KISSIMMEE, FL – No. 21 University of Rochester softball finished up its spring trip with a pair of wins and a 6-2 overall record at The Spring Games, defeating Misericordia, 13-0, in a run-rule shortened five innings, before topping Saint Joseph's College of Maine, 6-3.
 
With the two wins, the 21st-ranked 'Jackets move to 7-5 on the year, while Misericordia falls to 4-5 and Saint Joseph's moves to 5-4.
 
GAME ONE: #21 Rochester 13, Misericordia 0
Bridget Doherty led off the top of the first for Misericordia with a single through the right side, but that'd be the Cougars only hit till the top of the fifth, as Molly Broccolo set the next 11 down in order.
 
Rochester then struck first in the bottom of the frame, as Ally Kim got the Yellowjacket offense started with a leadoff single. After Kim stole second, Jenna Gorecki grounded out to third, and Kim came all the way home from second to give UR a 1-0 lead.
 
Madi Turner then got the 'Jackets started in the bottom of the second after a 1-2-3 top of the frame, as UR would bat around in the stanza, putting up six runs on five hits and chasing Misericordia starter Emily Wenner.
 
Turner led off the inning with a single to center and took second on a wild pitch. A batter later, Molly Mason walked to bring up Alexis Klee, who singled to center to load the bases and bring the top of the order to the plate.
 
Kim followed with another single, plating Turner and Mason to make it a 3-0 UR lead, before Gorecki smashed a two-run double to left center, scoring both Kim and Klee to extend Rochester's lead to 5-0. Hannah Keiper then launched a two-run blast to left-center, capping off the six-run frame to give the 'Jackets a 7-0 lead after two.
 
And after another three-up, three-down inning from Broccolo, UR would add two more in the bottom of the third, as the Yellowjackets scored in every inning against Misericordia.
 
Klee led off the third with a single, stole second and took third on a wild pitch. Up next, Kim walked and stole second as well, one of five combined steals for the duo, before Gorecki drove in another run, this time with a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Klee. Then Keiper followed with another RBI double, scoring Kim to make it a 9-0 Yellowjacket lead.
 
The Cougars would pick up just their second base runner via a hit-by-pitch in the fourth, but Broccolo got Gianna Foreman to pop out to end the inning and send UR back to the plate.
 
Ilana Weiss got the bottom of the fourth inning started for Rochester with a leadoff walk, and Savannah Nowak drew another to put two on with nobody out. A fielder's choice cut Weiss down at third, but Katie White, pinch-hitting for Klee, followed with an RBI single down the left-field line, scoring Nowak to make it a 10-run lead.
 
UR kept things rolling as Kim picked up her third hit of the afternoon, another RBI single to make it 11-0 before the Yellowjackets added two more on a Misericordia fielding error to extend their lead to 13.
 
Broccolo then worked around a leadoff single to close out the fifth and finish off the 13-0, five-inning, run-rule victory for UR.
 
Broccolo (5-2) earned the win, allowing just two hits over 5.0 innings pitched, striking out three, while Wenner (1-2) took the loss for Misericordia.
 
Keiper and Kim led Rochester at the plate, with Keiper going 4-for-4 with two doubles, a home run, a run scored and three RBI, while Kim went 3-for-3 with a walk, three stolen bases, four runs scored and three RBI.
 
Gorecki drove in a game-high four, going 1-for-3 with a double, sac fly, run scored and 4 RBI, while Klee added two stolen bases, going 2-for-2 with three runs scored.
 
GAME TWO: #21 Rochester 6, Saint Joseph's 3
Both the Yellowjackets and Monks notched their first hit of the afternoon in the first, but both starters, Lauren Keys for UR and Emily Eagleston for Saint Joseph's worked around base runners to keep things scoreless after one.
 
Nowak got the 'Jackets' going, offensively, in the top of the second with her one-out single, and Mason followed with another single to put two on with nobody out. Klee's fielder's choice put two outs on the scoreboard for Kim, who reached on an error, scoring both Klee and Nowak to give Rochester a 2-0 lead.
 
Keys then worked a 1-2-3 frame, striking out her third batter of the afternoon to end the second, and Rochester would then add to its lead in the third.
 
Gorecki led off the frame with a single and stole second, bringing up Keiper, who drew a walk. After Turner flew out to center, a passed ball moved the runners to second and third, and Gilbreath brought Gorecki home with a sacrifice fly, extending Rochester's lead to 3-0.
 
Keys struck out two more in the bottom of the third, two of her six strikeouts over 4.1 innings pitched, and once again, the 'Jackets added to their lead in the fourth.
 
With two outs, Kim singled to left and Nicholoff drew a hit-by-pitch to bring up Gorecki, who smacked a two-run triple to left, scoring the pair to make it a 5-0 lead. Keiper then followed with an RBI double, scoring Gorecki and extending UR's lead to 6-3.
 
Christin Napierkowski relieved Keys to start the fourth, but with a pair of hits and walks, the Monks would load the bases and force UR to bring back Keys. Charlotte Cloutier still cleared the bases for St. Joe's cutting Rochester's lead in half, but Keys got Taylor Owen to groundout to end the inning, and the sophomore would settle things down in the fifth, working around a leadoff single to keep the 'Jackets in front by three.
 
Emily Sharlach relieved Keys midway through the sixth, and worked in and out of trouble, as the Monks loaded the bases again, but Sharlach struck Rylee Page out swinging to strand all three and then worked a 1-2-3 bottom of the seventh to finish off the victory.
 
Keys (1-2) earned the win, her first of the year, striking out six over 4.1 innings pitched, while Sharlach notched the save, her first, striking out three over 2.0 innings pitched.
 
Eagleston (1-3) took the loss for St. Joe's, allowing six runs on eight hits.
 
Gorecki led UR at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a triple, two runs scored and two RBI, while Nowak also added three hits, going 3-for-4 with a run scored.
 
Kim added two more stolen bases to raise her tally for the day to five, while Keiper went 1-for-2 with a double, two walks and an RBI.
 
Rochester now returns home and will next face St. John Fisher University on Wednesday, March 22 in a doubleheader beginning at 3:00 p.m. at Southside Field.