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Box Score 2 LOUDONVILLE, NY –
Sabrina Torres (Clifton, NJ/Paramus Catholic) had three hits, but the Rider University softball team fell at Siena, 8-0 and 7-3, Saturday afternoon. With the losses, the Broncs slip to 6-37 (1-15 MAAC), while the Saints are now 18-25 (11-5 MAAC).
The Saints made quick work of the Broncs in Game 1, winning 8-0 in five innings. Siena scored twice in the first, one run in the third and five more in the fourth. Brooke Taylor led Siena with three RBI's, including a two-run home run in the fourth to give the Saints the 8-0 lead.
In Game 2, Siena jumped out to a 7-0 lead and had the bases loaded with no outs in the bottom of the fifth. But
Emily Oltman (Collegeville, PA/Perkiomen Valley) escaped the jam without allowing further damage to prolong the game.
Amanda Crimarco's (Levittown, NY/Kellenberg) RBI single in the top of the sixth got the Broncs on the board, scoring
Ellie Oruska (Chadds Ford, PA/Garnet Valley), who'd doubled with one out.
Shelby Miller's (Roseville, CA/Whitney) two-out RBI single scored Crimarco to make it 7-2. Torres would add an RBI double in the top of the seventh, but the Broncs could draw no closer.
NOTES
• Oltman started and took the Game 1 loss, allowing two unearned runs on a hit and four walks in 1.0 inning of work. She'd bounce back with two scoreless frames in relief in Game 2, scattering two hits and a walk, while striking out three.
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Megan Ailand (Burlingame, CA/Burlingame) was the losing pitcher in Game 2, allowing one earned run on two hits, starting and going just an inning.
BRONCS BY THE NUMBERS• Torres led the Broncs with three hits, while Oruska added two. Both players doubled in Game 2.
• Crimarco,
Kiera Swank (Bear, DE/Caravel Academy) and
Josettee Spencer (Hillsborough, NJ/Hillsborough) each scored a run, while Torres, Miller and Crimarco each drove in a run.
ON DECK
The Broncs return to action Sunday, when they play host to Lafayette in the Broncs' final home doubleheader of the season. First pitch is slated for 1 p.m.
