POUGHKEEPSIE, NY – Niagara (2-19, 0-4 MAAC) dropped a pair of games to the Marist Red Foxes (13-19, 3-1 MAAC) Monday afternoon in MAAC softball action from Poughkeepsie.
Game 1 Recap: F/5 – Niagara 0, Marist 8
• The Red Foxes scored five runs on five hits, including a two-run homer off of Niagara starter
Maddie Hickingbottom in the bottom of the first.
• Marist would add two more in the bottom of the sixth to take a 7-0 lead over the Purple and White.
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Sage Jackson would come in to pitch for Niagara to start the third. The right hander would pitch two scoreless innings before allowing the walk-off home run in the bottom of the fifth.
• The Purple Eagles put a pair of runners on in the first and second but stranded all four.
Niagara Notes
• Game one marked the seventh time this season that NU has been mercy-ruled.
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Lindsay Mayo was plunked for the 11th time this season in the top of the first.
• The loss moves Hickingbottom to 1-9 on the season.
Game 2 Recap: Niagara 3, Marist 7
• Marist would once again strike first in game two, putting up a five-spot in the second inning off of Niagara's starter,
Cara Leone.
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Shayna Myshrall picked up the first hit of the game for Niagara, a leadoff single in the third. The senior would later steal home to get Niagara on the board.
• With a runner on second and two outs in the inning,
Maggie Kellner would drive a ball to leftfield for a double, bringing home
Samantha Hare on the play.
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Sophia Marrero, the next batter for NU, would also double to left to drive in Kellner and make it a 5-3 ballgame in favor of Marist in the third.
• Hickingbottom, the game one starter for Niagara, came on in relief for NU to start the third, tossing a 1-2-3 inning, including two strikeouts.
• Marist would score runs in the fourth and fifth innings to take a 7-3 lead over the Purple Eagles.
Niagara Notes
• Kellner picked up her sixth RBI and third double of the season.
• Two of Niagara's five hits in the contest went for extra bases.
• Prior to her hit in the third, Myshrall was 0-for-11 in her last four games.
• Niagara went 3-for-10 at the plate with two outs.
Up Next
• The Purple Eagles will open the home portion of their schedule on Tuesday, April 4 when they host non-conference foe Youngstown State for a 3 p.m. doubleheader.
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