Softball Falls to Marist in Extra Innings

Friday, March 4

Fairfax, VA

6:00 PM

Army West Point

4-7

Marist

5-1

Marist

Army

Softball Falls to Marist in Extra Innings

March 04, 2016 | Softball

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FAIRFAX, Va. – The Army West Point softball team fell to Hudson Valley rival Marist Friday night, 2-1, in the first game of the Patriot Classic. The Black Knights and Red Foxes were knotted at 1-1 after seven which forced the game into extra innings. Marist was able to tally a score in the top of the eighth and hold off the Cadets to win the game in eight.

The teams held each other scoreless until the fourth inning. Army (4-7) denied Marist (5-1) from getting on base in the first inning with three quick outs. Ashley Yoo put herself in scoring position at the bottom of the first after she hit a double, but two outs by the Red Foxes left her stranded on second.

In the second, Marist had players on second and third bases with one out. Kristen McPeek nabbed a double play when she caught a fly-out to right field then threw home to deny Marist from scoring.

The Black Knights were able to get a score in the bottom of the fourth. Yoo led off the Cadets with a triple. McPeek then reached first on a fielder's choice, which also sent Yoo home for an Army run and RBI.

The fifth inning Marist and Army had three-up and three-down to push the game into the sixth. The Red Foxes were able to tie the score at 1-1 off an Army error. Neither team could score in the seventh inning, which pushed the game into extra innings.

Playing under international tiebreaker regulations, the Red Foxes began the eighth inning with a player on second. Marist hit a sacrifice fly which allowed the Red Foxes to gain another run and lead the Black Knights 2-1.

Army was then up to bat and Tyler McKinney started on second base. Kasey McCravey had a sacrifice hit advancing McKinney to third. Yoo was then walked and stole second. The Red Foxes were able to hold the Black Knights scoreless however with a strikeout and groundout to close the game.

McPeek earned Army's only RBI on the night, while Ashley Yoo recorded two hits and Alee Rashenskas had one hit.

On Saturday, the Cadets will take on Howard (10 a.m.) and the host Patriots right after at 12:15 p.m. The Black Knights will close-out the weekend with back-to-back games opposite Marist (9 a.m.) and George Mason (11:15 a.m.) on Sunday.

"This weekend we will face three very different teams," said DePolo. "We see Marist a lot since they are our neighbor geographically; they always put together a highly competitive, well-rounded team. We had some great games versus George Mason two years ago and I think both them and Howard are going to be great matches as we move forward into the development of the season."

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