The St. John Fisher College softball team split with SUNY Cortland in a rainy Saturday afternoon doubleheader. Fisher lost the first game of the doubleheader 1-0 in eight innings, and finished the day with a 6-2 win over the Red Dragons in a rain-delayed game. The Cardinals end the regular season with a 20-18 overall record and a 9-4 mark in the Empire 8 Conference.  Fisher earned the No. 2 seed in this weekend’s Conference Championship, and will return to action on Friday to face the second-seeded Alfred Saxons at Ithaca College.

 

Fisher’s Amanda Shevchuk (Fayeteville-Manlius/Manlius) pitched a gem for the Cardinals, giving up just one hit and no earned runs through seven, but was tagged with the loss after an error scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the eighth.  Fisher had a chance to plate a run in the top of the inning, but failed to score a runner from third with one out. The extra-inning rule placed Cortland’s Crystal Carlson on second base to start the bottom of the inning. A bunt by Brooke Weidman advanced Carlson to third, with a throwing error by the Cardinals leading directly to the game’s only run.  

 

In the finale of the doubleheader, Fisher showed its offensive prowess with 10 hits leading to six runs. Shevchuk pitched her second complete game of the day, and earned a win in the nightcap with just two earned runs allowed. Freshmen catcher Jamie Harmon (South Portland/South Portland, ME) led Fisher at the plate, going 3-for-3 with a double and an RBI, while Kelly Hausler (Colonie/Niskayuna) and Kristi Bradley (Dansville/Dansville) each picked up two hits.