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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Senior
Jen Bach broke the school hits record and earned a win from the circle to lead the Rensselaer softball team to a doubleheader sweep of Skidmore. Picking up wins of 6-2 and 7-1, the Engineers improve to 25-9 overall and 6-2 in the Liberty League, while Skidmore drops to 11-21 on the year (0-8 Liberty League).
Bach (12-3) earned the win in game two, tossing a complete game, while allowing just five hits and striking out 10. In the first inning of that contest, she passed Sara Finkbeiner '09 on the RPI all-time hits list with an RBI-single, giving her 208 for her career.
In game one, Skidmore got out to an early 2-0 lead after putting up a run in each of the first two innings. In the first, Julia Schwartz drew a bases loaded walk and in the second, Carol Brown drove in Derrin Jarvis with an RBI single.
In the third inning, the Engineers tied it up on a Bach RBI-single and a
Sara Heller sacrifice fly. In the fourth, RPI took the lead on
Jen Shields' RBI-single and pushed the lead to 5-2 on
Gillian McCarthy's two-run single.
The Engineers added another run in the seventh on
Caitlin McGivern's bunt-single and held on for the 6-2 victory.
Sam Crose (4-11) took the loss, allowing five runs (four earned) in 3.1 innings. Brown finished 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored.
Charlene Osmanski (4-1) earned the win, allowing just two hits in five shutout innings of relief. McCarthy went 3-for-4 with a pair of RBI.
In the nightcap, RPI got off to a fast start, putting up six runs in the first inning, highlighted by a three-run home run from Osmanski. They added another run in the second on a solo blast from Heller to make it 7-0.
The Thoroughbreds got on the board in the fifth when Brown scored on a wild pitch to make it 7-1, but that's all Skidmore would be able to put together as they dropped game two.
Abby Fuhrman (4-6) suffered the loss for Skidmore. Crose pitched well in relief, allowing just two hits over 5.2 innings with seven strikeouts.
