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Rochester, NY – Errors late in the game doomed Nazareth in two losses to SUNY Geneseo Tuesday in non-conference action. The Knights nipped out a 4-3 game one win, before taking the nightcap, 7-5.
The Golden Flyers are now 9-15 overall, while Geneseo improves to 25-5.
Nazareth returns to action on Thursday, hosting Utica for an Empire 8 showdown.
Game 1 – Geneseo 4, Nazareth 3
Geneseo scored the first run of the game in the third, only to see Nazareth respond in the bottom on an RBI double from
Stephanie Mongelli to score
Janelle Walters.
Trailing 2-1 in the fifth, Mongelli drilled in her second RBI of the game to tie the score at 2-2. She finished the game 2-for-3 with two RBI.
Madison Joseph briefly put Nazareth ahead with a single to score
Delaney St. George.
The Golden Flyers had self-inflicted errors in the sixth, allowing the Knights to re-gain the lead at 4-3. Early in the inning an error put runners on second and third with no outs for the Knights. It looked as if
Gabriella Corasaniti was going to get out the jam, mowing down the next two batters, before a fielding error allowed the two runs to score.
Walters was 3-for-4 in the loss.
Corasaniti allowed four runs (two earned) on 10 hits, to fall to 3-7 on the year.
Game 2 – Geneseo 7, Nazareth 5
With the scored tied 4-4 in the sixth, Nazareth saw the game slip away with three costly errors. A drop in the outfield with two outs allowed the Knights to score two runs. One more run was plated off an infield error to push the score to 7-4.
Nazareth got one back in the bottom, but it was too little, too late.
Geneseo's Rachel Mihlstin, had a two-out, two-run, RBI double down the line to push the visitors lead to 3-0 in the fourth.
Nazareth was able to respond with two runs in the bottom half thanks to two errors from the Knights. With the bases loaded, Mongelli scored on a throwing error to the plate from the shortstop. Mount later picked up an RBI in the infield to bring the score to 3-2.
The Knights tagged on an insurance run in the fifth off a throwing error that would have ended the inning. That made it 4-2.
Mongelli stayed hot with another RBI in the bottom half and
Kristen Simmons had an RBI single to tie the score a 4-4. Both players with 2-for-4 with one RBI in the game.
Marissa Tortora went 3-for-4 in the loss.
Kylie Smith fell to 4-5 on the year, surrendering seven runs (three earned), while striking out three.
