BRONXVILLE, N.Y. - The Sarah Lawrence softball team fell in both ends of Saturday's doubleheader to the Brooklyn College Bulldogs, with sophomore
Isabella Boissonnault driving a solo home run over the left field fence in the first inning of game two. The Gryphons will have a week off before return to Mary Levine Field to take on York College next Saturday.
Notable Performers
- Boissonnault's solo home run would be the highlight of the day, but the sophomore would also break up Brooklyn's no-hit bid in game one with a seventh-inning single
- Shirin Pechefsky tossed 10.1 innings, striking out five and forcing 15 groundouts
- Kyra Johnsen pitched 3.2 innings, forcing six Bulldogs to fly out and led off the fifth inning of game two with a single
How it Happened
The Gryphons and Bulldogs would play two scoreless innings to start off the day, but a five-run outburst in the third inning for the visitors would break the scoring drought. The Gryphons would continue to remain scoreless, with the visitors tacking on a single run in the seventh before Boissonault's two-out single broke up Brooklyn's no-hit bid. SLC's 16th strikeout of the game would soon follow, stranding the sophomore catcher and giving the Bulldogs a 6-0 victory. Game two would see the Bulldogs put a pair of runners on base before Johnsen got the Gryphons out of the inning without giving up a run. A pair of groundouts would put the game one out away from another scoreless inning, but the Gryphons instead would see their first home run of the season go over the fence, as Boissonnaults blast to left field gave SLC a 1-0 lead. The Bulldogs would answer with a run in each of the next two innings to take a 2-1 lead, but it would be a five-run fourth inning that would blow the game open and put the visitors ahead 6-1. The Gryphons answered themselves in the bottom of the inning as
Malia Rode's smart baserunning capitalized on a lapse by the Bulldogs to help the hosts move one run closer to the lead. Unfortunately, the team would strand the bases loaded and head into the fifth down 7-2. The Bulldogs would return to their ways of adding on one run at a time in both the fifth and sixth before another five-run outburst in the top of the seventh helped them solidify a comfortable non-conference victory.
Up Next
The Gryphons (0-12) will return to action in Bronxville on Saturday, April 5th with a doubleheader against York College. The first game will begin at 12:00 p.m. as the Gryphons remain in search of win number one on the season. The team will thenÂ
