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10
Winner Iona ION 12-12, 5-2 MAAC
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Rider RID 8-23, 2-4 MAAC
Winner
Iona ION
12-12, 5-2 MAAC
10
Final
1
Rider RID
8-23, 2-4 MAAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Iona ION 2 4 2 0 0 2 10 10 2
Rider RID 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 3

W: Rieb (6-5) L: Groskritz, Anna-Marie (4-7)

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Winner Iona ION 13-12, 6-2 MAAC
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Rider RID 8-24, 2-5 MAAC
Winner
Iona ION
13-12, 6-2 MAAC
5
Final
4
Rider RID
8-24, 2-5 MAAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Iona ION 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 10 0
Rider RID 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 15 1

W: Andarowski, Nadia (1-2) L: Schmierer, Kathryn (2-10)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Swept In Doubleheader By Iona

Buchanan, Stoeckel collect five hits apiece

LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ – Kiersten Buchanan (Holly Springs, NC/Holly Springs) and Fallyn Stoeckel (Nutley, NJ/Nutley) had five hits each, but the Rider University softball team was swept in a MAAC doubleheader by Iona, 10-1 in six innings and 5-4 in 10 innings, Tuesday afternoon at Herb and Joan Young Field. With the losses, the Broncs fall to 8-24 (2-5 MAAC), while the Gaels improve to 13-12 (6-2 MAAC).

In Game 1, Iona struck for two unearned runs in the top of the first and never trailed. The Gaels tacked on four more in the second to take a 6-0 lead. Rider got a run back in the bottom of the second, taking advantage of an error in the outfield following Olivia Burroughs' (Escondido, CA/San Pasqual) single to right, allowing her to take third. Aspen Wheeler (Lampasas, TX/Lampasas) followed with an RBI single to score Burroughs. But the Gaels kept the pressure on, adding two more runs in the third to make it an 8-1 lead. With two more in the top of the sixth and starting pitcher Samantha Rieb pitching around a one-out error, the Gaels enacted the mercy rule with a 10-1 after six.

The Gaels again jumped out in front with three runs in the top of the second in Game 2. Four base hits and a sacrifice bunt created the three runs. Another Iona tally came in the top of the fourth on a solo home run from Alivia Lichtner to make it 4-0. Kristyn Gardner (Perryville, MD/Perryville) belted her team-leading fifth home run of the year, a two-run shot to left, scoring Keegan St. Cyr (Hopkinton, NH/Hopkinton), who'd doubled in front of Gardner, to cut the deficit in half in the bottom of the fifth.

Rider evened the score at 4-4 in the bottom of the sixth, as Kiersten Buchanan (Holly Springs, NC/Holly Springs) led off with a double and Burroughs connected on an opposite-field two-run shot over the right-field wall. The Broncs put runners on second and third with one out on a pinch-hit single from Kayley York (Telford, PA/Souderton Area) and a double into the right-field corner from Fallyn Stoeckel (Nutley, NJ/Nutley). But after the Gaels' second pitching change of the inning, Shelby Dyer (Clarksboro, NJ/Kingsway Regional) was cut down at the plate attempting to advance on a ground ball to second base and the Gaels ended the threat with a deep fly ball to center.

Broncs starting pitcher Kathryn Schmierer (Racine, WI/Racine Lutheran) retired 16 in a row after single to lead off top of 5th until Brianna Fischer's one-out ground-rule double to left in top 10th. After Schmierer got the second out, Brooke Acker hit a fly ball to right that couldn't be handled for the game-winning RBI double.

Notes
- Anna-Marie Groskritz (Granby, CT/Granby Memorial) went 5.0-plus innings in the Game 1 loss, allowing nine runs, seven earned, on 10 hits, four walks and a hit-by-pitch. She struck out three.
- Gabi Rodriguez (Chula Vista, CA/Olympian) pitched the sixth, allowing just an unearned run on a hit-by-pitch and an error.
- Schmierer went the full 10.0 innings in Game 2 and took the tough-luck loss. She allowed five earned runs on 10 hits without walking or hitting a batter and struck out four.
 
Broncs by the Numbers
- Buchanan went 5-for-8 with three doubles and a run scored.
- Stoeckel also went 5-for-8 with three doubles, while also walking once.
- Wheeler added three hits and an RBI.
- Cruz, Burroughs and Gardner added two hits apiece. Burroughs and Gardner both homered and drove in two. Burroughs scored twice, while Gardner scored once.
- St. Cyr doubled and scored a run.  

Up Next
The Broncs return to action Saturday, when they travel to Canisius to play the first two games of a three-game series in Buffalo. First pitch of Game 1 from the Demske Sports Complex is scheduled for noon. 
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