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St. Lawrence SLU 2-12, 2-9 Liberty
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Winner RIT RIT 5-13, 2-10 Liberty
St. Lawrence SLU
2-12, 2-9 Liberty
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Final
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RIT RIT
5-13, 2-10 Liberty
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
St. Lawrence SLU 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 6 3
RIT RIT 0 1 3 1 1 0 X 6 13 1

W: Adler, Torie (3-10) L: G. Slater (1-6) S: Gould, Melissa (1)

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Winner St. Lawrence SLU 3-12, 3-9 Liberty
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RIT RIT 5-14, 2-11 Liberty
Winner
St. Lawrence SLU
3-12, 3-9 Liberty
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Final
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RIT RIT
5-14, 2-11 Liberty
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
St. Lawrence SLU 0 0 0 4 4 2 0 10 13 1
RIT RIT 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 10 1

W: J. Casebolt (1-2) L: Adler, Torie (3-11)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball splits with visiting St. Lawrence; wins 6-3, falls 10-4

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The RIT softball team split a Liberty League doubleheader with visiting St. Lawrence, Saturday, winning the opener, 6-3, before falling, 10-4, in game-two.
 
GAME 1 – RIT 6, St. Lawrence 3
  • Brianna Bilich (Penryn, CA/Del Oro) went 2-for-3 with a double and a RBI to lead a 13-hit Tiger attack.
  • RIT opened the scoring with a run in the bottom of the second on an RBI single by Julia Vaillancourt (Braintree, MA/Braintree)
  • The Tigers built a 4-0 lead with three unearned runs in the third inning, including an RBI double by Billich.
  • St. Lawrence got on the board with a run in the fourth inning on an RBI single by Tori Rotundo.
  •  RIT responded with a run in the bottom half of the inning on an RBI single by Natalie Barrera (Worcester, MA/Doherty Memorial) to build a 5-1 lead.
  • The Saints made it a 5-3 game with two runs in the fifth, including an RBI triple by Meredith Rose.
  • Katelyn Koester (Buffalo, NY/Sweet Home) brought home a run in the fifth with an infield single to push RIT's lead back to three and put the game out of reach.
  • Torie Adler (West Chester, PA/B. Reed Henderson) earned the victory in the circle, allowing six hits and three runs while striking out six in five innings of work.
  • Melissa Gould (Harleysville, PA/Souderton Area) threw two innings of scoreless relief, including three strikeouts, to earn a save. 
GAME 2 – St. Lawrence 10, RIT 4
  • Alexis Smith (Ronkonkoma, NY/Connetquot) finished 2-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI while Vaillancourt ended up 3-for-4 with two runs scored, but St. Lawrence broke the game open with back-to-back four-run innings in the fourth and the fifth and tacked on two more in the sixth to put the game out of reach. 
  • RIT took a 2-0 lead on a first-inning RBI double by Natalie Barrera (Worcester, MA/Doherty Memorial) and a RBI double by Bilich in the second.
  • The Saints scored four runs on five hits in the fourth, including a two-run double by Carolyn Holran, and added another four runs on five hits in the fifth, including back-to-back RBI singles by Zolan Braswell and Holran which pushed the visitors to a decisive six-run cushion. 
WHAT'S NEXT
RIT travels to St. Lawrence on Monday (Apr. 26) for a Liberty League doubleheader slated for a 3:00 p.m. start.