GLENSIDE, Pa. – The Arcadia University softball team won the first game of Saturday's ECAC Division III South Championship series with Cabrini College by a final count of 10-1 in five inning at Blankley Field. With a win in game-two, the Knights would capture their first-ever ECAC title. That contest is set to begin at approximately 10:45 a.m. and can be followed through live stats by
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HOW IT HAPPENED: Cabrini struck first, taking a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second as Marissa Alpaugh drove a single through the right side of the infield to plate Brittany Smith from third. It was all Arcadia from there however, as the Knights pushed across 10 unanswered runs to win the game in five innings.
Arcadia scored five times in the top of the third to take control of the game, tying the game on freshman
Jackie Bilotti's RBI-single to center and taking the lead on senior
Sara Boyadjis' RBI single to left. Sophomore
Nicole Iasiello crushed a three-run homer to left to cap the scoring in the frame. The Knights scored five more times in the top of the fifth, which included a two-RBI double to the gap in right-center from senior
Alicia McMahon. Sophomore
Marissa Mancinelli pinch ran for McMahon and scored what proved to be the game-winning run on senior
Nicki Larro's one-out sac fly to center field.
ON THE HILL: Senior
Erin Wilson surrendered just one unearned run on two hits while fanning three batters in five innings, improving her record to 11-8 this season. Kiley Sharp fell to 5-5 after giving up five runs (four earned) on five hits in four innings.
ARCADIA AT BAT: The Knights pounded out 12 hits in the game en route to the win. Iasiello was 2 for 2 with a homer, four RBI and two runs scored, while McMahon was 2 for 2 with a double and two RBI. Boyadjis went 2 for 4 with an RBI and two runs scored, while Bilotti was 2 for 4 with one run scored and another driven in.
CABRINI AT BAT: Alpaugh was 1 for 2 with an RBI, while Kaitlyn Cooper was also 1 for 2 in the game. Both of the Cavaliers' hits were singles.
