Section 2 standouts star for Saint Rose and Sage softball
around to score on a single by senior catcher Sydney Cimini. With two down, senior outfielder Katie Shevlin (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury) singled in junior outfielder Alina Germinerio ( Wynantskill, N.Y./Troy).
Sophomore outfielder Carly Esselman went 3-for- 4 with 5 RBI for Minnesota State.
Freshman infielder Ryane Brush and Bowen led the Golden Knights bats against Mary (9- 4).
Next on the schedule for the Golden Knights is a non- conference doubleheader on Wednesday, March 21 at Saint Thomas Aquinas. in the Fastpitch Dreams Tournament. Sage picked up a 7-6 win over Penn State Abington in the morning, but fell in the second game to Brevard College, 7-3. Sage is now 4- 4 on the year. as well with three doubles and an RBI, while rookie Cassidy Schaefer ( Esperance, NY/ Duanesburg) added a 2-3 effort with two runs scored.
In the circle, rookie Katerina Lagace scattered two hits in 4.1 innings of work before senior pitcher Amy Hart came in and collected the win in relief after 2.2 innings with one earned run off five hits with a pair of strikeouts. at the plate, while sophomore Destiny Wierzbicki (Albany, NY/Troy) had the only extra-base hit for the Gators with a double.
Hart suffered the loss with five earned runs off six hits with three walks and three strikeouts. She drops to 2-3.
After the first week of the 2018 season, several of Sage’s team members are making their climb in the program’s record book.
Alexa Silk has nowplayed in 117 games (14th), while Rimawi has played in 125 games and is now tied for the No. 10 spot on the list. Silk has 397 career at-bats (5th), while Rimawi is sixth with 387 at bats. Silk is now tied for third in career hits with Melissa Roy (170), while Rimawi is 8th with 129 hits. Silk is also fifth with 35 career doubles, while junior Kiersten Duncan ( Millerton, NY/ Taconic Hills) is tied for seventh with 31 dou- bles, while Rimawi is sixth with 32 doubles. Silk now has eight career triples and is tied for fifth, while also ranking second now with her 123 career runs scored. Rimawi jumped into third with her 96 career RBI, while Silk is eighth with 77 RBI’s but is looking to break the career stolen base mark as she has 59, just six behind the mark of 65 set by Kristen Beikierch.
Senior pitcher Amy Hart is also 14th with 34 appearances after joining the team last year, while ranking 10th with 23 complete games. Hart is also fourth already with 178 career strikeouts and ninth with 15 career wins in 181.1 innings of work.
The Gators will be in action next on March 21 when they host Westfield State University in a non- conference doubleheader at Robison Field (Troy, N.Y.) at 3:30 p.m.