No. 3 Softball’s Season Comes to Close in Elimination-Game Defeat to No. 4 Mount Saint Mary

PURCHASE, N.Y. — The 2023 season came to a close for the No. 3-seeded St. Joseph's University, N.Y. (Brooklyn) softball team as they fell to the No.4-seeded Mount Saint Mary College, 5-3, in the Skyline Conference Softball Championship on Friday afternoon. The Bears round out the season with a 25-14 overall record.

How it Happened

Olivia Ferara's lead-off home run gave the Knights, serving as the visiting team, an early 1-0 advantage. The Bears responded in the bottom of the first as Sofia Logreco's (San Diego, Calif./Mission Hills) bunt saw Bella Gomez (Whittier, Calif./Sonora) score to tie the affair at 1-1. The Bears held a 2-1 edge after Arianna Heinsch (Brooklyn, N.Y./Fontbonne Hall Academy) drew a bases-loaded walk in the second.

The deadlock was broken in the fourth before MSMC broke the game open with a three-run seventh inning. Ferara brought in two of the Knights' three runs, courtesy of a two-RBI double, to hold a 5-2 advantage.

Leila Heller (Belle Chasse, La./Belle Chasse) managed to pull a run back in the bottom half of the inning, a two-out double that scored Brianna Kilimet (Valley Stream, N.Y./Sacred Heart Academy). Unfortunately, the Knights picked up the game's final out, eliminating the Bears from the tournament.

For the Bears

• Emily Burroughs (Escondido, Calif./San Pasqual) finished 2-for-2 with a double.

• Gomez also doubled as she was one of four additional Bears to register a hit.

• Gomez, Killimet, and Maeve McKeon (Point Pleasant, N.J./Point Pleasant) scored SJBK's three runs.

• Heller struck out three Knights in five innings. Brooke Horn (Lakeside, Calif./El Capitan) tossed 1.2 innings of relief and was dealt the defeat. She finished the season with a 12-6 mark.