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Box Score 1 WEST POINT, NY – Twenty-four days after the second game of its doubleheader at Army West Point was suspended, Lehigh returned to the Army Softball Complex to complete a 6-4 victory in the first of two games played on Tuesday.
The game resumed with Lehigh leading 4-3 with one on and one out in the top of the fourth inning. Senior Jaelynn Chesson added a two-run single in the fourth to put Lehigh up 6-3 and sophomore Katelyn Young allowed just one run over the final four innings.
Tuesday’s second game saw the Black Knights hand the Mountain Hawks their first Patriot League loss, 8-0 in five innings.
Lehigh is now 19-14-1 overall and 8-1 at the midway point of Patriot League play. Army is now 16-24 overall and 7-2 at the midway point of its league campaign.
In the resumption of the March 26 game, an Army error delayed the top of the fourth inning and junior Emily Cimino followed with a single to load the bases. Chesson then singled up the middle bringing home the two critical insurance runs.
Young was aided by double play ground balls in both the fifth and sixth innings. Army scratched across a run in the seventh on a hit batter that later came around to score on a ground out. Young finished with a line of four runs (three earned) on six hits with two walks and a strikeout.
Cimino paced the offense, going 3-for-4 including a home run in the first inning back on March 26. Chesson and sophomore Brooke Cannon both went 2-for-3.
In Tuesday’s series finale, Lehigh was limited to just two hits, a leadoff single by senior Carley Barjaktarovich in the first and a fifth-inning single by Cannon. A line drive double play ended Lehigh’s two-on, one-out threat in the first.
Army broke the scoreless deadlock with three runs in the third inning. Kayla Edwards opened the scoring with an RBI single and Leila Hurst followed with a two run home run.
The Black Knights tackled on three more in the fourth on a run-scoring error, an Edwards sacrifice fly and a Hurst RBI single and ended the game with two runs in the fifth on a single, a stolen base, an RBI single and a double . Hurst was 6-for-7 with six RBIs to lead Army in Tuesday’s two games.
Senior Gabriella Nori took the loss, allowing six runs (three earned) on nine hits in 3.2 innings. Nori struck out four. Young allowed two runs on three hits in the final 0.2 innings.
The Mountain Hawks will travel to Bucknell for a three-game series this weekend. A double header is set for Saturday at noon followed by a single game Sunday at noon. Saturday’s twin bill will be broadcast on ESPN+.
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