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Box Score 2 ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. (Mar. 29, 2015) - On Sunday, the East Coast Conference softball doubleheader between Molloy College and the New York Institute of Technology resulted in a split with Game 1 going to Molloy (7-6) and Game 2 going the way of the Bears (4-1). With today's action, the Lions are now 9-13 overall and 5-1 in the ECC, while the Bears are now 7-13 (1-5 ECC).
Game 1: Molloy 7, NYIT 6Following NYIT scoring the game's first run in the second inning, Molloy took the lead in the next inning when freshman
Olivia Banulski (Bristol, Conn.) smacked a two-run double plating sophomore
Ashley Fedor (Monroe, Conn.) and rookie
Alexandra Russo (Coram, N.Y.). NYIT then scored three times in the fourth inning to take a 4-2 advantage. One frame later, the Lions scored four runs to take a 6-4 lead. Junior
Tracey Balinskas (Edison, N.J.) reached via a fielding error, allowing Banulski and Fedor to score, and freshman
Bernadette Mullane (Bellmore, N.Y.) singled to center, plating Balinskas and senior
Brenda Lee (Corona, Calif.).
With the game tied 6-6 in the top of the seventh, Lee put Molloy out in front with a go-ahead solo homer to left field.
NUMBER 300: With today's win in Game 1, Head Coach
Susan Cassidy-Lyke earned the 300th win of her career.
Game 2: NYIT 4, Molloy 1All four of NYIT's runs came in the fifth inning via a single, double and sacrifice fly against Balinskas. Balinskas went 4.2 innings, giving up all four runs, but only one was earned. She whiffed five batters.
Molloy scored its lone run of Game 2 in the sixth inning when senior
Brianne Catalano (Franklin Square, N.Y.) came home via a wild pitch. Catalano reached base via the team's only hit in Game 2 -- a triple.
Head Coach
Susan Cassidy-Lyke and the Lions return to the field on Tuesday, March 31 to face league-opponent Mercy College beginning at 2:30 p.m.
