ALBANY, N.Y. – Russell Sage College softball hosted Mount Saint Mary College for a doubleheader on Friday, falling twice to the visiting Knights.
In game one, the game was all square heading into the top of the fifth, before MSMC plated a run on a RBI-single which was enough to pull out the 1-0 non-conference victory
Junior pitcher Leah Madore (Williamsville, VT/Brattleboro Union) was great in the opener, throwing a complete game with twelve punchouts and no earned runs.
Grace McDonald also threw a complete game in the opener, striking out seven across her first victory of the season.
Game two had much more offense, as RSC fell 10-7 in the nightcap.
The Knights (2-10) scored six runs in the first inning, and tallied on four more by the fifth inning to complete the doubleheader sweep.
Freshman infielder Jade Maille (South Glens Falls, NY/South Glens Falls) headlined the offense for RSC, going four-for-four including a three-run homerun in the sixth inning, her second big fly of the campaign.
Four other Gators registered multi-hit performances, topped by sophomore outfielder Bella Julian (Cicero, NY/Cicero North-Syracuse) who went two-for-four with a triple and a run.
Looking ahead, RSC (2-10) kicks off conference play on Saturday as they travel west for a doubleheader against SUNY Poly.
Gator Bites with Papa John's: RSC looks to return to the Empire 8 Conference Championship Tournament for the fifth-straight spring…12 returnees combine with eight newcomers on this year's roster…Senior outfielder Madalyn Ring (Gansevoort, NY/South Glens Falls), sophomore infielder Annalise Tyler (Schenectady, NY/Schalmont), and junior pitcher Leah Madore (Williamsville, VT/Brattleboro Union) highlight the returning Gators…Madore and Tyler earned second-team All-E8 honors last springs, while Ring made third-team All-Conference…Madore punched out 154 batters across 174 innings, both single-season program records in 2024..The righty, just the fifth Gator to reach 200 career strikeouts, opens the spring with 212 career K's, just 50 away from become the program's all-time leader…Ring commenced the season with 43 career stolen bases, good for fourth in RSC records…Sophomore infielder/outfielder Allison Kenyon (Mechanicville, NY/Mechanicville), Ring, and junior catcher/outfielder Emma Heartquist (Stuyvesant, NY/Ichabod Crane) comprise the team's Leadership Committee.
