Wednesday, April 19
Ithaca, N.Y.
3:30 p.m.
Syracuse University
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Cornell
Tonye McCorkle had six hits at Cornell on Wednesday.
Orange Sets Season Wins Record at Cornell
4/19/2006 8:23:22 PM | Softball
ITHACA, N.Y. – The Orange (29-16) set a new season record for wins sweeping a pair of games at Cornell (21-20) on Wednesday, April 19. SU defeated the Big Red, 6-2, and 6-1 at Niemand Robison Field. SU eclipsed the previous season wins mark of 28 set in 2005.
Sophomore Erin Downey (San Rafael, Calif.) also had a record-setting day. She established a new single-season record for wins, picking up her 18th with a complete game in the opener. Downey allowed two runs, one earned, and struck out six in the contest. She eclipsed the previous mark of 17 wins she shared with Courtney Mosch.
Freshman Tonye McCorke (Santa Ana Heights, Calif.) was 6-for-8 on the day to lead the SU offense. She had three hits in each game. McCorkle has 15 multiple-hit games in 2006 which is tied for the team lead. She also scored three runs in the second game.
Senior Alexis Switenko (Blue Anchor, N.J.) went 2-for-4 at the plate in both contests to extend her hitting streak to 11 games. Switenko also had a 10-game hitting streak earlier this year. She is the first SU player to record two separate hitting streaks of at least 10 games in the same season. Switenko drove in four runs on the day, including three in game two.
The Orange out-hit Cornell, 15-6, in game one and each SU batter finished with at least one hit. In addition to McCorkle, senior Cassie Morales (Whittier, Calif.) also had three hits in the contest.
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SU took a 1-0 lead in game one on Morales’ eighth home run of the season. It was the 22nd long ball of her career and moved her within one homer of tying Tanya Rose for second on SU’s all-time list.
The Big Red knotted the game at 1-1 in its half of the second with the help of two Orange errors. Meghan Risica hit a one-out single and came around to score on a fielding error by SU’s Nicole Miller (Simi Valley, Calif.).
The Orange tacked on two runs in the third to take a 3-1 advantage on consecutive RBI singles by freshman Heather Kim (Boulder, Colo.) and Switenko.
McCorkle knocked in her 24th run of the year with an RBI single in the fourth to put in the Orange in front, 4-1. Syracuse scored another run in the fifth on three hits, including back-to-back doubles by Switenko and Morales.
Kim closed the scoring for the Orange in the sixth, driving in her second run of the game with a sacrifice fly to left to make the score, 6-1.
The Big Red got one run back on the sixth on a solo home run by Risica.
Risica had three of Cornell’s six hits in the contest. She also scored both Big Red runs.
In the nightcap, SU continued its offensive onslaught loading the bases in the first and coming away with three runs. Switenko delivered a two-run single in the frame and Kim came home when Switenko was thrown out trying to steal second.
Kim led off the third inning with a solo homer, her fourth of the year, to push SU’s margin to 4-0 and hit a sacrifice fly in the fifth to extend the lead to 5-1.
Cornell registered its only run of the game in fourth on an RBI single by Nicole Cheever.
After McCorkle doubled to lead off the seventh, she scored on another single by Switenko to produce the final score.
McCorkle was 3-for-4 at the plate in game two. She belted her 12 double of the season in the game. Freshman Lindsay Wasek (Newtown, Pa.) also had a pair of singles for the Orange and was 2-for-3.
Switenko improved to 11-2 on the season in the circle. She allowed just one unearned run in seven innings. She struck out six and gave up eight hits.
Lauren Battaglia had a pair of hits for the Big Red. Haley Mirrer took the loss for Cornell. She pitched five innings and allowed five runs. She did not strike out a batter.
The Orange will play a twin bill at #23/21 Louisville on Friday, April 21 at Ulmer Stadium. Game time is 4:00 p.m.
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