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Chesson, Cimino Lead Offensive Outburst As Lehigh Takes Two At Lafayette
5/8/2021 4:46:00 PM | Softball
EASTON, Pa. – The Lehigh softball team ran its winning streak to six straight and locked up a Patriot League Tournament berth in the process with a doubleheader sweep of rival Lafayette Saturday at Metzgar Fields.
Junior Jaelynn Chesson enjoyed a monster day, going 6-for-8 with three home runs and 10 RBIs. Sophomore Emily Cimino went 4-for-4 in game one, which Lehigh won 10-0 in six innings. Chesson drove in five of Lehigh's six runs in game two, a 6-2 Mountain Hawks victory.
Saturday's sweep evens Lehigh's season record at 14-14 as the Mountain Hawks move to 12-8 in Patriot League play. Lafayette falls to 1-19 overall and 1-15 in the league.
Cimino opened the game one scoring with her second home run of the season, on the first pitch she saw from Hannah Cook in the top of the first.
Lehigh added a second run in the fourth inning as junior Karsen O'Rourke led off with a single, stole second, moved to third on a fly out and scored on a sacrifice squeeze bunt by junior Addie Kittel.
Chesson's RBI barrage began with a two-run double in the fifth inning. She then scored when O'Rourke reached on an error to give Lehigh a 5-0 lead.
The Mountain Hawks put game one out of reach with a five-run sixth inning. Senior Payton Alsobrooks and Cimino drove home runs with base hits and Chesson capped the frame with a three-run home run to left center.
Junior Gabriella Nori was strong in the circle as she allowed just one hit, a second inning Morgan Olynyk single, and walked one with nine strikeouts on the way to her second shutout of the season.
Lehigh finished game one with 16 hits. Cimino and Chesson combined for seven, while O'Rourke and classmates Carley Barjaktarovich and Melissa Fedorka each contributed two.
Barjaktarovich led off game two with a single and two batters later Chesson hit her second home run of the day, this one out to center field, to give the Mountain Hawks an early 2-0 advantage.
The Leopards battled back behind Natasha Miner, who doubled home Lafayette's first run in the third inning and then singled home the tying run in the fifth.
Lehigh went back in front in the sixth as Cimino reached third base on a Lafayette error and Chesson followed with her second home run of the game and third of the day to put the Mountain Hawks back on top 4-2. Chesson delivered her fifth RBI of the game and 10th of the day with a RBI single in the seventh, and freshman Brooke Cannon followed with a RBI single to give Lehigh a four-run cushion.
Freshman Katelyn Young started in the circle and earned the victory, allowing two runs on seven hits over 5.2 innings. She struck out five and walked two to even her season record at 2-2.
Nori came on in relief with the tying runs in scoring position in the sixth and struck out Kristen Brown to keep Lehigh in front by two. She worked around a one out single in the seventh to earn the save.
Miner went 3-for-4 for Lafayette. Lehigh had 11 hits in game two with Chesson (three), Barjaktarovich (two) and Cannon (two) leading the way.
Lafayette's two runs in game two snapped Lehigh's streak of innings without allowing an earned run at 38.
Lehigh and Lafayette will wrap up the home-and-home series and the regular season with a doubleheader Sunday at Leadership Park. Due to the threat of inclement weather, start time for game one has been moved up to 10:30 a.m.
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Junior Jaelynn Chesson enjoyed a monster day, going 6-for-8 with three home runs and 10 RBIs. Sophomore Emily Cimino went 4-for-4 in game one, which Lehigh won 10-0 in six innings. Chesson drove in five of Lehigh's six runs in game two, a 6-2 Mountain Hawks victory.
Saturday's sweep evens Lehigh's season record at 14-14 as the Mountain Hawks move to 12-8 in Patriot League play. Lafayette falls to 1-19 overall and 1-15 in the league.
Cimino opened the game one scoring with her second home run of the season, on the first pitch she saw from Hannah Cook in the top of the first.
Lehigh added a second run in the fourth inning as junior Karsen O'Rourke led off with a single, stole second, moved to third on a fly out and scored on a sacrifice squeeze bunt by junior Addie Kittel.
Chesson's RBI barrage began with a two-run double in the fifth inning. She then scored when O'Rourke reached on an error to give Lehigh a 5-0 lead.
The Mountain Hawks put game one out of reach with a five-run sixth inning. Senior Payton Alsobrooks and Cimino drove home runs with base hits and Chesson capped the frame with a three-run home run to left center.
Junior Gabriella Nori was strong in the circle as she allowed just one hit, a second inning Morgan Olynyk single, and walked one with nine strikeouts on the way to her second shutout of the season.
Lehigh finished game one with 16 hits. Cimino and Chesson combined for seven, while O'Rourke and classmates Carley Barjaktarovich and Melissa Fedorka each contributed two.
Barjaktarovich led off game two with a single and two batters later Chesson hit her second home run of the day, this one out to center field, to give the Mountain Hawks an early 2-0 advantage.
The Leopards battled back behind Natasha Miner, who doubled home Lafayette's first run in the third inning and then singled home the tying run in the fifth.
Lehigh went back in front in the sixth as Cimino reached third base on a Lafayette error and Chesson followed with her second home run of the game and third of the day to put the Mountain Hawks back on top 4-2. Chesson delivered her fifth RBI of the game and 10th of the day with a RBI single in the seventh, and freshman Brooke Cannon followed with a RBI single to give Lehigh a four-run cushion.
Freshman Katelyn Young started in the circle and earned the victory, allowing two runs on seven hits over 5.2 innings. She struck out five and walked two to even her season record at 2-2.
Nori came on in relief with the tying runs in scoring position in the sixth and struck out Kristen Brown to keep Lehigh in front by two. She worked around a one out single in the seventh to earn the save.
Miner went 3-for-4 for Lafayette. Lehigh had 11 hits in game two with Chesson (three), Barjaktarovich (two) and Cannon (two) leading the way.
Lafayette's two runs in game two snapped Lehigh's streak of innings without allowing an earned run at 38.
Lehigh and Lafayette will wrap up the home-and-home series and the regular season with a doubleheader Sunday at Leadership Park. Due to the threat of inclement weather, start time for game one has been moved up to 10:30 a.m.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Nori, Gabriella (7-5)
L: Cook, Hannah (0-3)
Batting:
2B: Cimino, Emily 1 ; Chesson, Jaelynn 1 ; Egizio, Bella 1 ; Alsobrooks, Payton 1
HR: Cimino, Emily 1 ; Chesson, Jaelynn 1
RBI: Cimino, Emily 2 ; Chesson, Jaelynn 5 ; O'Rourke, Karsen 1 ; Kittel, Addie 1 ; Alsobrooks, Payton 1
SH: Kittel, Addie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Barjaktarovich, Carley 2 ; Cimino, Emily 3 ; Chesson, Jaelynn 2 ; O'Rourke, Karsen 1 ; Egizio, Bella 1 ; Alsobrooks, Payton 1
SB: Barjaktarovich, Carley 2 ; O'Rourke, Karsen 1
Game Leaders
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RBI
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AB
4
R
1
H
2
RBI
1
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