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Raleigh, N.C.
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Lehigh Rallies Past Fairfield In 11, Falls to Mount St. Mary's Saturday At Wolfpack Classic

2/19/2022 6:23:00 PM | Softball

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RALEIGH, N.C. – In its first game of day two of the Wolfpack Classic, Lehigh overcame three deficits to rally past Fairfield 9-8 in 11 innings Saturday at Dail Stadium. Junior Emily Cimino delivered the winning hit, a two-run double, to lift the Mountain Hawks to their first win of the 2022 campaign. Lehigh had to settle for a Saturday split, dropping a 1-0 final to Mount St. Mary's in its second game of the day. The Mountain Hawks are now 1-3 on the season with one more game to follow in North Carolina on Sunday.
 
Cimino went 4-for-9 over the two games Saturday with a double and a triple to her credit. Senior Jaelynn Chesson added four hits, including her 21st career home run.
 
Fairfield (1-2) went in front 4-0 after three and a half innings in Saturday's first game. Madison Robicheau opened the scoring with a leadoff home run in the third inning and the Stags added three more runs in the fourth on an error and Kasey Sekula two-run single.
 
Lehigh pulled within 4-3 after five innings as Chesson launched a three-run home run out to center field, but the Stags pulled a run back in the sixth on another Sekula RBI single.
 
Down 5-3 heading to the seventh, senior Karsen O'Rourke started the comeback with a leadoff double. Two batters later, she moved to third on a Chesson single. Sophomore Brooke Cannon brought Lehigh within 5-4 with a double to right center and then Amanda Greaney followed with a sacrifice fly to right, plating Chesson with the tying run.
 
With the international tiebreaker rules in play, Fairfield reclaimed the lead in the eighth on a two-run home run by Robicheau, her second of the day. In the bottom of the eighth, first-year Rory Dudley led off with an RBI double and eventually scored the tying run on a single by senior Carley Barjaktarovich.
 
Neither team was able to score in the ninth or 10th. An Allie Bridgman sacrifice fly put Fairfield up 8-7 in the 11th. With one out in the bottom of the 11th, Barjaktarovich reached on a fielder's choice and O'Rourke followed with a single to load the bases for Cimino, who drilled an 0-1 pitch to center for the game-winning double.
 
O'Rourke and Chesson each had three hits against the Stags to pace the Lehigh offense.
 
Four pitchers saw time in the circle against Fairfield. First-year Maria Urban went the first three-plus innings and 3.1 total. Senior Gabriella Nori threw the final three, allowing an unearned run with two strikeouts to earn her first victory of the season.
 
Lehigh out-hit Mount St. Mary's 5-3 in game two Saturday, including a 3-for-3 effort from Cimino, but the Mountain Hawks were unable to scratch a run across against Avery Neuhart.
 
The Mountain Hawks' best chance to score came in the top of the sixth, when they loaded the bases with one out, but the threat was squashed after a fielder's choice and a ground out.
 
Mount St. Mary's (2-1) scratched out the only run of the game with two outs in the sixth as Abigayle Perry singled and then scored on a double by Bridgette Gilliano.
 
Lehigh put two on with one out in the seventh, but Neuhart worked out of trouble with a fielder's choice and a fly out.
 
Nori took the loss, allowing just the one run on three hits. She struck out eight and did not walk a batter.
 
The Mountain Hawks will close out the Wolfpack Classic on Sunday when they face Fairfield at 10 a.m.
 
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W, 3-2

Feb 20 (Sun)

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Nori, Gabriella (1-1)

L: Taylor, Bailey (0-1)

Fairfield

Batting:

2B: Wright, Evie 1

3B: Updegraff, Haley 1

HR: Robicheau, Madison 2

RBI: Bridgman, Allie 1 ; Westford, Drew 1 ; Sekula, Kasey 3 ; Robicheau, Madison 3

SH: Forbes, Megan 1 ; Wright, Evie 1 ; Westford, Drew 1 ; Sekula, Kasey 1 ; Robicheau, Madison 1

SF: Bridgman, Allie 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Hoffman, Kaitlin 1 ; Wright, Evie 2 ; Westford, Drew 1 ; Sylvestre, Morgan 1 ; Sekula, Kasey 1 ; Robicheau, Madison 2

SB: Warren, Charli 1 ; Forbes, Megan 1 ; Hoffman, Kaitlin 2 ; Watson, Ella 1

HBP: Forbes, Megan 1

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Batting:

2B: O'Rourke, Karsen 1 ; Cimino, Emily 1 ; Cannon, Brooke 1 ; Dudley, Rory 1

HR: Chesson, Jaelynn 1

RBI: Barjaktarovich, Carley 1 ; Cimino, Emily 2 ; Chesson, Jaelynn 3 ; Cannon, Brooke 1 ; Greaney, Amanda 1 ; Dudley, Rory 1

SH: Charles, Josie 1

SF: Greaney, Amanda 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Barjaktarovich, Carley 2 ; O'Rourke, Karsen 2 ; Chesson, Jaelynn 2 ; Aldrich, Hanna 1 ; Dudley, Rory 2

Game Leaders

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Karsen O'Rourke

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Jaelynn Chesson

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Players Mentioned

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Brooke Cannon

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Jaelynn Chesson

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Emily Cimino

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Rory Dudley

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Karsen O'Rourke

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Maria Urban

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