ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The RIT softball team lost game one and tied game two against Houghton, Monday. The Tigers dropped game one 14-6 in five innings and tied 10-10 in game two after the game was called because of darkness after five innings.
GAME ONE (Houghton 14, RIT 6 – 5 inn.)
- Junior Erin Ozminkowski went 2-for-3 with a RBI and two runs scored, while first years Maria Minemier and Kathryn Baretela each drove in a pair of runs.
- RIT scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning, started by a single from Ozminkowski.
- Minemier singled, driving in Ozminkowski and Cook to give the Tigers a 3-0 lead.
- Houghton scored four times in the top of the third. Danielle Nelson, Carlee Miller, Jennifer Page and Keri Wisneski all scored to give the Highlanders a 4-3 lead.
- Baretela hit her first collegiate home run, a three-run blast, in the bottom of the third to give RIT a 6-4 lead.
- Houghton scored three runs in the top of the fourth and seven more in the top half of the fifth. Nelson hit a double to right-center, driving in three runs in the top of the fifth to make it a 14-6 final.
- Sophomore Jessica Majot took the loss on the mound, allowing four runs on two hits and two strike outs.
GAME TWO (RIT 10, Houghton 10 – 5 inn.)
- Ozminkowski and Baretela each went 3-for-3 in game two. Ozminkowski had three RBI, while Baretela had two RBI. Sophomore Bella Pioggia and senior Elise Guth each had two hits.
- Ozminkowski doubled in junior Lillian Rienstra in the bottom of the first to give RIT a 1-0 lead.
- Houghton scored four times in the top of the second. Nelson drove in three on her single, while Miller doubled to left, driving in Nelson from second.
- RIT answered with three runs in the bottom of the second. Pioggia doubled, driving in Baretela, while Guth singled, to drive in first-year Erin Merkley and Pioggia to tie the score at 4-4.
- Baretela tripled in the bottom of the third, plating Ozminkowski, while junior Bailey Kehl hit a sacrifice fly to drive in Baretela to give the Tigers a 6-4 lead.
- Miller homered in the top of the fourth, while Chyanne Bushyhead drove in Trinity Copeland and Page to give the Highlanders a 7-6 lead.
- Ozminkowski drove in Cook and Guth in the bottom of the fourth on her double. She scored on a passed ball, while Baretela singled to drive in Majot to give RIT a 10-7 lead.
- Miller doubled to left-center in the top of the fifth, driving in Nelson, Peterson and Crandall to tie the game at 10-10.
- First-year Katie Schneider went five innings allowing 10 runs on eight hits. She struck out six and walked six.
WHAT'S NEXT
RIT returns to action on Wednesday (March 27) against St. John Fisher at 3:00 p.m.
