CANTON, N.Y. – It was a North Country tangle on Wednesday afternoon when the Plattsburgh State softball team squared off with the St. Lawrence Saints in non-conference action. The Cardinals pulled off two late game turn-arounds to down the Saints 4-3 and 3-2 in both contests.
Game 1: Plattsburgh 4, St. Lawrence 3
A sixth inning surge propelled the Cardinals to victory in the first matchup with the Saints. Trailing 2-1, Plattsburgh State pushed across three runs in the top of the frame to take a 4-2 lead.
Both
Dominique Zummo and
Amy Glashoff reached on errors for Plattsburgh. Playing as the designated hitter,
Hope VanBrocklin doubled to left field to bring in a run.
Immediately following VanBrocklin, freshman
Anna Fisher singled up the middle, scoring Glashoff and VanBrocklin for the Cardinals.
The Saints tried to counter in the bottom of the frame, when
Abrianna Schlickenmayer flied out to center field, scoring Elle Gray. However that was the only run the Saints would score for the rest of the game.
Cardinal senior
Morgan Anderson went five and one third innings, striking out three and allowing one earned runs.
Offensively Fisher led the Cardinals from the batter's box, going 2-3 with two RBI's.
Game 2: Plattsburgh 3, St. Lawrence 2
Facing a 2-1 deficit in the top of the seventh inning, Plattsburgh State Head Coach
Stephanie Conroy made the decision to insert Fisher, coming off a solid game one performance, as a pinch hitter to lead off for the Cardinals.
Well that decision proved to be huge as Fisher smacked a triple to right field to get the Cardinals rallying.
Nicole Cast then flied out to center field, scoring Fisher and knotting the game at 2-2.
Plattsburgh wasn't quiet done yet. After
Kelsey Gage reached on a fielder's choice, the Pine Bush N.Y. native stole second, giving teammate
Kaitlyn Preiss a chance to give the Cardinals the lead.
Preiss did just that when she singled through the right side off of Saints pitcher Allie Courtwright, which scored Gage from second base.
The Cardinals had to turn around and play defense in the bottom of the seventh behind sophomore pitcher
Katie Pitkin, who went all seven innings.
Pitkin was dominant in her matchup with St. Lawrence, only allowing three hits, giving up one earned run and striking out six batters.
With the two wins the Cardinals sit four games above .500 at 13-9, while the Saints fall to 8-11 overall.
Plattsburgh will be back in action on Friday as it hosts the Brockport Golden Eagles at Cardinal Park at 3 p.m.
