Myrtle Beach, SC – Keystone College's softball team took to the field for the first time this season on Sunday, but suffered a pair of setbacks to open up their spring break trip in South Carolina. The Giants (0-2) were edged by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1-0 in Sunday opener before falling to New Paltz in game two, 12-3.
In Sunday's opener against the Engineers (4-1), starting pitcher
Karissa Worobey (Scranton, PA/Scranton) took a no-hitter in into the fourth inning before giving up a two-out double before working out of the inning to keep the game scoreless. RPI scored the only run of the game on a two-out home run by Morgan Ten Eyck in the bottom of the sixth inning. The Engineers closed out the win by retiring the Giants in order in the top of the seventh inning.
Worobey and
Sara Schraden (Allentown, PA/William Allen) accounted for the Giants two hits in the game, both of which were singles.
Worobey went the distance in the circle for Keystone, allowing just the one runs while yielding four hits and striking out one batter.
In Sunday's nightcap, New Paltz (1-0) used a three-run third inning to break a 1-1 tie and tacked on seven runs in the final two innings to pull away with the win.
The Hawks jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning before Keystone leveled the game when Schraden singled home
Katie Thompson (Nazareth, PA/Nazareth Area) in the home half of the frame. New Paltz scored the next four runs to hold a 5-1 advantage with four innings in the books before
Emily Long (Shamokin, PA/Lourdes Regional) scored on an
Antonette Scialpi (Hughestown, PA/Pittston Area) double in the bottom of the fifth inning.
The Hawks scored three runs in the visitor's sixth inning before
Kimberly Rivera (New York, NY/South Bronx Campus) doubled in the bottom of the inning to drive in Thompson, but New Paltz scored four runs in the top of the seventh to pull away with the win.
Thompson and Scialpi had two hits apiece against the Hawks to lead the Giants offensively. Schraden went the distance on the mound in the loss to New Paltz and struck out a pair of batters.
Keystone will look for their first of the season on Monday morning when they take on Guilford College at 9:30 a.m. in Myrtle Beach.
