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Engineers
Allie Hunt
Perry Laskaris '07
Allie Hunt
2
Neumann University NUSB 4-5
8
Winner Rensselaer RPI 1-0
Neumann University NUSB
4-5
2
Final
8
Rensselaer RPI
1-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Neumann University NUSB 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 11 0
Rensselaer RPI 1 0 0 1 6 0 X 8 13 2

W: Cooke, Alexis (1-0) L: J. Sieminski (2-3)

4
Winner Rensselaer RPI 2-0
0
Loras College LOR 6-4
Winner
Rensselaer RPI
2-0
4
Final
0
Loras College LOR
6-4
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Rensselaer RPI 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 10 0
Loras College LOR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

W: Holowka, Erika (1-0) L: Becker (3-3)

Game Recap: Softball | | Perry Laskaris, Athletics Communications Specialist

Softball Sweeps on Opening Day

Engineers pitches past Neumann and Loras by scores of 8-2 and 4-0, respectively

CLERMONT, Fla. – Freshman Alexis Cooke and sophomore Erika Holowka turned in complete games in the circle to lead the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) softball team to pair of victories on Opening Day, Friday at Legacy Way Fields. With wins of 8-2 over Neumann College and 4-0 over Loras College, the Engineers open the season at 2-0.

Against the Knights, Cooke (1-0) allowed two runs on 11 hits over 7.0 innings in her collegiate debut. She struck out six and walked one. Her counterpart, Jennifer Sieminski also went the distance, giving up eight runs on 13 hits in 6.0 innings.

RPI got on the board in the bottom of the first, when senior Allie Hunt drove in classmate Veronica DeStefano with a double to left.

Following a scoreless second, the Knights plated a pair in the third to take a 2-1 lead. RPI senior Cam Caswell answered in the bottom of the fourth, homering to straight away center knot the score at 2-2.

The Engineers then scored six in the fifth to blow the game wide open. Senior Steph Cavallaro got the scoring started in the frame with a single to the left side of the infield, which plated Hunt. Caswell and classmate Quin Garant then each delivered two-run doubles for an 8-2 advantage.

Cooke then got out of a two-on, two-out jam in the sixth, before allowing just a single baserunner in the seventh to secure the team's first win of the season.

In game two on the day, Holowka (1-0) was sharp from the opening pitch, allowing just one hit over 7.0 innings with four strikeouts and no walks. Loras starter KyLeigh Becker (3-3) surrendered all four runs on five hits over 3.1 innings, before giving way to Taylor Donnell, who gave up just five hits in 3.1 innings.

For the second game in a row, Hunt got RPI on the board in the first inning, this time scoring sophomore Jessica Torch from third with a groundout to second.

Garant then opened a three-run fourth for the Engineers with a run-scoring groundout of her own that brought classmate Maddie Provencher home from third. A ground rule double from DeStefano capped scoring in the contest.

RPI is back on the diamond on Saturday, when it takes on Swarthmore College (2pm) and Thiel College (4pm).
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