rally as sophomore Stephanie Mullen (Natick, MA) blasted a solo homer with two outs in the top of the seventh, but Costello induced a ground out to end the game.

Costello allowed two earned runs while scattering five hits. She also fanned four and issued one free pass.

Beaudry went the distance in the loss for WSC. She yieded four runs (two earned) and seven hits as she also struck out one batter.

The Lancers will begin their northern schedule with a double header against Anna Maria on Tuesday starting at 5 PM.