Oneonta, N.Y. – Hamilton College's
Kelsey Vadnais '28 drove in the winning run in extra innings in game one and tallied three hits in game two during the Continentals' non-conference doubleheader against the SUNY Oneonta Red Dragons at Oneonta's Red Dragon Softball Field on Wednesday, April 8.
Season Update
- Hamilton (7-16 overall), which won five neutral site games in Florida, collected its first road wins of the season.
- The Red Dragons (5-19), who are 3-1 in SUNYAC play, had won three of their last four entering the day.
Game 1 (Hamilton wins, 5-4 in 8 inn.)
How It Happened
- Oneonta scored an unearned run in the bottom of the first for a 1-0 lead.
- Hamilton's Nikki Dyche '28 led off the fourth with a double, and the Continentals loaded the bases with two outs but were unable to get on the board.
- The Red Dragons doubled their lead in the fourth after Eva Blaney drove in Kayla Kean with a double to center field.
- Hamilton tied the game at 2-2 in the fifth with the help of a double by Alexis Mayer '26 and an RBI groundout by Miranda Mosqueda '28.
- Hadley Rogers '26 and Lydia Mirabito '26 both singled and came around to score in the sixth and the Continentals took their first lead of the game at 4-3.
- Kean scored in the bottom of the seventh and tied the game.
- Vadnais lifted a sacrifice fly to right field in the top of the eighth and drove in Rogers for a 5-4 Hamilton lead.
- Oneonta put a runner on third with zero outs in the bottom of the eighth, but Hamilton's Yael Everett '28 got a big strikeout followed by two groundouts to strand the tying run at third and close out the victory.
Notes
- Everett recorded a career-high seven strikeouts in 4.1 innings in relief and collected her team-leading third win of the season.
- Mosqueda recorded a team-high two runs batted in.
- Rogers led the Continentals with two hits and two runs.
- Mayer and Dyche added one hit and one run batted in each.
- Sophia Camacho and Kean both scored two runs for the Red Dragons.
Game 2 (Hamilton wins, 8-4 in 5 inn.)
How It Happened
- Hamilton scored three runs in the second inning and three in the fourth to establish a 6-0 lead.
- Vadnais doubled in the second and scored on an Everett single up the middle, and Rogers provided an RBI double in the fourth.
- Kean ripped a two-run triple in the bottom of the fourth and the Red Dragons scored three runs to cut their deficit in half.
- Hamilton got two runs back in the fifth with the help of an RBI single by Mayer.
- The contest was ended after five innings due to darkness.
Notes
- Vadnais went 3-for-3 at the plate with one run.
- Everett tallied two hits, one RBI and two runs.
- Juliana Abraham '29 registered a season-high two hits with one run.
- Mayer contributed two hits, one run and one RBI.
- Aubrey Purvis '27 was credited with her second win after recording five strikeouts in 3.2 innings.
- Anna Spicciatie tallied two hits and one run for the Red Dragons.
Next Game
Hamilton will host No. 19 Colby College (14-3, 1-1 NESCAC) for a doubleheader at the Loop Road Athletic Complex on Saturday, April 11 beginning at 12 p.m.