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Elyse Cuttic
Bob Stoner
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Rider RID 8-19, 1-4 MAAC
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Winner Iona College ION 12-14, 4-1 MAAC
Rider RID
8-19, 1-4 MAAC
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Final
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Iona College ION
12-14, 4-1 MAAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Rider RID 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2
Iona College ION 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 4 1

W: Skinner,Marnie (6-4) L: Cuttic, Elyse (4-10)

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Rider RID 8-20, 1-5 MAAC
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Winner Iona College ION 13-14, 5-1 MAAC
Rider RID
8-20, 1-5 MAAC
2
Final
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Iona College ION
13-14, 5-1 MAAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Rider RID 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 0
Iona College ION 0 0 0 4 0 0 X 4 4 1

W: Evans,Alana (5-3) L: Jones, Debra (1-4)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Edged By Iona Twice In Road Doubleheader

Broncs fall in extra innings in Game 1

NEW ROCHELLE, NY – Rachael Zeides (Woodbine, NJ/Ocean City) led the Rider University softball team with three hits, but the Broncs fell at Iona, 2-1 (9 inn.) and 4-2, in a MAAC doubleheader Sunday afternoon. With the losses, the Broncs fall to 8-20 (1-5 MAAC), while the Gaels improve to 13-14 (5-1 MAAC).

After seeing her no-hit bid and shutout eliminated with an unearned run in the fifth inning of Game 1, Elyse Cuttic (Easton, PA/Bethlehem Catholic) kept the deficit at 1-0 until the Broncs evened the score in the top of the seventh. Cuttic walked and pinch runner Melanie Wilkinson (Richboro, PA/Council Rock South) stole second. Wilkinson then scored on Gabby Bram's (Jackson, NJ/Red Bank Catholic) single up the middle. But after a scoreless eighth inning, Iona's Jasmine Temple ended the game with a walk-off home run.

In Game 2, the Gaels struck for four runs in the fourth and that was all they'd need to come away with the victory. Rider wouldn't go down without a fight, however, scoring twice and putting the go-ahead run on in the seventh. Sam Ward (Bridgewater, NJ/Bridgewater Raritan) got the Broncs on the board with a home run to left, pulling her into a tie for the team lead with her fourth of the year. Wilkinson and Toni Niño (Adelanto, CA/Silverado) then singled and Amanda Jordan (Somerset, NJ/Franklin) reached on a single to load the bases before Cuttic walked to force in a second run. But reigning MAAC Pitcher of the Week Alana Evans got her 12th strikeout of the day to end the Rider rally.
 
QUOTES & NOTES
"Yet again we had great pitching performances that kept us in each game, but our offense still struggled to produce. We're staying positive and will continue to fight and get better each day." – Rider Head Coach Davon Ortega

- Cuttic went the distance in the Game 1 loss, allowing two runs, one earned, on four hits and a walk. She struck out three.
- Debra Jones (Bordentown, NJ/Bordentown) started Game 2 in the circle and took the loss. She allowed four earned runs on four hits and three walks, while striking out four.
- Emily Oltman (Collegeville, PA/Perkiomen Valley) pitched 2.1 scoreless, hitless innings of relief. She limited the Gaels to just three walks, while striking out two.  
- Rider returns to action Wednesday when it travels to Wagner for a 2 p.m. doubleheader on Staten Island.  
 
BRONCS BY THE NUMBERS
- Zeides led the Broncs with three hits on the day.
- Wilkinson scored two of Rider's three runs.
- Wilkinson, Bram, Ward and Niño each added one hit.
- Bram, Ward and Cuttic drove in Rider's three runs with one RBI apiece.
- Two of the Broncs' seven hits went for extra bases, with Zeides doubling and Ward homering.
- Wilkinson was successful on the Broncs' only stolen-base attempt of the day.  
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