Syracuse Splits Final Day of Opening Weekend

Sunday, February 11

Conway, S.C.

11:15 AM

Syracuse University

2-2

George Washington

3-2

SYRACUSE

George Washington

Makenzie Foster 2.9.24 at Coastal Carolina

Photo by: Lara Zuk

2/11/2024 5:15:00 PM | Softball

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CONWAY, S.C. – Syracuse lost to George Washington, 6-5, in the morning contest before earning its second shutout of the weekend with a 5-0 win against Campbell Sunday at St. John Stadium in Conway, S.C.

The Orange finished the Kickin' Chicken Classic with a 3-2 record, hitting .313 as a team with 30 runs, while the pitching staff posted a 3.27 ERA.

Senior Angel Jasso continued her torrid start to the season, going 2-for-4 with three RBI against the Revolutionaries before collecting three hits in three at bats in the final game of the day. Over the five games, the senior batted .706 (12-for-17), with six runs scored, four extra-base hits and 10 RBI.

Senior Lindsey Hendrix tossed her sixth career complete game shutout, holding Campbell to just three hits. Hendrix fanned seven batters in 12 scoreless frames on the weekend.

HOW IT HAPPENED AGAINST GEORGE WASHINGTON:
Trailing 1-0 in the third following a two-out single by George Washington's Cadence Gilliland, Jasso gave the Orange a brief 2-0 advantage with a two-run double to center.

The Revolutionaries leveled the contest at two in the home half of the frame on Maggie Greco's single down the left field line. George Washington broke the game open with a four-run fourth, beginnings with Greco's RBI sacrifice bunt. Later in the inning, Mandy Lauth collected a bases-clearing single to make it a 6-2 ballgame.

Sophomore Peyton Schemmer cut into the deficit with her first career home run in the sixth, a solo shot over the right field wall.

Syracuse continued its offensive momentum in the seventh, following back-to-back one out RBI singles by Jasso and junior Taylor Posner, putting the Orange down one. Syracuse couldn't get the tying run to cross in the next two at bats, allowing George Washington to hang onto the victory.

Sophomore Madison Knight started in the circle for the Orange, allowing a pair of runs in three innings of no-decision ball. Junior Britney Lewinski made her third appearance, surrendering four runs in the defeat.

HOW IT HAPPENED AGAINST CAMPBELL:
The Orange put together a four-run third against Campbell starter Hannah Leierer. Following a leadoff single, junior Kelly Breen scored on Posner's fielder's choice to open the scoring. Two batters later, sophomore Vanessa Flores extended Syracuse's lead to three with a two-run single before catcher Laila Morales-Alves' RBI groundout made it a 4-0 ballgame.

Sophomore Makenzie Foster's sixth hit of the weekend left the yard in the fourth inning, her first career homer.

Hendrix went the distance, allowing three hits in six innings of work for her second win in as many starts.

The game was called after six innings due to time constraints.

OF NOTE:

Syracuse extended its all-time record against Campbell to 4-1.
George Washington is the third team Syracuse played for the first time in program history this weekend.
Syracuse recorded two shutouts over the first five games of the season for the first time since the 2018 campaign.
Five different Orange players recorded multi-hit contests over the weekend; senior Olivia Pess had two multi-hit performances while Jasso had multiples hits in all five games.
Jasso tallied her 37th career multi-hit game and 18th career multi-RBI performance.
Freshman Taylor Davison made her college debut behind the dish against George Washington, going 0-for-1 with a walk.
11 different players drove in a run while eight of the nine players to score a run crossed the dish multiple times.
Foster and Schemmer both launched their first career home runs on Sunday.

UP NEXT:
Syracuse heads south for its second tournament of the season when it travels to Hammond, La., to play in the Southeastern Louisiana Classic, Feb. 16 and 17. The Orange will play Maryland, host Southeastern Louisiana and Southeast Missouri State.

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