LATROBE, Pa. – The Allegheny softball team fell to Saint Vincent in a Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) road doubleheader Sunday (March 29).
The Gators fell in game one 6-4 and in game two 10-6.
Game One - Saint Vincent 6, Allegheny 4
The Bearcats got out to an early lead, scoring a pair of runs in the first.
The score remained 2-0 until the fourth when the Bearcats tacked on a run on a sacrifice fly, making it 3-0.
In the fifth,
Lauren Folino (Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley) hit a lead-off double.
Madalyn Myers (Wexford, Pa./Pine-Richland) pinch ran for Folino and moved up on a wild pitch.
Avery Magee (Chandler, Ariz./Hamilton) drove her home on a single, getting the Gators on the board.
However, the Bearcats scored three runs in the bottom of the frame to push their lead to 6-1.
The Gators rallied for runs with two outs in the sixth.
Jayla Jones (Pittsburgh, Pa./Avonworth) and
Morgan Kinney (Brunswick, Ohio/Brunswick) hit back-to-back singles before Folino drove the pair in, cutting the deficit to three runs. Magee followed up with a double, scoring Folino to make it 6-4.
The Gators kept the Bearcats off the board in the sixth, but were unable to plate runs in the seventh as they fell 6-4 in game one.
Inside the Box
- Magee and Folino both had two hits with a double while driving in two runs each.
- Samantha Phillips (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon), Rachel Seneca (Harrisburg, Pa./Bishop McDevitt), Julia Perillo (New Fairfield, Conn./New Fairfield), Jones and Kinney all had singles.
- Mackenzie Keber (Freedom, Pa./Ambridge Area) pitched a 1-2-3 sixth inning.
- Madison Hulse (San Diego, Calif./Rancho Bernardo) struck out four in five innings of work.
Game Two - Saint Vincent 10, Allegheny 6
The Gators struck first in the second. Magee doubled and was driven in on a Seneca single to center field. The lead was short lived as the Bearcats tied it up with a run in the bottom of the frame.
Allegheny regained the lead in the fourth. With Kinney onboard following a single, Magee hit another double to bring her in. Seneca followed up with a double of her own as the Gators led 3-1.
The Gators added another run in the fifth.
Alaina Sharp (Lewistown, Pa./Mifflin County) hit a two-out double and came across the plate on a Jones RBI double, extending the lead to 4-1.
In the sixth, Folino hit another double for the Gators. Myers pinch ran for Folino and scored on an error as the Allegheny advantage reached four runs.
Abby Robinson (Mars, Pa./Mars Area) drove in Perillo later in the inning as Allegheny's lead grew to 6-1.
However, the Bearcats had a big sixth inning, tallying nine runs to take a 10-6 lead.
The Gators were unable to make up the runs in the seventh as they fell in game two.
Inside the Box
- The Gators hit seven doubles in the game.
- Magee had a pair of doubles, driving in a run.
- Seneca drove in two runs on two hits with a double.
- Jones and Kinney also had multi-hit games with doubles.
- Folino and Sharp registered a double each.
- Robinson and Jones each had two hits and a run driven in.
- Kennedy Stahl (Warriors Mark, Pa./State College Area) pitched 5.1 innings, allowing just two earned runs.
News and Notes
- Allegheny is now 4-4 all-time against Saint Vincent.
Up Next
The Gators continued PAC play at Grove City Tuesday (March 31).