Box Score
Box Score

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. - Sophomore Jen Bach went 3 for 4, including a double and a home run, with two runs and three RBI - plus she picked up the save - to lead the Rensselaer softball team to a 5-2 win over Alfred in an elimination game of the ECAC Tournament at Union College.  RPI improves to 26-13 and advances to the championship round against the host Dutchwomen.  Alfred concludes its season with a 26-11 mark.

Rensselaer opened a 2-0 lead in the first inning when senior Sara Finkbeiner (Napanoch, NY/Ellenville) tripled and scored on an error and an RBI single by Genevieve Falco (Seaford, NY/Seaford).

Bach (Lansdale, PA/Gwynedd Mercy Academy) put RPI ahead by three runs in a run-scoring double in the third inning.  She then made it a 5-0 advantage with a two-run home run - her ninth of the season - to left centerfield. 

Alfred scored single runs in the fourth and fifth innings but went down in order in the sixth and seventh innings.

From the circle, Bach allowed just one run on one hit with three strikeouts in 3.0 innings for her third save of the season.  Sophomore Felicia Bua (Gilford, NH/Gilford) earned the win to improve to 10-6.  Finkbeiner finished with two hits and two runs scored, while Falco was 2 for 3 with an RBI.

Four players had single hits for the Saxons, who saw two pitchers combine in the loss.