RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Manhattan swept Iona on Friday and picked up its second and third wins in a row.
Game 1: Manhattan 1, Iona 0 (9 innings)
Manhattan only had three hits in game one on Friday, and two came in the ninth inning to pick up the win.
Lauren Rende doubled to start the bottom of the ninth. Two batters later,
Marika Deemer singled up the middle to score Rende and give the Jaspers the walk-off win.
Sophia Kiseloski pitched a complete game for the Jaspers to pick up her third win of the season. The freshman scattered seven hits and struck out three over nine innings. Kiseloski lowered her ERA to 4.10 with the outing on Friday. The Mount Saint Dominic Academy product has lowered her ERA in her last 10 outings.
The Gaels' best chance to score came in the top of the fourth. Jamie Sheeran doubled to start the inning and advanced to third on a flyout. Kiseloski struck out the next hitter and then caught a line drive that came right back at her to end the threat.
Alivia Lichtner tripled in the fifth with two away for Iona but was left stranded there. Lichtner would be the last Gael to touch third.
Game 2: Manhattan 11, Iona 3 (5 innings)
Manhattan's offense struck early in game two, scoring seven in the bottom of the second inning to put Iona on its heels. The 11 runs are the most scored by the Jaspers in a game this season.
In the second, the Jaspers sent 12 hitters to the plate and saw eight record a hit.
Megan Hedlund started the scoring with a two-run double down the left-field line.
Anissa Villalobos made it 3-0 with a single to center.
Gabriella Mazzotta followed with a hit to make it 4-0.
Rende,
Kaitlyn Flood, and
Marika Deemer followed each other and brought three runs to make it 7-0.
The Gaels did answer with three runs in the top of the third. Jessica Chilcott drove in two with a base hit down the left-field line. Chilcott scored came around to score on a Kaylin Flukey double.
Manhattan did answer with a run in the home half of the third before scoring three in the fourth. The three runs came off a
Maddy Weir three-run homer to center. Weir's blast was the third of her freshman season.
Weir finished 3-3 with three RBI and two runs scored. Rende and Hedlund also drove in a pair for Manhattan.
Gabriella Mazzotta went 1-3 with an RBI and a run scored. Her hit was the 100
th in her career.
Molly Charest started game two and collected her third win of 2023. The right-hander struck out six, worked around five hits, and walked four.
The Jaspers return to action on Sunday for a doubleheader at Marist starting at noon.
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