CLERMONT, Fla. — The Endicott softball team split a pair of games against Ramapo (5-6) and North Park (6-5) on Thursday evening at Hancock Park (Field 1).
GAME ONE: Ramapo 6, Endicott 5
WP (1-0): Sara Cappetti (Burlington Township, N.J.) — 3 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 K
LP (2-2): Maria Hanchuk (South Windsor, Conn.) — 5 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 6 K
Tied 5-5 with one out in the top of the sixth, the Roadrunners worked a bases loaded walk to drive in the eventual game-winning run.
Carly Marchitto (Orange, Conn.) was a difference-maker for the Gulls despite the loss as the senior first baseman blasted a three-run homer to left-center in the second (3-2 lead) and plated another run with a single up the middle in the fifth (5-4 deficit).
Paige Berdos (Plainville, Mass.) also tied up the game in the fifth with an RBI single down the left field line.
Marchitto finished the contest going 2-for-4 with one run scored and four RBI, while Katie Watts (Swampscott, Mass.) went 3-for-4 to highlight Endicott offensively.
GAME TWO: Endicott 6, North Park 5
WP (1-1): Jaylin Couto (Taunton, Mass.) — 6 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 7 K
LP (2-2): Alyssa Malicki (Norridge, Ill.) — 6 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
SV (1): Hanchuk — 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K
The Gulls scored four runs through the first three innings of play behind an RBI double from Lauren Misiaszek (Londonderry, N.H.) and a two-run homer by Taylor Chelak (Westborough, Mass.) in the first, and a solo homer in the third via Raven Comtois (Milford, N.H.).
Endicott also tacked on two runs in the fifth thanks to a fielding error to make it 6-1. Those runs proved to be the difference in the victory.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORES
- Chelak launched her first collegiate home run.
- Comtois sent her fifth career homer over the fence in game two.
- Riley Gamache (Litchfield, N.H.) notched her first collegiate hit — a single to second base — against North Park.
WHAT'S NEXT
Endicott (3-5) wraps up its spring break trip tomorrow against Framingham State (3 PM) and Bowdoin (5 PM) in Leesburg, Fla.
For the latest on Endicott Athletics, follow the Gulls on social media on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.
(Photo Credit - David Le '10)
