MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – The Sarah Lawrence College softball team played three games Wednesday, defeating defending NECC champion Lesley University 4-3, before falling to Spalding University, 5-3, and Albertus Magnus College, 5-1, at North Myrtle Sports Complex.

TOP GRYPHON PERFORMERS
Taryn Penna (Sparta, N.J./Sparta) batted .455 on the day with five hits, two doubles, one RBI, three runs scored and a pair of stolen bases. Baylie Petit (Sycamore, Ill./Sycamore) went 4-for-9 with one run and two RBIs, while Sarah Shapiro (Germantown, Md./Northwest) and Kamaron McNair (Lawrence Township, N.J./The Hun School) posted two hits apiece.

Sarah Lawrence 4, Lesley 3
The Gryphons found themselves trailing after two innings, as the Lynx scored one run in the first frame and two more in the second.

Sarah Lawrence got on the board in the third inning, plating two runs in the frame, fueled by a two-out, two-run single up the middle from Petit.

The Gryphons tacked on two more runs in the fourth inning to take the lead for good. McNair doubled to left field to score Mackenzie Mindish (Northfield, N.J./Mainland Regional), followed by a two-out RBI single from Penna to score pinch runner Em Hammett (Columbus, Ohio/The Wellington School).

Mikayla Cunningham (Mayville, Mich./Millington) earned her second victory on the mound in the contest. After giving up three runs in the first two innings, the tri-captain really settled in on the bump, allowing just one hit over the final five innings.

Sarah Lawrence 3, Spalding 5
Sarah Lawrence got on the board in the opening frame, fueled by a RBI single from Mindish.

Spalding answered with two runs in the second inning with a pair of RBI singles, but the Gryphons countered with a run in the third inning, thanks to a sacrifice bunt from Riley Vuyovich (Toms River, N.J./Toms River North). Sarah Lawrence regained the lead in the fourth inning, thanks to a run scored from Mindish.

The Golden Eagles, coming off a victory over Saint Joseph's earlier in the afternoon, pulled away with a three-run fifth inning to secure the victory.

Sarah Lawrence 1, Albertus Magnus 5
The Gryphons did a great job limiting the Falcons offense, not allowing a hit through the first 3.1 innings of action. Penna recorded the first hit of the afternoon in the fourth inning, stealing second before rounding the bases thanks to a perfectly placed bunt from Vuyovich.

Sarah Lawrence continued to play stout defense until the sixth inning, as Albertus Magnus, winners of 30 games in 2017, scored five runs in the frame to pick up the win.

UP NEXT
Sarah Lawrence wraps up its spring break trip Thursday with contests against Bay Path (1:30 p.m.) and Albertus Magnus (3:30 p.m.)