Beaver Falls, PA – Geneva softball’s season home opener showcased the Golden Tornadoes ability to hit, defeating Houghton 12-4 and 10-2. After Geneva’s originally schedule home opener opponent, Penn State Behrend was postponed to April 7, Houghton and Geneva decided to play in Beaver Falls on Wednesday instead of in New York on Thursday. Despite Geneva having the home field advantage, Houghton batted as the home team. Geneva’s sweep raises its overall record to 10-4 heading into Easter break.
Laura Beck (Canfield, OH / Canfield) and Haley Sainato (New Castle, PA / Mohawk) each earned triples over the Highlanders in game one. Beck went 3-3 at the plate, batting in four, while Sainato went 2-4, driving in three.
Geneva scored in every inning, surrendering four runs in the third.
Emily Keslar (Mt. Pleasant, PA / Connellsville) earned the win moving her pitching record to 9-4.
In game two, Laura Innocenzi (Cortland, OH / Lakeview) took the mound giving up only five hits, one run. After Innocenzi’s three innings of work, Keslar returned to the circle. Keslar finished the day striking out one, walking two, surrendering no hits.
Innocenzi also led Geneva’s offense going 2-3. Clara Sevy (Sykesville, MD / Chapelgate Christian) also went 2-2 including a double and triple batting in three.
Hannah Logan (Pittsburgh, PA / Avonworth) brought in two with a double in the second.
Lucia Fee (Wampum, PA / Mohawk) started Geneva’s scoring third inning with a RBI single to right field. Houghton couldn’t bounce back from Geneva’s seven-run third inning but did manage a run in the fifth.
Both games were ended early in the fifth inning.
Geneva is back on Conrady Field on Monday, March 28 to host Mount Aloysius in a doubleheader starting at 3:30 p.m.
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