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Box Score 2 ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. (Apr. 25, 2014) - On Friday afternoon, the Molloy College softball team improved to 25-20 overall and 17-7 in the East Coast Conference when the Lions earned a pair of wins in a doubleheader at home versus St. Thomas Aquinas College, 4-3 and 13-0 (five innings). The Spartans fell to 2-32 on the season and 1-23 in the league.
Game 1: Molloy 4, St. Thomas Aquinas 3The first four runs of this game were scored by way of three home runs. In the third and fifth innings, Molloy freshman
Erin Clinton (Long Beach, Calif.) and sophomore
Milan Botte (San Diego, Calif.) cleared the fences, respectively. While Botte's was a solo shot, Clinton's occured with Botte on-base for a two-run blast. In between those Molloy dingers, in the fourth inning, the Spartans grabbed a run on a solo shot.
In the top of the seventh, down 3-1, St. Thomas Aquinas scored twice to tie the game. Molloy would end up winning the contest in the bottom half of the frame, when senior
Dayna White (East Islip, N.Y.) reached on a fielding error, allowing junior
Brenda Lee (Corona, Calif.) to score.
In the circle, freshman
Chelsea Hawks (Wading River, N.Y.) allowed three runs -- only one earned -- in seven innings. She struck out seven batters.
Game 2: Molloy 13, St. Thomas Aquinas 0 (five innings)The Lions handled the Spartans easily in Game 2 as Molloy scored 10 times in the first inning. The Lions scored another three times before the fifth and final inning came around in this run-ruled matchup. White finished 2-for-4 with two home runs and four RBIs, while Botte went 2-for-4 with two RBIs. Lee notched a 2-for-3 performance at the plate with three runs driven in, while sophomore
Tracey Balinskas (Edison, N.J.) was 1-for-1 with two walks and three runs scored.
In the circle, Balinskas pitched three scoreless innings, while Hawks had two shutout frames.
Head Coach
Susan Cassidy-Lyke and the Lions return to the diamond tomorrow when they play an ECC-twinbill at Queens College beginning at noon.
