Lady Bears Split With St. Joseph’s-Long Island

PATCHOGUE, NY – Alyson Chiaramonte (Staten Island, NY/Moore Catholic) pitched her third shutout of the season and Danielle Marino (Maspeth, NY/Mary Louis) knocked three hits, leading the St. Joseph's College softball team to a 9-0 victory over sister campus St. Joseph's-Long Island on Saturday afternoon.  The Eagles split the series taking the nightcap 7-2.

Ciaramonte scattered six hits and struck out eight over seven innings in the opener improving her record  to 5-2 in the circle.

Marino, Jackie Marinello (Brooklyn, NY/Fontbonne Hall) and Lisa Scheer (Bayside, NY/Mary Louis) each accumulated three hits with a pair of runs and RBIs to lead St. Joseph's offensively.  Marino also stole two bases and walked twice.  Jillian Troise (Brooklyn, NY/Bishop Kearney) drove in two runs and had a double, the only extra base hit of the series for the Lady Bears.

St. Joseph's – Long Island (10-7) was led by Jeanine Rasmussen who had four hits, two runs and a triple.  Courtney Frisina had three hits.  Gina Moscatelli earned the lone win going the full seven innings, allowing no two unearned runs.

The Lady Bears return to action on Monday, April 5 travelling to Riverdale, NY to face College of Mount Saint Vincent in a non-conference doubleheader starting at 3 p.m.

Game 1 – St. Joseph's-Brooklyn 9, St. Joseph's-Long Island 0

The Lady Bears struck first in the opening frame when Marino drew an walk, advanced to second on a Scheer single, stole third and scored on a Chiaramonte sacrifice fly.  The Lady Bears plated three more in the following inning with back-to-back, two-out, RBI singles from Millicia Malvasio (Brooklyn, NY/Bishop Kearney) and Marino.

Chiaramonte limited the Eagles to a single hit over the first four innings.  The Eagles threatened in the fifth inning, but the defense preserved the shutout, throwing out Frisina at the plate, trying to score from first on a two-out double by Moscatelli.  The Eagles rallied again in the sixth, putting runners on second and third with one out, but Chiaramonte shut down the threat striking out a batter looking and adding forcing a ground out.

The Lady Bears padded their lead with a five spot in the seventh, powered by two run hits from Scheer and Troise, putting the game out of reach.  With a nine-run cushion facing the bottom of the lineup, Chiaramonte easily completed the shutout.

Marino finished 3-for-3 with two runs scored, two RBI, and two stolen bases.

Game 2 – St. Joseph's-Long Island 10, St. Joseph's-Brooklyn 2

Moscatelli silenced the Lady Bears bats surrendering only one hit through four innings.  The Eagles drew first blood in the second when Rosemary Flores knocked a one-out triple and later scored on a ground out. 

The Lady Bears tied the game in the fifth with the Eagles giving a run back on consecutive errors with two-outs.  Brooklyn returned the favor committing three miscues in the bottom half of the frame giving the Eagles four unearned runs. 

Long Island added a pair of insurance runs in the sixth extending their lead to 7-1 headed into the final frame.  The Lady Bears managed six base runners but only got one to cross the plate for the 7-2 final.