Army Splits Doubleheader with Marist on Thursday

Thursday, April 5

Poughkeepsie, NY

2 PM

Army West Point

12-20

Marist

13-18

Army

Marist

Army Splits Doubleheader with Marist on Thursday

April 05, 2018 | Softball

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POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – Following a 2-1 loss in the opening game, the Army West Point softball team bounced back to claim a 5-0 shutout victory against Marist in a non-conference doubleheader on Thursday at Gartland Athletic Field.

Renee Poirier got the starting nod in the first game against the Red Foxes (13-19) and went 6.1 innings. She gave up just four hits and struck out five while not allowing an earned run. Courtney Springman started the second tilt and fanned six over five shutout innings en route to the win.

Carrie Reilly and Emily Ballesteros led the charge at the plate for Army (13-20). Reilly went 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs scored and an RBI, while Ballesters batted 4-for-8 in the two games combined. Kristen McPeek also contributed at the dish, picking up a double in each of the contests.

GAME 1: MARIST 2, ARMY 1

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Taylor Livingston made her first collegiate start at shortstop.
Poirier made her fifth start of the season.
She passed Colleen McCabe '91 for seventh in all-time strikeouts with 182.
McPeek tallied her 20th career double and fourth of the season.
Reilly roped her fifth career double and fourth of the season.
She recorded her seventh multi-hit game this season.
Ballesteros notched her fourth multi-hit outing this year.
She extended her hitting streak to three games.
Six Cadets combined for eight hits.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Army put two runners on in the opening frame after a pair of two-out singles, but the Red Foxes worked out of the jam, spoiling the Black Knights' scoring opportunity.
However, the Cadets had another chance in the second and this time capitalized. Reilly was at first with a leadoff base on balls and she made her way over to third on a McPeek double to the fence in left center. Maddie Kim then came up and drove in Reilly with a slow dribbler to the right side of the infield.
Over the next four frames, the Red Foxes left four runners stranded on the bases with Poirier pitching well. Army was unable to add any insurance runs and entered the bottom of the seventh with a 1-0 advantage.
In the home half of the final inning of play, a one-out double was shot to the fence in dead center. On the ensuing at-bat a costly throwing error permitted the game-tying run to cross and Springman replaced Poirier in the circle. After the second out of the inning was recorded, the Red Foxes captured the come-from-behind victory with an RBI single through the right side.

GAME 2: ARMY 5, MARIST 0

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Springman tallied her 100th career strikeout.
She now ranks 10th in single season strikeouts with 104.
It was the fifth start this season that the Norco, Calif., native did not allow a single earned run.
She earned her eighth collegiate win.
Reilly recorded her first career home run.
McPeek notched her fifth double this season and 21st of her career.
Ballesteros had her fifth multi-hit game of the season.
The sophomore extended her hitting streak to four games.
Annie Brock scored her first collegiate run.
Army moved to 8-3 on the season when scoring five or more runs in a game.

HOW IT HAPPENED

For the second straight game, the Black Knights were first to get on the board. It happened in the second when Reilly blasted a ball over the fence in left on the ninth pitch she saw during her at-bat.
In the third, Amelia Trotter reached on a fielder's choice after a McPeek one-out double. The Cadets then loaded the bases after a Ballesteros base hit and a Reilly walk. With two outs in the inning, Lacey Swafford drew a base on balls and Trotter was plated on the play to put Army ahead 2-0.
The Black Knights added to their lead in the fifth. Ballesteros led off the inning with a single to shallow right and advanced to second on a wild pitch. After Reilly was hit by a pitch, Drayton had an 11-pitch at-bat that featured six foul balls and was walked to load the bases. Katie Ontiveros then stepped into the box and shot a ball to the left side of the infield and a fielding error permitted a run to cross.
Army tacked on another insurance run in the sixth when Trotter drew a base on balls, stole second, advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored after a pitch soared to the backstop.
In the seventh, Drayton reached on a fielder's choice and after advancing to second, scored following back-to-back wild pitches. Macey Newbary, who came on in relief for Springman in the sixth, came back out to the circle and put the Red Foxes down in order to secure the win for Army.

UP NEXT

The Black Knights will return to Patriot League play this Saturday and take on Colgate for a doubleheader at West Point, N.Y., slated to begin at 1 p.m.