Avery Zembek pitching vs Fisher
Emily Hughes
8
Winner St. John Fisher ST. JOHN 23-10
7
Nazareth NAZARETH 18-11
Winner
St. John Fisher ST. JOHN
23-10
8
Final
7
Nazareth NAZARETH
18-11
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
St. John Fisher ST. JOHN 0 4 0 0 0 3 1 8 10 1
Nazareth NAZARETH 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 7 14 1

W: Molly Kuhn (14-4) L: Hicks, Madison (8-4)

1
St. John Fisher ST. JOHN 23-11
10
Winner Nazareth NAZARETH 19-11
St. John Fisher ST. JOHN
23-11
1
Final
10
Nazareth NAZARETH
19-11
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
St. John Fisher ST. JOHN 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 3
Nazareth NAZARETH 0 3 2 5 X 10 8 1

W: Zembek, Avery (7-1) L: CC Holmes (5-5)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Drops Game One to Fisher, Dominates Game Two in Five Innings

ROCHESTER, NY (nazathletics.com) - Nazareth Softball (19-11, 13-5) split its midweek E8 doubleheader with crosstown rival St. John Fisher (23-11, 14-4) Wednesday afternoon at Flyer Field. The Cardinals took game one 8-7 before the Golden Flyers came back to win game two 10-1 in five innings. 

Nazareth sits one game behind Fisher in the Empire 8 standings with two weeks remaining in the regular season. 

GAME ONE: ST. JOHN FISHER 8, NAZARETH 7

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Nazareth threatened early as Alexis Brown singled and stole second in the first, but stranded her at third before St. John Fisher broke through with a four-run second inning on three hits and multiple walks to take a 4-0 lead.
  • The Golden Flyers answered in the third when Kaijah Alexander launched a two-run home run to cut the deficit to 4-2, then continued to chip away with a sacrifice fly from Ruby Marrapese in the fourth and an RBI single from Madison Hicks in the fifth to even the score at 4-4.
  • After Nazareth pitchers worked out of traffic in the third and fifth, Fisher regained control with a three-run sixth inning on a double and single through the middle, stretching the lead to 7-4 despite limited strikeout production from both sides.
  • Nazareth responded immediately in the bottom half as Bryanna Moroughan delivered an RBI single to make it 7-5, but Fisher added an insurance run in the seventh to extend the margin to 8-5.
  • The Golden Flyers mounted a final push in the seventh, loading the bases with two outs before Ella Maloney lined a two-run single to right center, bringing Nazareth within one, but the rally ended on the bases to seal an 8-7 final.
GAME NOTES
  • Haleigh Suitor and Alexis Brown led the Golden Flyers at the plate, going 2-for-4 with an RBI apiece. 
  • Kaijah Alexander notched two RBIs on her seventh home run of the year in the third inning, her ninth game of the year with multiple runs batted in. 

GAME TWO: NAZARETH 10, ST. JOHN FISHER 1 (5 INN.) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Nazareth threatened early with singles from Alexis Brown and Bryanna Moroughan in the first, but left runners stranded before breaking through in the second inning.
  • The Golden Flyers opened the scoring in the second as Haleigh Suitor doubled and Morgan Russo followed with a two-run home run. Later in the frame, Ruby Marrapese doubled and Brown drove in another run on a groundout to make it 3-0.
  • Nazareth added to the lead in the third, capitalizing on defensive miscues. Madison Hicks singled and Julia Maciag entered as a pinch runner, eventually scoring alongside Suitor on an error, stretching the advantage to 5-0.
  • Avery Zembek kept St. John Fisher off balance in the circle, working around scattered hits and allowing just one strikeout while stranding multiple runners through the first four innings.
  • The Golden Flyers broke the game open in the fourth, using patience at the plate to draw bases-loaded walks from Russo and Maddy Spakoski, followed by a hit-by-pitch from Marrapese and a two-run single from Brown to cap a five-run inning and extend the lead to 10-0.
  • Fisher got on the board with a solo home run in the fifth, but Zembek limited further damage, stranding two runners to secure the 10-1 run-rule victory. 
GAME NOTES
  • Avery Zembek earned her seventh victory in the circle, tossing five complete innings and allowing one run on six hits with one strikeout.  
  • Alexis Brown went 2-for-4 at the plate her second consecutive game, notching a team-best three RBIs for her fourth contest with multiple runs batted in this spring. 
  • Morgan Russo added three RBIs of her own against the Cardinals to lead the Golden Flyers with 38 total runs batted in this season. 
UP NEXT
Nazareth enters its last weekend of E8 action at Utica, Friday, April 24. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. and 5 p.m., respectively, in Utica, NY. 

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