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Abby Cruz Anna-Marie Groskritz UMass 2025
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8
Winner Rider RID 6-13
0
Penn PENN 1-11
Winner
Rider RID
6-13
8
Final
0
Penn PENN
1-11
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Rider RID 2 5 0 0 1 8 10 0
Penn PENN 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1

W: Groskritz, Anna-Marie (4-4) L: Zybura, Kelly (0-6)

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Winner Rider RID 6-13
2
Penn PENN 1-12
Winner
Rider RID
6-13
7
Final
2
Penn PENN
1-12
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Rider RID 1 2 1 0 1 2 0 7 15 0
Penn PENN 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 7 3

W: Stoeckel, Fallyn (0-0) L: Bean, Payton (0-1)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Sweeps Doubleheader From Penn

St. Cyr, Cruz collect four hits each

PHILADELPHIA – Keegan St. Cyr (Hopkinton, NH/Hopkinton) went 4-for-4 with three runs scored and two RBI's and Abby Cruz (Corona, CA/Santiago) added four hits, including three doubles, and six RBI's as the Rider University softball team swept a doubleheader at Penn, 8-0 and 7-2, Tuesday afternoon. With the wins, the Broncs improve to 6-13, while the Quakers fall to 1-12.  

The Broncs opened Game 1 scoring with two runs in the first. Fallyn Stoeckel (Nutley, NJ/Nutley) and Kiersten Buchanan (Holly Springs, NC/Holly Springs) led off with a pair of infield singles, before Cruz followed with a one-out, two-run double down the right field line. In the second, Rider blew the game open with five more runs, all with two outs, to take a 7-0 lead. A Stoeckel single, Buchanan hit-by-pitch and a Kendall Reda-Fehsal (Succasunna, NJ/Roxbury) infield single on a hot shot off the pitcher loaded the bases, before Cruz and Olivia Burroughs (Escondido, CA/San Pasqual) hit back-to-back two-run doubles. A hit-by-pitch and an error accounted for the seventh Rider run on the day.

The Broncs took an 8-0 lead with a single run in the top of the fifth. Emma Morgan (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) walked, took second on a sacrifice bunt and was replaced on the base paths by St. Cyr. St. Cyr took third on a wild pitch and scored on Kayley York's (Telford, PA/Souderton Area) RBI single to left center. The support was all Rider starting pitcher Anna-Marie Groskritz (Granby, CT/Granby Memorial) would need, as she spun a complete-game, five-inning, two-hit shutout, striking out five.

The Broncs again jumped out in front in the first inning of Game 2. St. Cyr ripped a single through the left side and runners were on second and third after a Reda-Fehsal double to the left-center gap. Cruz's single to left center gave the Broncs their first run. Noelle Flail (Woolwich, NJ/Kingway Regional) got things going with one out in the second on a line drive to center that hopped over the centerfielder for a triple. An error allowed her to score Rider's second run, before Shea Johnson (Carlsbad, CA/Cathedral Catholic) reached on a bunt single, stole second and scored on St. Cyr's single to right center to make it 3-0 Broncs after two.

In the third, Burroughs turned on an inside pitch for a one-out solo shot, making it 4-0 Rider. Penn got a two-run double in the bottom of the third cut the Broncs' lead to 4-2 after three. Rider added another run in the fifth as Cruz doubled, pinch runner Cami Johnson (Richland, NJ/Buena Regional) moved to third on a groundout and scored on York's single to right. St. Cyr hit an RBI single and scored on a Cruz fielder's choice in the sixth to push the advantage to 7-2. The support was more than enough for the Broncs' two pitchers – Kathryn Schmierer (Racine, WI/Racine Lutheran), who started and gave up two runs in 3.0 innings, and Stoeckel, who pitched 4.0 innings of two-hit, scoreless relief for the victory.  

Notes
- Groskritz pitched 5.0 scoreless innings, scattering two hits and two walks, striking out five in the Game 1 win. She evened her record at 4-4.
- Stoeckel pitched 4.0 innings of scoreless relief in Game 2, limiting the Quakers to two hits, one walk and two HBP's. She struck out one and earned the win.
- Schmierer started Game 2 and gave up two earned runs in 3.0 innings. She allowed five hits and struck out one.   

Broncs by the Numbers
- St. Cyr went 4-for-4 with three runs scored, driving in two.
- Cruz went 4-for-7 with three doubles, six RBI's and a run scored.
- Buchanan went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored.
- York went 2-for-3 with two RBI's.
- Stoeckel added three hits, a walk and a run scored.
- Burroughs doubled and homered as part of a 3-for-7 performance, driving in three and scoring twice.
- Reda-Fehsal went 3-for-8 with a double and two runs scored.
- Flail tripled and scored a run.
- Shea Johnson (Carlsbad, CA/Cathedral Catholic) singled, stole two bases and scored twice.
- Morgan had an RBI and Cami Johnson scored a run.

Up Next
The Broncs return to action Tuesday, March 18, when they travel to Delaware for a doubleheader. First pitch from Newark, DE, is scheduled for 2 p.m.  
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