Army West Point Athletics
Wednesday, April 24
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Black Knights Sweep Rider in Midweek Tilt
April 24, 2019 | Softball
WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point softball team swept its non-league midweek doubleheader against Rider at the Army West Point Softball Complex on Wednesday afternoon.
Ten Black Knights recorded a hit on the day, led by senior Ashley Yoo and rookie Madi Gilmore with three apiece. Yoo scored a pair of runs while Gilmore drove in a team-high three RBI and had one of the team's two extra-base hits with a triple.
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In the circle, senior Renee Poirier impressed in game one by scattering five hits and two walks over 6.0 innings of work while allowing just one earned run. The Plainville, Mass., native produced four punch outs in the game and picked up her 32nd career victory to move into a tie with Shawna Bleyl and Leigh Harrell for sixth in program history. She added to her career saves total in the second game with her first of the season.
GAME 1: Army 9, Rider 1 (6 Innings)
HOW IT HAPPENED
ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES
GAME 2: Army 4, Rider 2
HOW IT HAPPENED
ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES
COACH'S CORNER
UP NEXT
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Ten Black Knights recorded a hit on the day, led by senior Ashley Yoo and rookie Madi Gilmore with three apiece. Yoo scored a pair of runs while Gilmore drove in a team-high three RBI and had one of the team's two extra-base hits with a triple.
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In the circle, senior Renee Poirier impressed in game one by scattering five hits and two walks over 6.0 innings of work while allowing just one earned run. The Plainville, Mass., native produced four punch outs in the game and picked up her 32nd career victory to move into a tie with Shawna Bleyl and Leigh Harrell for sixth in program history. She added to her career saves total in the second game with her first of the season.
GAME 1: Army 9, Rider 1 (6 Innings)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Rider took an early lead in the top of the first after an RBI single by Rachael Zeides.
- Army quickly gained control of the game by scoring four runs on three hits in the opening frame with the first four hitters reaching base.
- Ally Snelling tied the game with an RBI walk before Grace Mattimore pushed the Black Knights ahead with a sacrifice fly.
- Bianca Gonzalez added to the rally with a two-run single that plated Taylor Drayton and Snelling.
- The Black Knights padded their edge with a Carrie Reilly sacrifice fly in the following inning to make it a 5-1 game.
- Jolie Duong and Gilmore provided RBI singles in the third inning to make it a 7-1 game before Army closed out the victory in the sixth inning.
- Tessa Leman crossed the plate following a pass ball before Mattimore's bases-loaded walk secured the run-rule victory for the Black Knights.
ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES
- Poirier moved into a tie for sixth on Army's all-time wins list with the 32nd victory of her career.
- Yoo collected her team-leading 14th multi-hit game of the year and 31st of her career.
- The Yorba Linda, Calif., native earned the 130th hit of her career.
- Snelling documented her 40th base hit, joining Yoo as the only two Cadets to reach the milestone this season.
- The Las Vegas, Nev., native added her 15th career walk.
- Drayton scored the 40th run of her career.
- The Clayton, N.C., native tied her personal best with her 22nd RBI of the year.
- Mattimore contributed her 20th RBI of the season.
- The Ashburn, Va., native notched the seventh multi-RBI game of her second collegiate season.
- Gonzalez tallied her 15th RBI of the year.
- The Norco, Calif., native posted the third multi-RBI effort of her rookie campaign.
- Gilmore produced her fourth multi-hit performance of the season.
GAME 2: Army 4, Rider 2
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Army opened the scoring in the second inning when Dayton scored from third on a pass ball.
- Gilmore added to the Army lead with a two-run triple to extend the advantage to three runs.
- Rider got on the board with a leadoff home run from Shelby Miller to cut the lead to 3-1.
- The Broncos received an RBI double from Lani Moreno in the fifth to make it a one-run game before a Reilly sac fly and a Snelling RBI groundout in the home half of the frame pushed it back to a three-run edge.
- Army picked up an insurance run in the sixth inning when Leman's distraction on the base paths forced an error which allowed her to score.
- Rider managed to score a pair of runs in the seventh inning, but it was not enough to prevent the sweep.
ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES
- The Black Knights earned their 25th victory of the 2019 season.
- Gilmore hustled to her first collegiate triple.
- The Rosamond, Calif., native posted her third multi-RBI effort of the year.
- Yoo tallied her team-leading 45th hit of the season. Â
- The Yorba Linda, Calif., native scored the 75th run of her career.
- Snelling drove in the 40th RBI of her career.
- Drayton legged out the 15th double of her career.
- Duong contributed her team-best 11th win of the season.
- Poirier recorded her first save of the season and 19th of her career.
COACH'S CORNER
- Interim head coach Bob Beretta – "We did a nice job of taking care of business today. We received solid pitching all day and our offense generated some runs in both games. We were able to rest a few players and we had some other individuals step forward with solid performances. A lot of credit goes to Renee Poirier. She was very good in the circle in both games and soaked up a lot of innings for us, which we really needed. She gave up one runs in the first inning of the first game and really settled in after that.
- "It was nice to see Madi Gilmore back healthy in the lineup and contributing. I thought she registered some quality at bats and put a few nice swings on the ball. I also thought Izzy Gates had a solid day on both sides of the ball. I can't say enough about the effort she puts forth on a daily basis. She works very hard at her craft in practice every day, and she was able to transfer that work into the games today. Izzy did a nice job attacking the bases on offense and provided her usual stellar defense.
- "We did a nice job of manufacturing some runs after Rider pulled within 3-2 in the second game. Ashley Yoo's bunt single was key to the rally and really set things up nicely for us. Stretching the lead from one run to four proved critical in the end. We wanted to work on some things today with an eye towards this weekend's big series in Boston. We were able to accomplish that and picked up two wins along the way. It's not easy to sweep doubleheaders, so we will enjoy these results tonight and come back ready to work hard in practice tomorrow."
UP NEXT
- Army concludes its Patriot League slate with a three-game series at Boston University this weekend.
- The Black Knights and Terriers open with a noon doubleheader on Saturday before closing out the series with a single game on Sunday.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Poirier, Renee (5-5)
L: Oltman, Emily (0-6)
Batting:
RBI: Zeides, Rachael 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Marigliano, Kelsey 1
CS: Marigliano, Kelsey 1
Batting:
RBI: Reilly, Carrie 1 ; Drayton, Taylor 1 ; Mattimore, Grace 2 ; Duong, Jolie 1 ; Gonzalez, Bianca 2 ; Gilmore, Madi 1
SF: Reilly, Carrie 1 ; Mattimore, Grace 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Yoo, Ashley 1 ; Muffett, Megan 1 ; Reilly, Carrie 1 ; Snelling, Ally 1 ; Brock, Annie 1 ; Drayton, Taylor 1 ; Mattimore, Grace 1 ; Leman, Tessa 1 ; Gates, Izzy 1
SB: Muffett, Megan 1
CS: Gonzalez, Bianca 1
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