COBLESKILL SOFTBALL SPLITS CONFERENCE DOUBLEHEADER WITH FMCC

The SUNY Cobleskill women’s softball team broke into the win column on Thursday afternoon taking the second game of a Mountain Valley Conference doubleheader versus Fulton-Montgomery Community College indoors at the Queensbury Sportsdome in Queensbury, NY. The Fighting Tigers dropped the first game to the Raiders by a 5-2 margin then took the nightcap by an 11-3 tally. With the victory Cobleskill moves to 1-7 overall on the season with a 1-5 mark in league play.

Freshman third baseman Leslie Shoemaker, Spencer, NY, Spencer-Van Etten High School, stuck the big blow for the Fighting Tigers in the second game blasting a three-run homer, as part of a 1-for-4 effort, to decide the issue while senior Sharon Fitzgerald, Greenville, NY, Greenville High School, went 2-for-3 in the win with an RBI after having gone 1-for-2 in the opening game. Senior first baseman Michelle Radley, Averill Park, NY, Averill Park High School, was 2-for-3 in the second game win with an RBI while senior outfielder Leah Trombley, Chazy, NY, Northeast Clinton High School, was 2-for-2 in the game including three runs driven in.

Freshman hurler Anastasia Yakaboski, Calverton, NY, Riverhead High School, was the winning pitcher for the Orange & Black; striking out three hitters while walking no one in the contest, to improve her season record to 1-5 on the year. Yakaboski also doubled in second game going 2-for-7 with three runs scored at the plate on the day.

“We played a better combination of offense and defense today minimizing our errors and coming up with some key hits in pressure situations,” said Fighting Tiger Head Coach Mary Hamm. “I thought that we did a good job of making the adjustment to playing indoors and played fairly well in both games.”