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ICSB Senior Day
Geraldo Rodriguez
12
Winner Marist MARSB 12-13, 12-13 MAAC
3
Iona College ION 18-10, 18-10 MAAC
Winner
Marist MARSB
12-13, 12-13 MAAC
12
Final
3
Iona College ION
18-10, 18-10 MAAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Marist MARSB 3 1 0 0 4 4 12 16 0
Iona College ION 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 4 2

W: Phippen, Calista (5-5) L: Evans, Alana (0-2)

3
Marist MARSB 12-14, 12-14 MAAC
7
Winner Iona College ION 19-10, 19-10 MAAC
Marist MARSB
12-14, 12-14 MAAC
3
Final
7
Iona College ION
19-10, 19-10 MAAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Marist MARSB 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 7 1
Iona College ION 4 0 0 3 0 0 X 7 7 1

W: Zazzaro, Kara (17-2) L: Haff, Meghan (4-1)

Game Recap: Softball | | Jack Clark

Iona Softball Honors Seniors, Splits With Marist on Sunday

NEW ROCHELLE, NY - The Iona College softball team finished off a strong weekend with a pivotal game two victory over Marist, 7-3, on senior day at Donald E. Walsh Field. Head coach Katie Jansson and the Iona softball staff honored the team's five seniors prior to today's doubleheader.

GAME ONE: (MARIST 12, IONA 3)

Jansson submitted a unique lineup in game one, starting all five of Iona's seniors in the opener. Alana Evans got the nod in game one, but did not register an out. She faced three batters, allowing a hit, a walk and hitting one batter before giving way to Ciarra DiGuilio in the circle. Marist capitalized, scoring three times in the opening frame.

Calista Phippen, who started and pitched well in a losing effort yesterday, began game one in the circle for the Red Foxes. Handed an early lead, Phippen made quick work of Iona in the bottom of the first and her offense provided her with some more cushion the next inning. With runners on the corner and one out, Iona's defense took a sure out at second, allowing Sam Freeland to reach on a fielder's choice and letting Hailee Jantorno cross the plate to give Marist a 4-0 lead.

The Red Foxes extended their lead to 8-0 in the fifth, highlighted by a two-run homer off the bat of Ali Milam. Phippen carried a no-hitter into the bottom of the fifth, needing just three outs to finish off a five-inning no-no, due to the mercy rule.

Kayla Haywood was retired to begin things in the fifth, but Evans singled through the five-six hole to notch Iona's first hit of the afternoon. Emma Capuano followed with a carbon-copy style single between third and short, putting two runners on with one out. Jamie Sheeran, who did not start in game one, pinch hit for Maggie Foley and drew a walk to load the bases for senior Courtney Blasko, who started behind the dish in the opener. She looped a 3-2 offering from Phippen over short into left center, plating a pair of runs and keeping Iona's hopes alive in the fifth. The Gaels added one more on a Natalia Meray single, trimming Marist's lead to 8-3.

The Red Foxes piled on in the sixth, however, doing the majority of their damage off of freshman Alyssa DeJianne. Kaley Coltrain hit a three-run shot to left field that pushed Marist's lead to eight runs again, and Julia Blarr singled home another run later in the frame to push the lead to 12-3.

Phippen closed the door on Iona in the sixth, setting down the side in order to help her side to a six-inning victory, the first of the weekend for the visitors.

GAME TWO: (IONA 7, MARIST 3)

Kara Zazzaro started game two for Iona, the first time she has done so this season. The junior set down the first two batters she faced, but allowed a solo homer to Coltrain, allowing Marist to open the scoring as they did in game one. A two-out free pass to Milam amounted to nothing after Zazzaro got Shea Walsh to line out on the first pitch she saw.

Meghan Haff started in the circle in game two for the Red Foxes and was immediately greeted by Chilcott, who doubled down the line in left. Meray drew a four-pitch walk to follow, then moved up sixty feet, along with Chilcott, on a wild pitch. With two ducks on the pond and nobody out, Haff got a huge out number one when she punched out Sheeran. Iona loaded the bases with one away after DiGuilio reached on a fielder's choice, beating out a grounder to short after Caroline Baratta was forced to look back Chilcott at third base. Evans watched four pitches out of the zone to earn a free pass and a run batted in, tying the game at 1-1. Haff then threw two more out of the zone to Haywood, forcing manager Joe Ausonio to bring in Nicole Teague. Entering in the middle of the at bat, Teague threw two more out of the zone to force in another run. She got an out on a Capuano fly ball, which allowed DiGuilio to score. With runners on the corner and two away, Haywood stole second and Evans scampered home without a play after the ball got loose at second. Morgan Ritchey grounded out to end things in the first, but not before the Maroon & Gold grabbed a 3-1 lead.

Zazzaro settled in after allowing a run in the first, pitching three straight scoreless frames before Iona's offense added to its two-run lead in the fourth. The inning started with back-to-back singles from Ritchey and Brielle Hill, but Teague got Chilcott to strike out and Meray to pop up to stymie the threat. Sheeran worked a walk though, loading the bases for DiGuilio. She came through for her team, singling up the middle and plating two runners to push the lead to 6-1. An error at third on a hard-hit ball by Evans plated the inning's third run before Teague got Haywood to fly out to right.

Zazzaro worked around a one-out triple in the fifth and a leadoff single in the sixth to register two more clean innings and protect the Gaels' 7-1 lead. The Red Foxes put a runner on second in the seventh, and with two outs a double from Coltrain cut into Iona's lead. Milam singled through the right side to make it 7-3 and keep things alive for Marist, but Zazzaro got Walsh to bounce out to Ritchey at second and help Iona split on senior day.

NOTABLE NUGGETS

  • Evans started game one for the Gaels, allowing three runs on one hit. She did not record an out. The start was just the third of the season for Evans. She registered her fourth multi-hit game of the season in game two, going 2-3 with an RBI in the win. 
  • Zazzaro started game two for Iona, securing her 17th win of the season and her third of the weekend. The junior tossed her 14th complete game and her season win total is now tied for fourth most in a single season by an Iona pitcher.
  • Chilcott saw her 17 game reached base streak come to an end after going 0-3 with a pair of strikeouts in game one. In the second game, Chilcott was 2-4 with a double and a run scored.
  • Sheeran reached base safely in both contests, drawing a walk in her only plate appearance of game one. She extended her reached base streak to a team-leading 17 games.
  • Haywood, who went 0-2 at the dish in game one, saw her streak of 11 straight games reaching base safely come to an end. The freshman ended the day hitless, but earned an RBI in game two on a bases-loaded walk.
  • DiGuilio was hitless in her only at bat of game one, but finished game two with a hit, two RBI and a run scored. She also pitched five innings in relief in the first game, allowing six runs (four earned) on nine hits. She punched out six batters, the first strikeouts of her collegiate pitching career.
  • Blasko notched the first hit of her career, a two-RBI single off Phippen in Iona's game one loss.
  • Jasmine Temple made her first appearance in Iona's lineup since March 30, going 0-3 in her return to the lineup.
  • Ritchey and Hill each had a hit and a run scored in game two for the Gaels.
  • Iona has now won a program-record 19 games against conference opponents. Iona's entire 40-game slate is played against league opponents in 2021. The Maroon & Gold had never played more than 20 MAAC games in a season before this year.
  • The Gaels can finish as high as second place in the conference standings, depending on the outcomes of the final regular season games this week. Currently, Iona sits in a tie for third with Siena, who Iona owns the tiebreaker over for sole possession of third place.

AROUND THE MAAC

  • Monmouth completed a four-game weekend sweep of Fairfield on Sunday, securing the top seed in the upcoming conference tournament.
  • Canisius swept Rider in a pivotal MAAC doubleheader on Sunday. The Golden Griffs have sole possession of second place in the league standings entering the final week of regular-season play.
  • Siena and Quinnipiac split on Sunday, moving the Saints into a tie for third place with the Maroon & Gold.
  • Niagara swept Saint Peter's on Sunday, run-ruling the Peacocks in the second contest.

UP NEXT

Iona hits the road to wrap up the regular season with a doubleheader at Manhattan on Tuesday, May 4. The Gaels and the Jaspers are scheduled to kick things off at noon on Tuesday afternoon in Riverdale.

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