ALFRED, N.Y. – Russell Sage College dropped both ends of this afternoon's doubleheader at Alfred, 8-0 (Five Innings) and 6-3.
Sophomore infielder Annalise Tyler (Schenectady, NY/Schalmont) paced the Gators with a 3-for-7 afternoon. She had an RBI double in the second game.
Senior outfielder Madalyn Ring (Gansevoort, NY/South Glens Falls), and sophomore shortstop Allison Kenyon (Mechanicville, NY/Mechanicville) each went 2-for-5 with a run scored across the pair of Empire 8 Conference road setbacks.
After the Saxons (15-5/6-2 E8) tallied 14 hits to take the opener, RSC saw its 1-0 advantage dissipate with four Alfred markers in the bottom of the fourth. The Saxons added pair of runs in the bottom of the sixth, which became important when Tyler and junior infielder Hannah Smith (Clifton Park, NY/Clifton Park/Saint Rose) laced RBI singles in the top of the seventh.
The Gators (7-15/3-3 E8) are slated to play next on Wednesday at home against Utica.
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…Ring, Tyler, 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 became the program's all-time leader for career strikeouts in the complete game shutout of visiting Saint John Fisher on April 4…She was chosen the E8 Pitcher of the Week for the period ending Sunday, April 5…Madore went 3-0 and whiffed 15 batters across 15.0 scoreless innings…Ring commenced the season with 43 career stolen bases, good for fourth in RSC records…RSC opened its spring with eight contests in Florida between March 10-14… Sophomore outfielder Bella Julian (Cicero, NY/Cicero North-Syracuse) led the Gators with a .500 batting average during the time in the "Sunshine State"…Tyler slashed .429/524/.429 this week...The sophomore scored seven runs, drove in four runs, knocked a pair of doubles, and swiped three bases across the six contests...Kenyon, Ring, and junior catcher/outfielder Emma Heartquist (Stuyvesant, NY/Ichabod Crane) comprise the team's Leadership Committee.
