March 30, 2016 Final Stats
Game One Box Score | Game Two Box Score
Siena softball salvaged a split with Army Wednesday after the Saints took the first game of the day 7-6 but then fell in the nightcap by a final of 5-0. Paige Hess led Siena in game one as the sophomore went 2-4 with two home runs and two RBI's . Five players plus Hess tallied hits for the team. Sammy Smaldone racked in three RBI's in the contest.
The Saints wasted little time jumping on the scoreboard, scoring two in the bottom of the first. After Jess Vollmer reached on a single to right center, Hess blasted her first home run of the season and seventh of her career to give Siena the early 2-0 lead.
The Saints and Black Knights scored three runs apiece in their respective halves of the second inning. Melanie Kalesse got it started in the frame with a double to right center. With Alyssa Lancaster already on base from a walk, Smaldone came to the plate with two on and hit a three run blast to give Siena the lead until Army score their three runs to cut the Siena lead to two.
Army would begin to build their first lead of the afternoon in the fourth when three more runs came across for the Black Knights. They lead would extend to 6-5.
However, Siena scored the tying run in the fifth on Hess' second home run of the game to deadlock the game at six and then scored the go ahead run in the next inning on Loryn DeFalco's RBI single to drive in Madysen Cossack.
Lauren Butts started the game in the circle while Antonia Edwards came in to relieve Butts after three and a third innings. The senior pitched the final three and two thirds innings to record her second win on the season.
In the second game of the afternoon, four different Saints tallied hits as Siena fell by a final of 5-0. Brooke Taylor, Alyssa Lancaster, Jessika Jaime and DeFalco each recorded hits. Army scored in each of the last four innings to shut out Siena, limiting the visiting team to just four hits.
Danielle Cacciola was credited with the loss after the junior tossed four innings, allowing four runs on seven hits while walking three and striking out six.
The Saints return home Thursday when they host Fairleigh Dickinson at 2 and 4 p.m.
