BALLSTON GRAD ZACH DURFEE HITS IN THREEGAME SERIES FOR SIENA

Joe Drpich homered twice as Siena Baseball salvaged the series by handing MAAC frontrunner Quinnipiac its first league loss with a 12-4victory in the series finale in Hamden, Connecticut Sunday. The Bobcats took the first game of the doubleheader and clinched the series with a 5-2win in seven innings in the opener. Sophomore right fielder Zach Durfee (Ballston Spa/Ballston Spa H.S.) had a hit in all three games of the series, going 1-for-3 in each contest. He scored a run in all three games and punched through an RBI Saturday afternoon. Junior center fielder Matt Hamel (Gansevoort/Christian Brothers Academy) went 1-for-2with a run scored and an RBI Friday, 2-for-3 with an RBI game in Saturday’s opener finishing 1-for3with a two RBI game in the finale. a graduate player on the Gator team, was named the Empire 8Softball Player of the Week for her outstanding play last week. Sage went 2-1and is now 6-7 overall.

Rimawi had an amazing week as Sage went 2-1. She batted .750for the week with a 1.250slugging percentage. In a doubleheader with Skidmore on Tuesday she went 6-for-8including the go ahead three-run homerun in Sage’s come from behind win in the nightcap. On Thursday, Rimawi was 3-for-2with a double, which marked her third straight game with a double. She finished the week with seven runs batted in and four runs scored for the Gators.

She is mounting her assault of the Sage softball record book with every game she plays. Rimawi now has 104 career RBI’s and is one of

Owen Putman (Round Lake/Shenendehowa) scored a goal and had an assist, also securing a ground ball in the RPI win. MIT senior defender David Klee (East Greenbush/ Columbia H.S.) picked up five ground balls for the MIT defense.