MELBOURNE, Fla. – The Holy Family University softball team picked up its first victory of 2024, defeating 2023 NCAA Tournament participant Franklin Pierce 4-2 in the second game of its penultimate day down in Florida.
The Tigers had fallen to Walsh, 1-9, earlier in the morning.
Franklin Pierce
Alexis Letizia's (Toms River, N.J./Donovan Catholic) single broke a 1-1 deadlock in the top fifth, and
Sam Ciasullo (Springfield, Pa./Springfield) would add the game-winning RBI later in the frame before driving in another in the seventh.
Freshman
Kinsley Hall (Frankford, Del./Indian River (Mount Olive)) earned her first career win with her first complete game performance, scattering six hits over seven innings with six strikeouts and one walk.
Letizia tied a career-high with three hits.
Back-to-back singles by
Jaden Kelly (West Deptford, N.J./West Deptford) and
Gabrielle Wiley (Willow Grove, Pa./Upper Moreland) led to
Rylee Hobel's (Coopersburg, Pa./Southern Lehigh) sacrifice fly opening the scoring in the third.
It was a Hobel sacrifice bunt that then set the stage for singles by
Madison Grubb (Swedesboro, N.J./Kingsway) and Letizia, and a fielder's choice by Ciasullo, to make it 3-1 in the fifth.
Grubb reached three times as she also walked twice.
Hall worked around the first three batters reaching in the bottom-half to keep the lead at 3-2. She later stranded a runner at second in the seventh.
Walsh
Walsh plated five in the first, four of which were unearned, and led throughout.
Hobel drove in Holy Family's lone run with a single in the third, and she also drew a base on balls.
Up Next
The Tigers close out their trip tomorrow with games against Davenport and Ursuline.
