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Box Score 2 JERSEY CITY, N.J. – Wagner swept a non-conference softball doubleheader against Saint Peter's on Thursday. The Seahawks won the opener 6-2 and then took the nightcap 11-0 in five innings.
Lee Harrison (Las Vegas, Nev./Coronado) paced the Peacocks (0-17) with two hits, including a solo homer run and two stolen bases while Jackie Riley (South Amboy, N.J./Cardinal McCarrick) added two hits and an RBI in the loss.
Erica Krumbine paced the Seahawks (11-12) with three hits, five RBIs and two runs scored. Lauren Serrato registered four hits, two runs scored and an RBI while Gina Massaro added two hits and a run scored along with tossing a five-inning three-hit shutout in the nightcap.
Wagner scored three runs in the second and third and then held on after Saint Peter's got the tying run to the plate for a 6-2 victory.
Trailing 6-0 in the seventh, Harrison smacked her first homer of the season to get the Peacocks on the scoreboard. Alyssa Cuevas (Sylmar, Calif./Bishop Alemany) then reached on an error, Sophia Perez (Bridgewater, Mass./Bridgewater-Raynham Regional) walked and Candice Koch (Orland Park, Ill./Carl Sandburg) hit a pinch-hit single to load the bases. With one out, Riley reached on an infield RBI single to plate Cuevas to trim the margin to 6-2. Wagner then got out of the jam after a scorching line drive out to third base and a popup to hold on for the victory.
The Seahawks got the scoring started in the opener with three runs in the second thanks to a Krumbine two-run single down the right field line and a Serrato RBI single up the middle for a 3-0 lead.
Karen Prihoda, who went 4-for-4 in the game, started a three-run rally in the third with an RBI single up the middle. Aerika High then hit an RBI single to left before Maite Reece hit a sacrifice bunt to plate the third run for a 6-0 margin en route to the 6-2 win.
Wagner scored 11 runs in the first three innings of the second game to complete the doubleheader sweep with an 11-0 victory.
The Seahawks scored five times in the first to grab a 5-0 lead. Hana Gilbert got the scoring started with an RBI single down the left field line before Jessica Carlucci hit a sacrifice fly. A Saint Peter's error helped the Staten Island program score three more runs in the stanza on RBI singles by High and Massaro and a run-scoring double by Krumbine.
Back-to-back solo homers to right center by Gilbert and Jessica Carlucci in the second extended Wagner's margin to seven runs.
The Seahawks started a four-run third with consecutive homers after Krumbine hit a two-run homer to right center and Brianna Tredway had a solo shot to left before Maddie Marable capped the inning with a run-scoring single to left.
The Jersey City team got runners on first and second with less than two outs twice in the second game, but could not score.
In the second, Samantha Storms (Lake Geneva, Wisc./William Bay) doubled to left center to start the frame before Harrison walked. Wagner got out of the jam with a groundout, a strikeout and a fly out.
With one out in the third, Riley singled to right center and Kirsten Kelley (Seaford, N.Y./General Douglas McArthur) walked only to see a fly out and a foul out end the threat.
Tiffani Lambert (Lincroft, N.J./Middletown South) took the loss in the opener and Noea Pizana (Royse City, Texas/Royse City) took the loss in the nightcap. Crystal Carlucci (Iselin, N.J./John F. Kennedy Memorial) was the one bright spot on the mound for the Peacocks after the junior allowed one run on seven hits with four strikeouts in eight innings of relief.
Saint Peter's opens Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference play at home against Fairfield on Saturday. First pitch is 12 p.m.
