FOREST GROVE/MCMINNVILLE, OR. -- The SUNY Oneonta softball team swept a doubleheader against Pacific University before dropping two games to No. 3 nationally ranked Linfield University as their northwest spring break play continued, Wednesday and Thursday. The Red Dragons defeated the Boxers, 4-2 and 5-3, with multiple late inning runs, and fell to the Wildcats, 8-1 and 14-0, in five innings. Oneonta moved to 3-5 on the season, Pacific dropped to 6-10, and Linfield improved to 6-0 overall. Junior
Julia Serena (White Plains, N.Y./Valhalla) was 4-for-6 with two RBI, two doubles, and a walk against Pacific and freshman
Ava Thys (Fairfax, Va./James W. Robinson Secondary (Va.)) went 3-for-5 with two RBI and scored a run versus the Boxers.
Game 1: Oneonta 4, Pacific 2
In the first inning, Serena hit a double to the right center fence for her 100th career hit.
Thys got Oneonta on the board in the second inning with a two-RBI single to right field, after freshman
Ella Stewart (Orchard Park, N.Y./Orchard Park) walked and senior
Aysia Oliver (Brentwood, N.Y./Brentwood) singled to get into scoring position. Pacific tied it in the fourth off back-to-back hits from Faith Lawson and Rylie Kihara.
In the top of the sixth, Serena doubled to left field and senior
Sarah Paige (Fort Ann, N.Y./Fort Ann Central) came in to pinch run. Paige stole third, then went for home on a double steal attempt with Stewart to go ahead 3-2. Junior
Sophia Mangone (Ardsley, N.Y./Ardsley) put the Red Dragons up two in the seventh with a two-out single to right field. The Boxers had runners on first and second with one out in the seventh when Chloe Knepp hit a ground ball to the senior third baseman
Victoria Hussey (Nesconset, N.Y./Smithtown East) who touched third and threw out Knepp at first for the game-ending double play.
Thys finished 1-for-2 with two RBI, Serena was 2-for-3 with two doubles, and Oliver went 1-for-2 and scored a run. Stewart worked two walks, stole a base and scored once.
Junior
Cadence Brennan (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna) (1-0) came in for relief and pitched 3.2 scoreless innings, struck out one and allowed three hits for the win. Freshman
Emily Brown (Westbury, N.Y./Clarke) started, pitched 3.1 innings, struck out three, and allowed two runs off five hits.
Karlie Espinoza (3-4) pitched the complete game for Pacific, struck out three, and allowed four runs off seven hits.
Game 2: Oneonta 5, Pacific 3
Michelle Winfield gave the Boxers a 1-0 lead in the first inning of game two after she doubled to left and later scored on a fielding error.
Seniors
Adriana Fiori (Newtown, CT/Brookfield) reached on an infield single in the top of the third, and
Gianna Cancelleri (Naples, FL/Washingtonville (NY)) hit one out to left field to get two runners on with an out. One batter later, Serena singled to right field to score Fiori easily, then as Cancelleri crossed home Serena got caught heading towards second. Pacific tied it on a Carli Zanassi single to center, then regained the lead in the bottom of the sixth with a Winfield RBI-single.
The Red Dragons were down to their final two outs before they put together a three-run rally for the win. Sophomore
Jaime Cardello (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y./Walter Panas) reached on an error and had Paige pinch run for her. Paige stole second and reached third when Thys singled to right field. Fiori hit another single to right that scored Paige and moved Thys over to third. Thys and Fiori both scored with two outs after the Boxers shortstop allowed sophomore
Cailin Hall's (Oakdale, N.Y./Connetquot) hard-hit ball to go up her arm and into the outfield, giving Oneonta a 5-3 lead. Pacific managed to load the bases and get the winning run on base with two outs, however junior
Angelina Scalere (Ardsley, N.Y./Ardsley) struck out Ellie Ishikawa to end the game.
Serena finished 2-for-3 with two RBI and a walk, Fiori went 2-for-3 with an RBI and scored twice, and Thys was 2-for-3 and scored once.
Scalere (1-0) picked up the win after pitching 2.0 innings, striking out one, and allowing one run off three hits. Senior
Marissa Dionisio (Sayville, N.Y./Sayville) pitched the first 5.0 innings, struck out three, and allowed two runs, one earned, off six hits.
Haleigh Colfelt (2-2) received the loss after pitching 6.0 innings, allowing five runs, two earned, off eight hits.
Game 1: Oneonta 1, Linfield 8
Oneonta scored their lone run of game one in the first inning. Senior
Delaney Haley (Levittown, N.Y./Division Avenue) singled to short then reached second on an error by the shortstop. Hussey ripped a single to center field that brought Haley home, however Linfield tied it in the bottom half of the first on a passed ball.
The Wildcats took the lead with three runs in the third inning off a two-run single and a sacrifice fly, then scored one more in the fourth on a single by Brynn Nelson. Linfield tallied three more runs in the sixth for the 8-1 final.
Hussey and Mangone each finished the game 1-for-2, Hussey had an RBI, and Haley went 1-for-3 with a run scored. Dionisio (0-3) was tagged with the loss, pitched 2.1 innings, struck out one, and allowed four runs off eight hits. Sophomore
Anna Torgersen (Chester, NJ/Mendham) pitched 2.2 innings, struck out one and allowed three runs, and Scalere pitched the last inning, struck out one, and allowed one run.
Tayah Kelly (4-0) went the complete game for Linfield, struck out 12, and allowed one unearned run on three hits.
Game 2: Oneonta 0, Linfield 14 (5 innings)
The Wildcats recorded eight runs in the first inning of game two, starting off with a three-run home run from Claire Seats. Seats and Nelson worked bases-loaded walked in the third to go up 10. Linfield added four more to their lead in the fourth off two doubles and a single.
Serena and Thys each went 1-for-2, Serena singled to right field in the first while Thys doubled to right in the second. Brennan (1-1) recieved with the loss after pitching 2.1 innings, allowing nine earned runs. Scalere pitched 1.1 innings, struck out one and allowed four, and Brown pitched to the final Linfield batter.
Tyler McNely (2-0) picked up the win with 3.0 innings pitched, two strikeouts and two hits allowed.
The Red Dragons are back in action Saturday, March 16, for a doubleheader against George Fox starting at 3 pm EST.
