Brooklyn, NY SENIOR DAY---The Brooklyn College softball team scored seven runs in the second inning in the second game of a CUNYAC doubleheader against York this afternoon to pick up a split with a 12-7 win to kick off a nice post-game sendoff ceremony for the Bulldog seniors. York grabbed the first game of the doubleheader, 6-4. With the split, the Bulldogs move to 4-15 overall on the season and 1-7 in the CUNYAC, winning their first conference game this afternoon. York picked up their first win of the season with the split, moving to 1-13 and 1-7 in the conference. The Bulldogs will be back in action at Brooklyn College Field on Tuesday, April 19 to host Manhattanville. First pitch of the scheduled doubleheader will be thrown at 5:00 PM.
After falling behind 2-0 in the top of the first inning to start the second game of the doubleheader, the Bulldogs tied the game 2-2 with some help on a couple of York fielding blunders.
The next inning is where the Bulldogs took the lead for good, scoring seven runs capped by a
Shakira Feliciano RBI double scoring senior shortstop
Samantha Rodriguez. Earlier in the inning, senior
Ashley Mendez scored the winning run on a wild pitch. Seniors
Michelle Cranston and
Sasha Roopchand also scored during the inning. Prior to scoring herself, Rodriguez reached base with a 2-RBI single that scored
Breanna Maresca and Cranston.
Maresca finished the second the game going 2-4 with four RBIs. Second baseman
Kyla Gardner scored three of the Bulldogs' 12 runs in Game 2. Rodriguez finished with another strong overall performance going 2-4 with three RBIs and crossing home twice. Sophomore pitcher
Uena Xharo pitched all seven innings for her second win of the season.
In Game 1, the Bulldogs came back from being down 4-0 heading into the bottom of the third inning. Trailing 5-1, the Bulldogs rallied for three runs in the bottom of the fifth to cut the Cardinal lead to 5-4. However, the Bulldogs' comeback fell short as York added an insurance run in the sixth inning. BC would not be able to capitalize on having a base runner in each of the final two innings.
Kyla Gardner hit her first triple of the season in the first game and scored. Feliciano went 1-4 with a 2-RBI double.
