April 21, 2015
Schenectady, NY – The SUNY Oneonta softball team continued to be road warriors Tuesday when it traveled to Union for non-conference action. The Dutchwomen took the opener 4-2 before
Rachel Hitt (Boonville/Adirondack Central) tossed her second straight shutout to lead the Red and White to a 4-0 win in the nightcap.
Game 1: Oneonta struck first in game one. Freshman
Ashley Lefebvre (Waterford/Waterford-Halfmoon) opened the day by reaching base on a hit by pitch. Senior moved the frosh to third in the two hole with a single up the middle. Two batters later, senior
Brianna Rivera (Pomona/North Rockland) singled to third to bring in the run.
The hosts responded in the bottom half of the inning. After walking the leadoff batter,
Sabrina DeAngelis (East Meadow/Kellenberg Memorial) allowed the second hitter to reach and advance to second on a throwing error moving the lead runner to third. The next batter recorded a sac fly to right to plate the Dutchwomen's first run. Three batters later, a single to left plated the second run, neither run was earned.
The score remained 2-1 until the bottom of the fourth, where Union tacked on two more runs on a two-RBI single to center.
Down 4-1 in the top of the seventh, sophomore
Katie O'Gorman (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) led off with a walk before classmate Jenn Brocco smacked an RBI double to left.
DeAngelis gave up four runs, two earned, on a half dozen hits striking out four and walking a pair. The sophomore falls to 12-6 on the season.
Game 2: The nightcap began as a defensive battle. Both pitchers retired the side in order in the opening frame. O'Gorman served as the game's first base runner with a two-out walk in the second.
The Red and White opened the scoring in the top of the third. Junior
Jamie Whittam (Saugerties/Saugerties) reached on a one out walk, before a bunt single by Lefebvre advanced the second baseman to second. Two batters later, junior
Traci Lichtenstein (Plainview/JFK) took a single to left to score Whittam.
Hitt supported her offense in the bottom by forcing all three Union batters into groundouts.
The transition from the bottom to the top of the order continued to produce for the Red and White in the fifth. Whittam opened the frame with a single through the left side. Going to the same place, Lefebvre moved Whittam to second before the speedy pair pulled off a double steal. With no outs and two runners in scoring position, Marzillo ripped a single down the right field line to plate both runners.
O'Gorman sent a double down the left field line to leadoff the sixth. Two batters later, Whittam finished the scoring with an RBI single to center field.
Hitt's second straight shutout comes on four hits with a walk. The senior picks up her eighth win of the season.
Overall: O'Gorman led the offense with a 3-3 day including a pair of doubles and two runs scored.
Rivera went a combined 3-7, with a double and an RBI.
Whittam's 2-5 day came with an RBI, two runs scored and a stolen base.
Marzillo, O'Gorman and Rivera are all on four-game hit streaks.
Marzillo extends her streak of reaching base safely to a team, season-high 23. Brocco has reached in 11 straight, while Lefebvre has been on in nine straight.
Marzillo's two-RBI game in the nightcap is her fifth multi-RBI game of the year.
Whittam's stolen base gives her a team-leading 10 on the season.
Oneonta sits at 22-10, and hit the road one last time tomorrow when it travels to Ithaca for a non-conference doubleheader at 3:00 pm.
