Highlanders Defeat Pioneers

Highlanders Defeat Pioneers

The Alfred State softball team (9-21) were swept by the Houghton College Highlanders (20-15) Thursday evening in Alfred. N.Y.

Game one: ASC 12, HC 8 (8 innings)

The Pioneers recorded 8 runs, 8 hits, 5 RBIs and 1 error.

The Highlanders recorded 12 runs, 20 hits, 12 RBIs and 3 errors.

Pioneer Leaders:

Kaylee Griffith (Niagara Falls) went 2-for-4 with 1 run.

Felecia Capito (Cuba, NY/Portville) went 2-for-3 with 2 runs.

Sarah Boyce (Cortland) had 2 RBIs.

Kailey Wonica (Staten Island, NY/Moore Catholic) and Brittany Fisher (Indianapolis, IN/Southport) each had 2 runs.

How it Happened:

In the bottom of the first inning Griffith scored off a single from Wonica who scored off a wild pitch.

Houghton scored three in the second.

In the bottom of the second Felecia Capito and Fisher scored off an error and Boyce scored off a single from Griffith.

The Highlanders scored one in the third.

In the fourth Felecia Capito scored off a sacrifice fly from Skylar Shaulis (Ovid, NY/South Seneca) and Fisher scored off a single from Boyce.

Houghton scored one in the fifth, sixth and seventh and five in the eighth.

Pioneer Pitching:

Fisher (L, 6-10) pitched 8 innings and allowed 20 hits, 12 runs, walked 3 and struck out 2. She faced 49 batters and threw 160 pitches, 108 were strikes.

Game two: ASC 6, HC 14

The Pioneers recorded 6 runs, 12 hits, 6 RBIs and 6 errors.

The Highlanders recorded 14 runs, 17 hits, 11 RBIs and 3 errors.

Pioneer Leaders:

Griffith went 2-for-3 with 1 run.

Felecia Capito went 2-for-3 with 1 run and 1 RBI.

Wonica had 2 RBIs

How it Happened:

Boyce scored in the first off a single from Wonica.

The Highlanders scored 10 runs in the third.

In the fourth Nicole Youngberg (Falconer) scored off a single from Lauryn Engle (Elba), Felecia Capito scored off a single from Shaulis and Engle scored off a single from Boyce.

In the fifth Wonica scored off a single from Felecia Capito and Griffith scored off an error in the sixth.

Houghton scored four runs in the seventh for the eight-run win.

Pioneer Pitching:

Abby Beidel (Newville, PA/Big Spring) (L, 3-11) pitched 7 innings and allowed 17 hits, 14 runs, walked 3 and struck out 2. She faced 42 batters and threw 148 pitches, 92 were strikes.

The Pioneers are home Saturday, April 30 to host Mt. Aloysius in a doubleheader starting at 2 p.m.