RIVERDALE, N.Y. – The Manhattan Jaspers softball team (11-26, 6-10 MAAC), anchored by four home runs in game two, split its pair of contests against the Saints from Siena (19-11, 11-4 MAAC), by the final scores of 0-1 and 12-4 at Gaelic Park on Saturday afternoon.
GAME ONE: Manhattan 0, Siena 1 (F/8)
- Even with the low amount of offense, Natalye DeBus tallied the first hit of the day for either side with a single through the right side in the opening frame.
- Three walks in the top of the third loaded the bases for the Saints, but starter Karissa Spring forced a fielder's choice for the final out to keep the game deadlocked at zero.
- The Green and White also put a runner at third base in the home half in Isabella Coulman, but a looking strikeout once again sent us to the next inning.
- A combined two hits across the final four frames put the game into extra innings.
- Siena's two-out single in the top of the eighth ended with a runner at third base after a throwing error prompted the umpires to declare a dead ball and grant two extra bags.
- Chloe Cummings singled on the following at-bat, scoring what became the lone run of the game.
- Despite Coulman singling in the bottom half, no one else was able to get on base, ending the matinee 1-0.
GAME TWO: Manhattan 12, Siena 4 (F/6)
- Contrary to game one, runs were being offered at a dime a dozen in the early going.
- After an RBI single for the Saints to open the game, Lainey Brown sent a ball towering over the right field fence following DeBus' single to give the Green and White an early 2-1 advantage.
- The Saints responded quickly in the second, sending a two-run shot of their own to left field, putting the visitors up 3-2.
- In the third, DeBus added to the home run party with the third two-run round tripper, this time scoring Samantha Kelly to regain the lead.
- Angelina Gencarelli's double down the left field line highlighted a three-run fourth inning for Manhattan, putting them up four.
- Each side exchanged sacrifice flies in the fifth, with Kaitlyn Moody getting the one for the Jaspers.
- Following a wild pitch that scored Brianna Estevez from third, Brown sent her second homer to left-center field to put the Green and White up seven.
- Four pitches later, Michayla Rodriguez ended the game in walk-off fashion, with another bomb to left ending the game by the score of 12-4.
STATS AND NOTES
- Freshman infielder Lainey Brown tallied her first multi-home run performance of her collegiate career, and the second amongst Jasper freshmen this season (K. Moody, @ FDU 3/31)
- Freshman utility player Natalye DeBus checked all the boxes for Manhattan this afternoon, leading the team with five hits and earning her fifth win of the season in the pitching circle.
- Junior pitcher Karissa Spring went all eight innings in the matinee, giving up no earned runs off three hits while striking out six on 127 pitches.
NEXT UP:
Manhattan will continue its 2026 campaign tomorrow, April 12, when they wrap up their conference series against the Saints from Siena. First pitch is scheduled for 12:00 PM from Bahoshy Field on the campus of Fordham University, broadcasted live on Jasper Sports Network.
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