Marino Knocks 100th Hit, Perillo Blasts Grand Slam in Softball Sweep of New Rochelle
Game 1
Game 1
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | R | H | E | |
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St. Joseph's (Bklyn) | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 1 |
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New Rochelle | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Game 2
Game 2
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | R | H | E | |
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St. Joseph's (Bklyn) | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 19 | 2 |
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New Rochelle | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – Senior Danielle Marino (Maspeth, NY/Mary Louis) went 5-for-6 and sophomore Jackie Perillo (Howard Beach, NY/Archbishop Molloy) launched a grand slam en route to an eight-RBI evening, leading the St. Joseph's College (Brooklyn) softball team to a doubleheader sweep of The College of New Rochelle, 18-3 and 15-4, on Thursday evening at Flowers Park.
The Lady Bears (9-10-1, 1-0 HVWAC) move within one game of .500 for the second time this season and take all four games of the season series against their Hudson Valley Women's Athletic Conference foes Blue Angels (3-20, 0-1).
Marino reached the century-hit milestone in the opener and finished with four RBI, two runs scored and a double. Three Lady Bears finished with five hits on the night with Teresa Mangan (Cleveland, OH/St Joseph's) also collecting six RBI and a double and Megan Moran (Syosset, NY/St. Dominic's) scoring four times with RBI.
St. Joseph's posted nine runs in the opening frame of both ends of the twin bill and New Rochelle would never threaten, held to just seven hits over the five-inning affairs.
Perillo's grand slam in the nightcap highlighted three blasts from the Lady Bears with Cassandra Molinari (Brooklyn, NY/St. Edmund Prep) and Morgan Summers (Bellerose, NY/St. Mary's) hitting their first homers of the season.
Perillo also earned the win in the circle in the opener tossing three strong innings striking out five and allowing three runs to improve to 4-3. Marino captured her first career victory in the nightcap firing three innings of two-run ball, striking out three.
Inside the Box Scores
- The St. Joseph's bats exploded for 33 runs and 30 hits, the most by the team this season over a doubleheader. The Lady Bears knocked a season-high 19 hits in the nightcap.
- The Lady Bears hit .600 as a team with all nine players collecting a hit and a run, and eight also picking up a RBI.
- Maria Randazzo (Brooklyn, NY/Fontbonne Hall) went 4-for-5 with four runs scored and a double.
- Molinari finished 4-for-6 with four RBI and four runs. Molinari also made her first collegiate appearance in the circle, tossing two scoreless innings of one-hit ball in relief in the opener, striking out one.
- Summers home run was the first of her career, a three-run blast in the third inning of the nightcap.
- Moran also made her first appearance in the circle this season, working two innings in relief of Marino, allowing two runs (one earned).
- St. Joseph's didn't strike out once over the twinbill.
News and Notes
- St. Joseph's maintains their perfect record against the Blue Angels in 24 meetings all-time.
- Perillo improved her hitting streak to six games. Her grand slam was the fifth in program history and the first since Emily Pamieri hit a pair of grand slams during the 2010 HVWAC Invitational.
- St. Joseph's improves to (26-0-1) since 2008 when a Lady Bear hits a home run.
- The last time the Lady Bears hit three-or-more home runs in a game was during the 2012 HVWAC Invitational last May, blasting four homers against Albertus Magnus.
Next Up for the Lady Bears – Brooklyn College
The Lady Bears face borough rivals Brooklyn College tomorrow, April 19 in a road twinbill at the Roosevelt Field starting at 5 p.m.