By DAVID MEISTER
Staff Editor
The Saint Rose softball team had a non-conference doubleheader last Tuesday against the Mercy Mavericks. They split the series, winning 8-5 and losing 5-0.
In the win, the Golden Knights went on an offensive surge in extra innings.
In the 9th, Saint Rose put up five on the Mavericks, thanks in part to junior Astasia Myler who blasted a grand slam to score four of the five in the extra frame.
In the bottom half of the ninth freshman Emily Kurtzner came in to relief Thalia Santiago on the mound to preserve the win. They then headed home to open up conference play against the New Haven Chargers for a doubleheader on Friday which they split, winning game one 14-6 and losing game two 12-0.
In the victory, Saint Rose totaled 15 hits, a season high. Myler had another great day going 4-4 with 2 RBI’s and three runs scored.
Freshman Ryane Brush went 3-4 with one RBI and three runs scored.
They headed into a rubber match against New Haven on Saturday hoping to win the series and did so in dramatic fashion, winning 2-1.
It all came down to extras and in the bottom of the eighth inning junior Briana Bowen hit a walk off single to drive in her teammate Samantha LaBarbera to seal the win.
The three wins and two losses put the Golden Knights at 7-10 so far this season and will look to ride the momentum from this weekend into a doubleheader on the road against their Upstate Challenge rivals, the Le Moyne Dolphins today.
The baseball team has been on a bit of a hot streak of late, winners of their last three games.
They looked to stretch it to four last Wednesday against the American International Yellow Jackets but could not get the win, falling 6-4.
Saint Rose did battle throughout the game as they came back from three down at one point to tie it up, but couldn’t get ahead.
Senior Joe Foran had the best performance of the day going 2-4 on the day.
They looked to bounce back on Saturday in a doubleheader against the Saint Thomas Aquinas Spartans but were swept, losing 17-1 and 2-1.
In game two, the Golden Knights got a solid pitching performance from right hander Stephen Hill who went seven innings and gave up just two runs on six hits while striking out three.
On the offensive end, junior Kenny Fils-Aime went 2-2 in game one and 1-3 with a double in game two.
They looked to notch a win on Monday against 22nd ranked Le Moyne but were defeated 3-0.
The Dolphins’ pitching staff limited the Golden Knights to only two hits for the entire game.
The two hits came off the bats of freshman Connor Farrington and junior Alexander Koshgarian.
This stretch of games puts Saint Rose at 9-10 for the season so far and will have their home opener tomorrow in a doubleheader against the Saint Joseph’s Fighting Saints depending on the weather, which looks wet and windy for today.
The lacrosse team looked to ride the momentum after their win against Bentley last week into a match on the road against the Yellow Jackets last Tuesday and did just that, winning 13-4.
The Golden Knights roared out of the gates quickly scoring the first nine goals of the match, seven of which came in the first quarter.
Junior Carter Badour led the team on the day with five goals and two assists.
Behind him were teammates Austin Degener and Kyle Meoli with two goals each.
They looked to stretch it to three straight wins in a home game on Saturday against the Pace Setters but couldn’t do so, losing 13-7.
The Setters outscored the Golden Knights 7-1 in the second quarter to set the tone of the match.
Despite the loss, Saint Rose received great games from senior Matt Graham who had three goals on the day, behind him was Badour with two goals.
The win and loss put the Golden Knights at 3-5 in the middle part of the season and will look to bounce back with another home game today against the Saint Michael’s Purple Knights, game starts at 5 p.m.
