Clermont, FL: The Ramapo College softball team saw their five-game win streak come to an end this afternoon. The Roadrunners fell in an extra inning game to Coe College, 6-5 in nine innings, before they bounced back to defeat Endicott College, 5-4. The Roadrunners now stand at 6-1 overall.
Game One
Krista Verrino got the Roadrunners on the board early with a leadoff home run in the bottom of the first inning for a 1-0 score. Coe would put two runs on the board in the second inning before Ramapo took the lead back in the bottom half of the inning with two runs of their own.
Marissa DiPaolo laced a double to left field before she moved to third on an infield hit from
Anna Messina to put runners on the corners. Following the second out of the inning and Verrino being hit by a pitch to load the bases,
Carli Egan punched a single through the left side of the infield plating DiPaolo and Messina for the 3-2 lead.
Coe tied the game in the fifth on a solo home run before they took a one run lead in the sixth, 4-3. Ramapo would tie the game in the sixth as
Alexis Corra knocked home pinch-runner
Melody Gleason, 4-4. The score remained tied through the seventh inning sending the game into extras, and the international tie-breaker rule where the last out of the previous offensive inning starts on second base.
Coe scored in the top of the eight to take a 5-4 lead before the Roadrunners would tie the game in the bottom half of the inning. Verrino was placed on second base before moving to third on a wild pitch. Corra then drove her in with an RBI single before the Kohawks got out of a one out jam. In the top of the ninth, Coe was able to scratch a run across taking a 6-5 lead before the Roadrunners came up in the bottom half of the inning.
Thu Deo would pinch run and start on second base for Ramapo before she was moved over on a sac bunt. The Kohawks once again got out of a jam inducing back-to-back fly outs to end the game.
Ramapo collected 11 hits in the game while Coe posted eight.
Mahogany Wheeler went the distance in the circle for the Roadrunners as she struck out five and walked three while surrendering six runs (three earned).
Abbie White (3-0) started the game for Coe was lifted in the sixth inning and reentered the game in the eighth to earn the win. She struck out eight and did not walk a batter while she scattered ten hits in seven complete innings. Hannah Ausenhus pitched two innings in relief; she walked five and surrendered just one hit.
Game Two
Ramapo put two runs on the board in the top of the second inning for a 2-0 lead.
Katie Rygiel led off with a single before she came around to score on a throwing error by Endicott.
Jaclyn Monaco put down a bunt single which allowed
Marissa DiPaolo to score.
Endicott put three up on the board in the second inning when Carly Marchitto hit a three-run home run to take a 3-2 lead. In the top of the third,
Avery Bartolomeo lifted a sac fly to left field as Corra scored for the 3-3 tie before Ramapo took the lead in the fourth scoring two runs. Corra plated
Nicole Cerasi with a sac fly to center field, 4-3, before Wheeler poked a single up the middle which allowed Monaco to score, 5-3. Endicott scored two runs in the fifth inning to tie the game, 5-5 before Ramapo scored the eventual game winning run in the sixth. Monaco drew a leadoff walk and stole second before a single from Egan put runners on the corners with no outs. Corra was hit by a pitch to load the bases before Endicott recorded the first out of the inning. Rygiel then drew a four-pitch walk which forced home Monaco for the 6-5 lead.
Ramapo relief pitcher
Sara Cappetti earned the win in relief. She worked the final three innings as she struck out two, walked two and scattered five hits. DiPaolo started the game for the team as she struck out one, walked five and scattered four hits in four innings of work. Monaco and Rygiel each posted two hits in the game.
The Roadrunners return to action on Friday when they take on University of Wisconsin-River Falls at 3pm and Farmingdale State College at 5:30pm
