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UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER YELLOWJACKETS
Hannah Leahy
Rochester Athletics
6
Rochester ROCSB 0-1
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Winner Salisbury SAL 1-0
Rochester ROCSB
0-1
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Final
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Salisbury SAL
1-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Rochester ROCSB 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 6 10 3
Salisbury SAL 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 7 10 0

W: Savannah Sheats (1-0) L: Biggs, Abbie (0-1)

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Rochester ROCSB 0-2
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Winner Salisbury SAL 2-0
Rochester ROCSB
0-2
2
Final
7
Salisbury SAL
2-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Rochester ROCSB 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 7 3
Salisbury SAL 1 1 3 0 1 1 X 7 5 0

W: Lindsey Windsor (1-0) L: Szczerba, Addy (0-1)

Game Recap: Softball | | Devon Withers, Athletic Communications Intern

'Jackets Open Season Against Salisbury

The Rochester softball team opened their spring season in a double-header against Salisbury University on Saturday. The team lost the first contest by a 6-7 margin, and later were swept after dropping a 2-7 loss. Despite the final scores, the Yellowjackets fought to remain in contention throughout both games. 

In the first game, Rochester jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first inning after Erin Bevec secured an RBI single to drive in Hannah Keiper. Two innings later, Jen Carson extended the lead for the Yellowjackets after hitting an RBI single to bring in Jessica Conforti and Keiper. Rochester held a 3-0 lead, their largest advantage of the day.

Rochester relied on Hannah Leahy as the starter in the first game, as she allowed six runs (four earned) on seven hits over 5.2 innings of action. She ended with an additional two strikeouts in her first start of the season.  

After the Seagulls tied the game entering the fifth inning, an RBI double by Alexis Pope drove in both Anne Marie Cortes and Alexis Klee, which permitted Rochester the 5-3 advantage. Two runs in retaliation from Salisbury kept the game tied 5-5 going into the sixth inning. 

Despite an RBI from Bevec in the sixth inning, the Yellowjackets allowed an RBI single and walk-off double in the final two innings to end the game. 

In the second game, the Yellowjackets gave the starting nod to Addy Szczerba on the mound. She finished the game with seven runs (three earned) on five hits over 5.2 innings of work. She contributed with an additional two strikeouts.  

Rochester was forced to play from behind after allowing one run in each of the first two innings. 

An RBI single in the third inning from Alizah Ayon kept the Yellowjackets within a 1-2 deficit, as she drove in Isabella Feraca.

However, five unanswered runs from Salisbury allowed for a 1-7 disadvantage going into the final inning of play. 

Despite an RBI single from Marissa Russo in the seventh, Rochester couldn't put together a rally to grant themselves a win. 

Up next, Rochester will look to turn things around in another double-header split between Salisbury at 10am and The College of New Jersey at 12pm on Sunday.