Recap courtesy of Yeshiva Athletics
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y.— The Yeshiva softball team made history on Sunday, and did so in a big way, as the Maccabees won their first pair of varsity games in program history by soundly defeating Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (HVIAC) rival College of New Rochelle (CNR), 18-7 and 21-8.
The wins improve Yeshiva to 2-3 overall and 2-0 in HVIAC play. The College of New Rochelle is now 0-15 and 0-2 in the HVIAC.
In the first game, the Maccabees jumped all over the host Blue Angles with 11 runs in the top of the first inning. Yeshiva scored another run in the second and four in the third, before scoring two more in the fourth inning. CNR scored a run in the bottom of the first and three each in the second and fourth innings.
The Maccabees hammered out eight hits in the opener. Kayla Applebaum was 2-for-4 with a run and four runs batted in, while Rebecca Kleiner was 2-for-4 with a run and two runs batted in.Erin Potasnick was 1-for-1 with a triple, two runs and three runs batted in. Rachel Mirsky was 1-for-2 with a triple, two runs and a run batted in.
In the second game, the Maccabees scored at least one run in each inning en route to the highest run tally in its short history. Yeshiva recorded 12 hits and was led by Applebaum who was 4-for-5 with a double, three runs and four runs batted in. Melissa Appel finished game two by going 2-for-4 with a double, two runs and three runs batted in. Lieba Swartz-Brownstein was 1-for-3 with two runs and two runs batted in. Rena Genauer was 2-for-2 with a run and a run batted in.
Genauer earned her first pitching victory in game one, while Mirsky took the ball and was victorious in game two.
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Recap courtesy of New Rochelle Athletics
NEW ROCHELLE, NY – The College of New Rochelle's bats have begun to heat up with the weather, and produced the Blue Angels' best offensive series in the season, totaling 15 runs in a HVIAC double header against Yeshiva University Sunday morning at Flowers Park.
In the opener, Yeshiva arrived with hot bats, and scored 11 runs in the top of the first to put CNR in a deep hole. The Blue Angels scored in their half of the frame as Tiany Perez Diaz singled leading off and scored later in the inning on an error. CNR scored three more times in the bottom of the second on an RBI single from Perez Diaz, an RBI groundout from Rita Saad, and a wild pitch.
In the fourth the Blue Angels replicated their second inning scoring effort, plating three more runs highlighted by a Shamella Bartholomew RBI single.
The second game saw Yeshiva again take the early lead, taking a 7-2 advantage into the third inning. The decisive third frame saw each team push across six runs. The six run inning was the best for the CNR offense this season.
Kylie Thesz walked to lead off the inning and scored on a Saad single. Kirstein Labaso and Tanika Charles each added an RBI single to pace the offense.
