EMMITSBURG, Md. – Coppin State's softball team rallied from four runs down to tie the score but fell in the opening game of a doubleheader at Mount St. Mary's, 5-4, on Wednesday afternoon at Meadows Field. The Eagles also dropped the nightcap, 8-3, to the Mountaineers.
Trailing, 4-0 going into the top of the sixth, Coppin got a pair of two-run home runs from
Sydney Dombrowski and
Melanie Aguilera to make it a 4-4 score.
Haley Bravo started the inning with a leadoff single and was replaced by pinch runner
Shawnee Ronyak. Following Dombrowski's shot,
Cindy Sanchez singled with one out and
Maren Bernal ran for her at first base just prior to Aguilera's game-tying home run.
Mount St. Mary's retook the lead in its half of the sixth with an unearned run and the Eagles went down in order in the seventh.
Nia Bowe doubled twice for the Eagles in the opener while Dombrowski and Aguilera drove in a pair of runs.
Alexis Genovese,
Brissa Alvarado, Bravo and Sanchez also had base hits. Alvarado also drew a walk, in game one.
Alvarado allowed just two earned runs in the first three innings with a pair of strikeouts while
Vanessa Carrizosa took the loss, giving up one earned run in the final three innings.
Coppin spotted the Mount seven runs in the first two innings before Aguilera put the Eagles on the board with an RBI single in the fourth. Bowe scored on the play after recording a one-out single and getting to third on a wild pitch and a single by Sanchez.
The Mount got that run back in the fifth, but the Eagles cut the deficit on a two-run single by Genovese in the sixth, driving in Sanchez and
Isabella Zalba, who both singled earlier in the frame.
Sanchez also singled in the seventh for her third hit of the game, but the Eagles had their final inning rally cut short at third base.
Genovese, Alvarado and Dombrowski all had two hits in game two while Dombrowski also drew a walk. Aguilera had a hit and a walk. Alvarado also allowed four runs in the first inning before Ronyak threw the final five innings, allowing four runs with three strikeouts.
The Eagles open MEAC play on March 20-21 when they travel to Delaware State for back-to-back 1 pm doubleheaders.
