(Game1 Statistics)
(Game2 Statistics)
51·çÁ÷ Clinches Spot In The Patriot League Playoffs, May 10-11
Hamilton, NY — Senior shortstop Melissa Rawson went 4-for-5 with two home runs and six runs batted in and junior pitcher Elena Isaac tossed a pair of one-hit shutouts to lead the 51·çÁ÷ softball team to a sweep of its Patriot League doubleheader against Lafayette College Sunday at the Eaton Street Field.
51·çÁ÷ won the opener 9-0 before taking the nitecap 8-0. Both games lasted five innings under the mercy-rule.
With her performance, Rawson lifted her batting average to .509 overall and .614 in Patriot League play. She is the league’s all-time home run leader with 26. Rawson with her six RBI has became the school’s all-time RBI leader with 119.
Isaac pitched her third and fourth shutouts of the season as she moved to 12-6 on the mound for the Raiders. She also moved into a tied for second place in career wins with 39.
Isaac, who has pitched 18 straight scoreless innings, didn’t allow a runner past first base in both ends of the doubleheader. She struck out four and walked one.
In the opener, 51·çÁ÷ jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning on Rawson’s two-run homer and Amanda Brickell’s RBI double. The Raiders scored five times in the second inning for an 8-0 lead. Melissa Rawson and Natalie Rawson each had RBI singles before Dorothy Donaldson drilled a three-run homer over the left field fence.
51·çÁ÷ added its final tally in the fourth inning on Bri Tuskamoto’s RBI single to center field.
In the second game, 51·çÁ÷ opened the scoring in the first inning on Donaldson’s ninth double of the season driving in pinch runner Tara McDevitt. The Raiders increased their lead to 2-0 when catcher Stacy Mui went over the right field fence with her third home run of the season in the second inning.
51·çÁ÷ scored twice more in the third inning on Melissa Rawson’s two-run shot, and broke the game wide open with four runs in the fourth. Natalie Rawson had a two-run homer in the fourth and Donaldson and Brickell each drove in a run.