ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The RIT softball team swept a double header against Elmira, winning 6-3 and 9-7, Friday.
 
GAME ONE (RIT 6, Elmira 3)

• Junior Maddy Cook went 3-for-3 with three RBI and a run scored, while junior Lillian Rienstra went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored.
• RIT scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning. Cook hit a one-out triple, plating first-year Emma Merkley and Rienstra. Cook scored on a groundout by junior Erin Ozminkowski.
• The Tigers added another run in the bottom of the third to take a 4-0 lead. Rienstra hit an RBI single up the middle, plating senior Elise Guth from second.
• Cook had an RBI single to left field, scoring Guth from third to give RIT a 5-0 lead.
• Elmira plated three runs in the top of the sixth. Jocelyn Jean had a pinch-hit single, scoring Katie Distefano. Jean scored on a wild pitch and Kendall McAnelly scored on a pinch-hit single from Riley Storrs to cut the RIT lead to 5-3.
• RIT added another run in the bottom of the sixth to take a 6-3 lead. First-year Kathryn Baretela led off the inning with a triple, scoring on a fielder's choice from Kristin Hino.
• Sophomore pitcher Jessica Majot allowed three runs on three hits, striking out three to improve to 3-0.

 
GAME TWO (RIT 9, Elmira 7)

• Cook went 3-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored. Minemeir went 3-for-3 with three RBI and Rienstra had two hits and drove in two runs.
• RIT scored one run in the bottom half of the first inning on a RBI single from Cook, plating Guth.
• Elmira scored three times in the top of the second. Bri Ramstrine led off inning with a triple. She scored on an RBI single from Hannah Flagg. Distefano scored on a single by Jean, while Flagg scored on an RBI single from Asia Curkendall to give the Soaring Eagles a 3-1 lead.
• The Tigers scored once in the bottom of the third. Junior Bailey Kehl singled, advanced to third on an error and scored on a fielding error to cut Elmira's lead to 3-2.
• RIT added two more runs in the bottom of the fourth. Rienstra hit a two-out RBI single, plating Guth and Pioggia to give RIT a 4-3 lead.
• Osminkowski singled and scored on a triple from Baretela in the home half of the fifth. She scored on a single by first-year Maria Minemeir to give RIT a 6-3 lead.
• The Tigers scored three more runs in the bottom of the sixth. Minemier had a two-out, two RBI double to give the Tigers a 9-3 lead.
• Elmira scored seven runs in the top of the seventh. Jean led off the inning with double. She advanced scored on an RBI single from Ramstine.
• Curkendall scored on an RBI single from Distefano and Ramstine scored on a fielder's choice. Madi Brown-Bloom scored when Bella DeAmelia was hit by a pitch to cut the Tiger's lead to 9-7.
• Junior Lexi Pieri got the win on the mound, allowing four runs on five hits in 3.1 innings of relief.

 
WHAT'S NEXT
RIT returns to action on Wednesday (April 3) at Keuka at 3:00 p.m.