The St. John Fisher College softball team earned its seventh-straight victory with a 6-5 win at Alfred University before falling in the nightcap, 6-4.  With the split, Fisher moves to 15-5 on the season, and 3-3 in the Empire 8, while Alfred moves to 17-5 overall and 2-2 in conference play.

GAME ONE BOX SCORE

Trailing 4-0 in the third inning of the opener, Jessie Smyrski led off with a single and moved into scoring position after an Alfred error.  Smyrski would score Fisher's first run two batters later when yesterday's hero, Jennifer Knaak, laced an RBI-single scoring Smyrski in the process.

The Saxons would get the run right back, however, making it 5-1 after three hits in the home-half of the third.

After swapping zeroes in the fourth and fifth innings, Fisher got on the board in a big way in the sixth.  Jessica D'Angelo led off the frame with a long double, but didn't remain at second base for long.  The next batter, Genevieve Paeglow, ripped a two-run blast over the fence to bring Fisher within two runs, 5-3.  After a groundout, Karlie Neale earned a pinch-hit single and would be followed by a Smyrski double. Kate Disbrow would reach after another Saxon error to load the bases.  Meghan Burns stepped into the box and lined a bases-clearing triple to give Fisher the 6-5 lead which it would not relinquish.

Halie Schoff went the distance for Fisher, tossing seven innings and giving up five runs (four earned) on 13 hits to earn her eighth win of the season.

GAME TWO BOX SCORE

In the second game of the doubleheader, Fisher found itself in a 6-1 hole late in the game, but fought back to make things interesting in the seventh inning.

After back-to-back singles by Disbrow and Burns, Knaak once again came up big, plating two runs with a long double to make it 6-3 before advancing to third on a single by Lauren Owens.  Knaak would eventually score after a fielder's choice to make it 6-4, but that was as close as Fisher would get as the Saxons held on for the win.

Schoff took the loss for Fisher after 2.0 innings of work and four runs.  Megan Keib and Lauren Wesolowski worked four innings in relief with Keib surrendering two runs as well.

Fisher will return to play at 3 p.m. on Tuesday when it travels to Cortland to take on the Red Dragons in a doubleheader.

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