‘Cuse Drops Two To No. 25 Notre Dame

Saturday, April 18

South Bend, Ind.

1:00 PM EST

Syracuse University

17-23, 0

Notre Dame

35-11, 0

Syracuse

Notre Dame

4/18/2015 7:47:00 PM | Softball

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Syracuse couldn’t hold off the offense of Notre Dame in Saturday’s doubleheader

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Syracuse fell in both games of its doubleheader with the Fighting Irish on Saturday afternoon at Melissa Cook Stadium. No. 25 Notre Dame defeated the Orange 10-1 in game one and grinded out a 7-6 victory in game two.

Game One Highlights

Sammy Fernandez drove in the sole run of the game for the Orange with a sacrifice fly to center. She was one-for-one in the game. She's six-for-seven in the last three games.
Mary Dombrowski walked twice and scored a run for Syracuse. The run gives her six straight games in which she has scored. She has also reached base in seven-straight contests.
Maddi Doane's hitting streak extends to nine games with her one-for-three effort at the plate.
Danielle Chitkowski's one-for-three game extends her hitting streak to eight games.
Rachel Burkhardt was one-for-two in the game giving her a four-game hitting streak. Her single advanced Dombrowski to third where she eventually scored from on Fernandez's sacrifice fly.
Sydney O'Hara finished the game one-for-two with a walk. She has recorded at least one hit in her last three games.
Alyssa Dewes picked up a hit in two at-bats.

Notre Dame Comes Out Swinging
Notre Dame burst out to a lead in a hurry with two home runs in the first with one out to drive in three runs. The Fighting Irish followed up with three more runs in the second on back-to-back singles after the first two batters reached base. Two more runs were added in the third on a walk and a wild pitch to put the run-rule in effect as the Irish led 8-0 after three.

A leadoff walk by Dombrowski and a single by Burkhardt in the next at-bat gave the Orange a first and third situation with no outs. Taking advantage of the RBI opportunity, Fernandez skied a ball to deep center in order to score Dombrowski from third and cut Notre Dame's lead to seven. However, the run is all Syracuse would get as Notre Dame scored two in the bottom of the inning and shut out the Orange in the top of the fifth to win, 10-1.

Game Two Highlights

Sydney O'Hara launched not one, but two home runs in a two-for-three game at the plate to drive in five runs and score two.
Julie Wambold doubled, walked and scored the first run of the ballgame for the Orange.
Corinne Ozanne knocked in the first run of the game with a double and she walked and later scored.
Maddi Doane walked and later scored.

'Cuse Falls In Fight With The Irish
Syracuse jumped on the scoreboard immediately with back-to-back doubles by Wambold and Ozanne to take a 1-0 lead in the first. Gatti was able to hold off the Fighting Irish until the Notre Dame scored its first run on a sacrifice fly in the third.

The game wasn't tied for long as the Orange reclaimed the lead with a two-run shot over the center field fence from O'Hara following a leadoff walk by Ozanne. However, the 3-1 lead was short lived as well as Notre Dame responded in the bottom of the inning with a two-run homer of its own to tie the game at three after four innings of play.

'Cuse quickly reclaimed the lead in the fifth as Doane and Wambold each walked to set up O'Hara's second homer of the game to give Syracuse a 6-3 advantage midway through the fifth. Notre Dame once again turned in a prompt response in the bottom of the inning, connecting for dour consecutive hits with one being a double in order to drive in three runs and once again tie the game.

Notre Dame held off the Orange in the sixth but the Orange wasn't able to do the same. With two outs, the Fighting Irish rallied for back-to-back doubles to score the go-ahead run. 'Cuse couldn't find an answer in the top of the seventh, falling by a 7-6 score.