A Quick Look
The SUNY Oneonta softball team bats have certainly warmed up with the Florida weather taking a pair on day two of its southern trip. The Red Dragons collected 35 hits in wins against Kenyon and Alfred State.
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The Inside Story
In the first game today, Oneonta faced 11-2 Kenyon College and defeated them 10-4 on the strength of 17 hits and a solid outing from senior
Alyssa Bluethgen (Commack/Commack). Bluethgen went the distance allowing no earned runs and striking out four batters.
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Oneonta (5-3) wasted no time in establishing control scoring five times in the top of the first inning. Three straight singles by seniors
Jade Meehan (Halcottsville/Roxbury Central) and
Brooke Corbett (Bethlehem/Bethlehem Central) and junior
Caroline Koch (New City/Clarkstown South) loaded the bases with no outs. After an out at the plate, senior Meaghan knocked in the first run with a single to left field. She was followed by another single off the bat of junior
Amber Badillo (Mohegan Lake/Shrub Oak) who was followed by a double from freshman
Marissa Nagel (Averill Park/Averill Park) that brought home two runs. Senior
Amanda Sexton (Port Jervis/Port Jervis) capped the inning by driving in Nagel from second base.
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Kenyon got one back in the bottom of the first before the Red Dragons scored a single run in the top of the second inning to maintain its five-run advantage. Sophomore
Megan Palmatier (Bainbridge/Bainbridge-Guilford) drove in Koch who singled and stole second.
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Kenyon rallied again in the bottom of the second plating three runs. Pitcher Emily Pater drove in a pair with a single to center field.
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Raleigh knocked in Koch in the fourth to make the score 7-4. Koch singled, stole second and went to third on a double by Palmatier. Oneonta added another run in the fifth inning on a single by Corbett that drove in Sexton.
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The Red Dragons posted a pair of insurance runs in the top of the seventh thanks to a pinch-hit single by freshman
Gianna DiGiovanni (Wantagh/Sacred Heart Academy) and another RBI single from Corbett.
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Corbett led the offense in game two against Alfred. The senior collected four hits and drove in a career high six runs to fuel the Red Dragons to a 14-5 win in six innings. The six RBIs are the most for an Oneonta player since 2010.
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Oneonta jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Corbett drove in the first run of the game and then Raleigh drove in Koch and Palmatier with a single to right centerfield.
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Raleigh and Badillo each drove in a run in the third inning to extend the lead to 5-0 entering the bottom of the inning.
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The Pioneers tied the game in the third with a five-run explosion. After scoring a pair of runs, Alfred loaded the bases with two outs. Brittany Fisher walked to force in a run and then Marissa Varela tied the score with a single to drive in two runs.
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The Red Dragons came right back in the top of the fourth with four runs to seize back control of the game. Koch drove in a pair and Corbett and Badillo each drove in a single run.
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Oneonta piled it on with three runs in the fifth and two more in the sixth for the final margin of victory. The Red Dragons took advantage of a couple of fielding errors and Corbett came through with a two-out double to drive in the final two runs.
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Junior
Hunter VanArnum (Schuylerville/Schuylerville) pitched 3-1/3 innings of scoreless relief to earn her first win of the season.
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Just the Stats
Corbett and Koch each had three hits against Kenyon. Meehan, Palmatier, Raleigh and Sexton each collected a pair of hits. Corbett, Raleigh and Nagel each drove in two runs.
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In addition to Corbett's multi-hit and RBI game against Alfred, Meehan and senior
Kristen Collins (Hicksville/Holy Trinity) each had three hits and Koch, Raleigh and Palmatier each had two hits. Raleigh drove in three runs while Koch and Badillo each drove in a pair.
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What's Next
Oneonta will play another pair tomorrow against Wilmington College and Coast Guard at 9am and 11am respectively.
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