Softball Drops 5-4 Decision To Mount Aloysius During Day Three In Myrtle Beach

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) softball team dropped a close contest against the Mount Aloysius College (MAC) Mounties, 5-4, Monday morning during day three of the Fastpitch Dreams Spring Classic at the Central Park Sports Complex in South Carolina. Sophomore Elaina Previty (Pawcatuck, Conn.) continued her hot streak at the plate to start the season, batting a perfect 3-for-3 with two RBI on the day.
 
GAME ONE
Score: USJ 4, MAC 5
Records: USJ (1-3), MAC (1-1)
Location: Central Park Sports Complex - Field 3 | North Myrtle Beach, S.C.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Mounties took an early lead, 1-0, after the opening inning. The Blue Jays wasted little time striking back, leveling the score in the top of the second. With one out, senior catcher Liliana Stoddard (Waterford, Conn.) ripped a double into the outfield, getting a runner on base. Sophomore pitcher Alyssa Roberts (Naugatuck, Conn.) followed up the at-bat with a single, putting runners on first and second. Previty then stepped up with two, outs, recording a hit that enabled Stoddard to come home and tie the game at 1-1.

The bats would fall quiet, as the opposing pitches began to shutdown the opposing offenses. Roberts would pitch a gem of a game, recording five strikeouts while allowing only three this over the next three innings. USJ would reward their pitcher in the top half of the fifth, as senior catcher Kelsie LaHouse (Coventry, Conn.) led off the inning with a single. Previty recorded her second hit of the game in the next at-bat, putting runners on first and second. MAC would try and get out of the inning, recording two straight outs, but freshman outfielder McKenzie Fairfax (Waterbury, Conn.) notched a single, plating LaHouse and giving USJ the 2-1 edge. However, the Mounties would respond in the bottom half of the frame, leveling the score at 2-2 through five innings.

The Blue Jays would fire back in the top half of the sixth, reclaiming a late lead. Freshman catcher Allison Conger (Plainfield, Conn.) started off the inning with a walk, and was brought home two batters later when Roberts notched a deep single, allowing Conger to score and give USJ a 3-2 lead. Previty continued her monstrous day at the plate, ripping a double, bringing home Roberts and increasing the lead to 4-2. However, errors would cost the Blue Jays late, as MAC scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game, before winning in walk off fashion in the bottom of the seventh to escape with a 5-4 win.

IN THE CIRCLE

USJ – Roberts picked up the loss (1-1) allowing five runs, two of which were earned, off seven hits, while striking out seven batters in 6.1 innings of work.

MAC – Sophomore Madison Hillard (Greenville, Pa.) picked up the win (1-0) after pitching a complete game. Hillard allowed four runs from 10 hits, striking out six Blue Jays.

UP NEXT
The Blue Jays return to action tomorrow, March 14, for day four of the Fastpitch Dreams Spring Classic. USJ first faces Spalding University at 1:00 p.m., followed by a meeting with SUNY Canton at 3:00 p.m.

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