MARSHALL, TX. -- The SUNY Oneonta softball team dropped a doubleheader to St. John Fisher in their season opener in Marshall, Texas, Saturday afternoon. The Cardinals took game one, 5-1, before they won game two in five innings, 9-0, improving to 7-3 on the season.  

Game 1: St. John Fisher 5, Oneonta 1 
The Cardinals managed to score three runs in the first inning off a series of walks and hit-by-pitches. In the top of the third, they had one more runner cross home on an infield groundout.   

The Red Dragons got two runners on in the bottom half of the fourth with a pair of singles from junior Gianna Cancelleri (Naples, FL/Washingtonville (NY)) and senior Marissa Nagel (Averill Park/Averill Park). That set up junior Victoria Hussey (Nesconset/Smithtown East) to knock in Cancelleri with a single up the middle. Oneonta couldn't close the gap any further and St. John Fisher earned the final run in the fifth off a Kelly Cournoyer single.  

Cancelleri and Nagel each went 2-for-3 while Hussey went 1-for-3 with an RBI.  

Senior Marissa Dionisio (Sayville/Sayville) (0-1) received the loss after pitching four innings, striking out three, and allowing five runs off two hits and seven walks. Sophomore Cadence Brennan (Niskayuna/Niskayuna) pitched the final three innings, allowing five hits.  

Jess Patterson (3-1) pitched the complete game, struck out nine and allowed one run off five hits for St. John Fisher.

Game 2: St. John Fisher 9, Oneonta 0 (5 innings)
The Cardinals put up a pair in the first inning of game two off a wild pitch and an Allie Klonowski single. St. John Fisher pulled away with a seven-run second inning. After loading the bases with one out, Amalia DeMartino brought one in with a single and Ainsley Evanetski worked a walk to extend the lead to four. Klonowski hit a two-run double before she and Evanetski scored on a throwing error. Tori LoPresto hit the final run in with a single up the middle, putting the Cardinals up nine.  

The Red Dragons loaded the bases with one out in the fourth with a single to left field by graduate student Megan Palmatier (Bainbridge/Bainbridge-Guilford) and a couple walks by sophomore Julia Serena (White Plains/Valhalla) and Hussey but were all left stranded.  

Palmatier, Serena, and juniors Delaney Haley (Levittown/Division Avenue) and Sarah Paige (Fort Ann, N.Y./Fort Ann Central) all recorded a hit in the second game.  

Freshman Anna Torgersen (Chester, NJ/Mendham) (0-1) received the loss after pitching 1.2 innings, striking out two and allowing six earned runs off seven hits and three walks. Sophomore Angelina Scalere (Ardsley/Ardsley) came in relief for 2.1 innings, allowed one hit and struck out four.  

Cassidy Ormond (2-0) earned the win for the Cardinals after pitching four scoreless innings, striking out six and allowing four hits.  

Oneonta is back in action Monday for a doubleheader against Eastern Connecticut State starting at 1 pm (EST). Read Full Article