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Photo by: Wendy Charles
Mountain Hawks Rally Past Cornell To Split Saturday Action At Penn State
3/16/2024 4:05:00 PM | Softball
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Trailing 3-0 after three innings, the Lehigh softball team scored the next 11 runs to defeat Cornell 11-5 Saturday in the second of two games at the Penn State Softball Invitational at Beard Field. Junior Rory Dudley's two-run double in the seventh broke a 3-3 tie and sparked an eight-run inning for the Mountain Hawks.
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Dudley went 3-for-5 with three RBIs against the Big Red, while graduate student Emily Cimino also went 3-for-5 with a run batted in.
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Earlier Saturday, Lehigh dropped a 14-4 five-inning final to Binghamton. The Mountain Hawks are now 9-13 on the season with one more game left at the Penn State Invitational.
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Cornell (2-10) went up in the third on a two-run home run by Emma Antich and a sacrifice fly by Lilly Travieso.
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Lehigh battled back, scoring a run in the fourth when senior Amanda Greaney singled home Dudley, and then two in the fifth as senior Brooke Cannon doubled home Cimino and Dudley scored Cannon with a single.
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Senior Katelyn Young came on in relief in the circle to keep Cornell off the board in both the fifth and sixth innings.
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Cimino and Cannon opened the seventh inning with hits before Dudley doubled down the left field line, scoring both to give Lehigh a 5-3 lead. Two batters later first-year Holly Lovett doubled to right center, scoring Dudley.
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Lehigh scored a seventh run when first-year Gracie Smith was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. Graduate student Josie Charles then cleared the bases with a triple to right center and Cimino followed with a double to score Charles and put Lehigh up 11-3.
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Sydney Stapf hit a two-run home run for Cornell in the bottom of the seventh.
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Young earned the win in relief, her fifth of the season, allowing two runs on three hits in three innings. She struck out two and walked one.
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First-year Maddy Clark made her first career start in the circle and allowed three runs on five hits in 2.1 innings with three walks and a strikeout. Junior Maria Urban allowed a hit in 1.2 scoreless innings between Clark and Young.
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Lovett and Cannon also had multi-hit games against Cornell as Lehigh out-hit the Big Red 13-9.
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Lehigh's first game Saturday saw the Mountain Hawks climb out of an early 4-0 hole to tie the game a 4-4 before Binghamton scored two in the fourth and eight in the fifth to claim the victory.
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Binghamton (12-7) scored a run in the first on Brianna Roberts' RBI double and three more in the second, keyed by Maddy Dodig's two run home run.
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Charles came up with the bases loaded in the bottom of the third and singled to right, bringing home one run and then a second, following a Binghamton error. Lehigh plated two more runs when Smith scored on a passed ball and then Charles came around to score from second on a throwing error.
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The Bearcats went ahead on a sacrifice squeeze bunt by Allison L'Amoreaux and then a single by Roberts and broke the game open with eight runs in the fifth.
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Binghamton recorded 16 hits, with Roberts going 4-for-4 with three RBIs and Brianna Santos and Bella Farina both adding three hits while scoring two runs.
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Smith, Charles, Dudley and first-year Peyton Sward had Lehigh's hits against the Bearcats.
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Urban threw the first 1.2 innings in the circle, allowing four runs on five hits, before giving way to senior Ansley Dambach, who allowed 10 runs, only seven of which were earned.
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The Mountain Hawks will close out the Penn State Softball Invitational on Sunday when they battle Canisius at 10 a.m. in a game that will be broadcast on B1G+.
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Dudley went 3-for-5 with three RBIs against the Big Red, while graduate student Emily Cimino also went 3-for-5 with a run batted in.
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Earlier Saturday, Lehigh dropped a 14-4 five-inning final to Binghamton. The Mountain Hawks are now 9-13 on the season with one more game left at the Penn State Invitational.
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Cornell (2-10) went up in the third on a two-run home run by Emma Antich and a sacrifice fly by Lilly Travieso.
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Lehigh battled back, scoring a run in the fourth when senior Amanda Greaney singled home Dudley, and then two in the fifth as senior Brooke Cannon doubled home Cimino and Dudley scored Cannon with a single.
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Senior Katelyn Young came on in relief in the circle to keep Cornell off the board in both the fifth and sixth innings.
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Cimino and Cannon opened the seventh inning with hits before Dudley doubled down the left field line, scoring both to give Lehigh a 5-3 lead. Two batters later first-year Holly Lovett doubled to right center, scoring Dudley.
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Lehigh scored a seventh run when first-year Gracie Smith was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. Graduate student Josie Charles then cleared the bases with a triple to right center and Cimino followed with a double to score Charles and put Lehigh up 11-3.
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Sydney Stapf hit a two-run home run for Cornell in the bottom of the seventh.
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Young earned the win in relief, her fifth of the season, allowing two runs on three hits in three innings. She struck out two and walked one.
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First-year Maddy Clark made her first career start in the circle and allowed three runs on five hits in 2.1 innings with three walks and a strikeout. Junior Maria Urban allowed a hit in 1.2 scoreless innings between Clark and Young.
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Lovett and Cannon also had multi-hit games against Cornell as Lehigh out-hit the Big Red 13-9.
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Lehigh's first game Saturday saw the Mountain Hawks climb out of an early 4-0 hole to tie the game a 4-4 before Binghamton scored two in the fourth and eight in the fifth to claim the victory.
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Binghamton (12-7) scored a run in the first on Brianna Roberts' RBI double and three more in the second, keyed by Maddy Dodig's two run home run.
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Charles came up with the bases loaded in the bottom of the third and singled to right, bringing home one run and then a second, following a Binghamton error. Lehigh plated two more runs when Smith scored on a passed ball and then Charles came around to score from second on a throwing error.
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The Bearcats went ahead on a sacrifice squeeze bunt by Allison L'Amoreaux and then a single by Roberts and broke the game open with eight runs in the fifth.
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Binghamton recorded 16 hits, with Roberts going 4-for-4 with three RBIs and Brianna Santos and Bella Farina both adding three hits while scoring two runs.
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Smith, Charles, Dudley and first-year Peyton Sward had Lehigh's hits against the Bearcats.
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Urban threw the first 1.2 innings in the circle, allowing four runs on five hits, before giving way to senior Ansley Dambach, who allowed 10 runs, only seven of which were earned.
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The Mountain Hawks will close out the Penn State Softball Invitational on Sunday when they battle Canisius at 10 a.m. in a game that will be broadcast on B1G+.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Allison L'Amoreaux (5-1)
L: Dambach, Ansley (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Brianna Santos 1 ; Brianna Roberts 1 ; Bella Farina 1
HR: Maddy Dodig 1
RBI: Brianna Santos 2 ; Allison L'Amoreaux 2 ; Brianna Roberts 3 ; Maddy Dodig 1 ; Alex Musial 2 ; Bella Farina 1
SH: Allison L'Amoreaux 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Brianna Santos 2 ; Lindsey Walter 2 ; Allison L'Amoreaux 1 ; Brianna Roberts 1 ; Elisa Allen 1 ; Shelby Carvalho 1 ; Maddy Dodig 2 ; Alex Musial 1 ; Bella Farina 2 ; Akira Kopec 1
SB: Brianna Santos 1 ; Bella Farina 1
HBP: Elisa Allen 1
Batting:
RBI: Charles, Josie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Smith, Gracie 1 ; Charles, Josie 1 ; Lovett, Holly 1 ; Sward, Peyton 1
HBP: Martin, Lindsey 1
PO: Cimino, Emily 1
Game Leaders
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AB
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R
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H
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RBI
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