Long Ball, Errors Plague Army Against Holy Cross

Sunday, April 2

West Point, N.Y.

12 PM

Army West Point

22-10, 4-1

Holy Cross

4-16, 1-1

Holy Cross

Army West Point

Long Ball, Errors Plague Army Against Holy Cross

April 02, 2017 | Softball

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WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army softball team was swept in its doubleheader against Holy Cross, dropping 4-2 and 5-2 decisions on Sunday at the Army Softball Complex.

The Black Knights dropped to 22-11 on the season and 4-2 in the Patriot League, while the Crusaders improved to 5-16 overall and 2-1 in league play.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Army drops to 68-29 in the all-time series against Holy Cross.
The Crusaders defeated the Black Knights in a series for the first time since 2014.
Senior co-captain Alee Rashenskas became the seventh player in program history to record 200 career hits with a single to left field in the sixth inning of game two.
Rashenskas recorded her team-best seventh multi-hit game of the season in the series finale.
Freshman Lacey Swafford became the fourth Black Knight this season to reach 25 hits.
Swafford and Ashley Yoo stretched their hitting streaks to six games, the longest active streak on the team.
Yoo has now reached safely in 11 straight games, a career best.
Junior Gladys Esparza-Gallegos produced a pair of two-hit games today, bringing her season total to four.

LINEUP BREAKDOWN GAME ONE
Yoo (LF): 1-for-4 with a run scored
Swafford (DP): 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored
Ballesteros (3B): 0-for-3 with a walk
Harrison (RF): 1-for-2 with three walks
Ontiveros (C): 1-for-4 with an RBI
Gray (1B): 0-for-4
Rashenskas (2B): 1-for-3
West (P): 0-for-2

Kim (DP): 0-for-1

Esparza-Gallegos (SS): 2-for-3
McKinney (CF): N/A

Newbary (P): N/A

West (P): 4.2 innings, six hits, four runs (three earned), two walks and two strikeouts
Newbary (P): 2.1 innings, 0 hits, 0 runs, 0 walks and two strikeouts

FACTS & FIGURES

The Black Knights tallied two runs on seven hits and one error, while the Crusaders scored four runs on six hits and did not commit an error.

HOW IT HAPPENED GAME ONE

Holy Cross jumped out to an early 1-0 lead after a solo home run by Emily Krisanda.
Army responded in the bottom half of the opening frame with an RBI single from freshman Katie Ontiveros.
The Crusaders reclaimed their lead in the third inning with an RBI singles from Taylor Wahler. Wahler added a two-run shot in the fifth inning to stretch the Holy Cross lead to 4-1.
The Black Knights would scratch across one more run in the bottom of the seventh thanks to a pair of wild pitches.
The inning started with an Ashley Yoo single and a Lacey Swafford walk before those miscues allowed Yoo to score.

LINEUP BREAKDOWN GAME TWO
Yoo (CF): 1-for-4 with a double and a run scored
Swafford (LF): 1-for-4

McKinney (PR): One run scored

Ballesteros (3B): 1-for-2 with a walk, stolen base and an RBI
Harrison (RF): 0-for-4 with an RBI
Ontiveros (DP): 2-for-3 with a walk

Hoover (PR): N/A

Gray (1B): 1-for-3
Rashenskas (2B): 2-for-3
Kim (C): 0-for-2

Riccoboni (PH): 0-for-1

Esparza-Gallegos (SS): 2-for-3
Poirier (P): N/A

Poirier (P): 7.0 innings, five hits, five runs (two earned), one walk and three strikeouts

FACTS & FIGURES

The Black Knights tallied two runs on 10 hits and committed four errors, while the Crusaders scored five runs on five hits and had one error defensively.

HOW IT HAPPENED GAME TWO

Army scored the game's opening run for the first time this series after an Emily Ballesteros sac fly to left scored Ashley Yoo to give the Black Knights a 1-0 lead.
The Crusaders answered in the second inning, scoring on an error.
The Black Knights threatened in the third inning with a double to right center with Gladys Esparza-Gallegos on first. The junior infielder got too greedy, however, and was thrown out at home on a perfect relay by Holy Cross.
Army loaded the bases in the following inning to keep the pressure on, but was once again unable to break the 1-1 tie.
Holy Cross as able to break the stalemate in the top of the sixth as three straight hits to start the frame was capped with a two-run double by Krisanda.
The Crusaders added two more in the seventh on a groundout and a single to capitalize on an error.
Army was not going to go quietly as it put runners on second and third after one-out hits by Lacey Swafford and Ballesteros.
An RBI groundout by Kennedy Harrison brought home the pinch runner, Tyler McKinney to cut the lead to 5-2 before the Crusaders were able to close out the game.