Over this past weekend, the baseball and softball teams went up in doubleheaders against Arcadia University. The softball team competed at an away game on Friday, April 4, in Glenside, PA, and the baseball team followed them on Saturday in a home game. Both teams notched a split, with both losing their first game and taking the win in their second.
In the first softball game, Stevens got a run in the second inning from first-year Isabelle Won, off of hits by sophomore Elizabeth Kirstein and first-year Riley Lawrence. There were efforts from junior Kyra Fischer, first-year Carmelita Murphy-Brown, and Won, but the inning ended in a strikeout. Stevens and Arcadia went back and forth, going three innings with no runs made by either team. In the bottom of the sixth, there were hits to right field from Arcadia that gave them the slight edge on Stevens, pushing the score to 2-1. Junior pitcher Ella Tozduman took over for Fischer, and gave Arcadia their final two outs, but the Ducks were unable to get another run in the final inning, ending the first game with a score of 2-1.
The Ducks found themselves with more success in the second game, opening scoring in the third inning with a run by graduate student Jessica Guerrero. First-year Jessica Hsu ended the fourth inning for the Knights with a strikeout, and then the Ducks proceeded to get four runs in the fifth. First-year Allison Mitloff and Guerrero were the first to make runs off a hit from senior Megan Curtis, before a hit from sophomore Emma Quattrochi sent Curtis home. The Ducks ended their scoring period with a run from Quattrochi off a hit from senior Rachael Prescott. The Knights filled the bases in the sixth, but Hsu closed the inning with a groundout, with the Ducks following with three runs in the seventh. Senior Emma Ruiz stepped up, and her hit sent home Geurrero and Curtis, with Prescott following at bat, sending Ruiz home, closing out the game with a shutout of 8-0.
Following the softball team, was the baseball team in their MAC Freedom doubleheader. The first game opened with Stevens scoring, with a run by junior Dylan Fishbough in the first inning. The Ducks got another run in the third by graduate student Frank Tonina, but the Knights tied up the game in the fourth with two runs. Arcadia followed up with three runs in the fifth, with senior Victor Schilleci getting a two-run shot, cutting Arcadia’s lead to only one. Sophomore Chip Krese and graduate student Kieran O’Brien both scored in the sixth, but the Knights were also able to score two alongside them. Arcadia got one more run in the top of the seventh, ending the game with a score of 8-6 and a Ducks’ loss.
The second game started off much quicker, with the Ducks getting three runs, and Arcadia getting two in the first inning. A triple from first-year Jack Reichlin sent Fishbough, Krese, and senior Liam DeRubertis home. Over the next four innings, the Ducks got three more points, with runs from first-year Aaron Wong, DeRubertis, and Krese, while the Knights were held with no runs. Despite the one run the Knights got in the sixth, the Ducks were able to hold onto their lead, ending the game with a score of 6-3 for a Stevens win.
Both teams had successful days, pulling at least one win. The Ducks’ next game will be Saturday, April 12, at a doubleheader against DeSales University, with the softball team in Weehawken, NJ, and the baseball team in Center Valley, PA.
