Army Erases Five-Run Deficit in Win Over Holy Cross

Saturday, April 1

West Point, N.Y.

3 PM

Army West Point

22-9, 4-0

Holy Cross

3-16, 0-1

Holy Cross

Army West Point

Army Erases Five-Run Deficit in Win Over Holy Cross

April 01, 2017 | Softball

Box Score

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point softball team came back from a 6-1 deficit in the second inning to defeat Holy Cross 7-6 in the series opener on Saturday afternoon at the Army Softball Complex.

The Black Knights improved to 22-9 on the season and 4-0 in the Patriot League, while the Crusaders dropped to 3-16 overall and 0-1 in league play.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Army improved to 68-27 in the all-time series against Holy Cross.
The Black Knights are riding an eight-game winning streak.
This was Army's largest comeback victory of the season after trailing 6-1 in the second inning.
Junior Emily Gray documented her fourth multi-hit game of the season and first multi-RBI effort.
Sophomore Ashley Yoo documented her 30th hit of the season, becoming the first Cadet to reach the milestone in 2017.

KEY MOMENT

Sophomore pitcher Renee Poirier entered the game in the second inning and allowed three base runners in her 5.1 innings of work.

LINEUP BREAKDOWN
Yoo (DP): 1-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored
Swafford (LF): 1-for-2 with two walks and two RBI
Ballesteros (3B): 0-for-4
Harrison (RF): 1-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI
Kim (C): 0-for-2 with a hit by pitch and a run scored
Rashenskas (2B): 0-for-3
Gray (1B): 2-for-2 with a walk, double, run scored and two RBI
Smith (P): N/A

Poirier (P): 1-for-2 with a walk, double, two runs scored and an RBI

Esparza-Gallegos (SS): 0-for-2

Ontiveros (PH): 0-for-1

Smith (P): 1.2 innings, five hits, six runs (three earned), three walks and 0 strikeouts
Poirier (P): 5.1 innings, one hit, 0 runs, 0 walks and three strikeouts

FACTS & FIGURES

The Black Knights scored seven runs on six hits and survived two errors defensively, while the Crusaders plated six runs on six hits and committed one error.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Holy Cross manufactured the game's first run in the opening frame on a bases-loaded fielder's choice before Army answered with the game-tying run on a sacrifice fly by Kennedy Harrison that scored Ashley Yoo.
The Crusaders retook the lead in the second inning, scoring five runs on four hits and a two-out miscue by the Black Knights that allowed two runs to score.
Army had a persistent attack, scoring runs in three of the next five innings.
Poirier scored the Cadets' second run of the game in the bottom of the second on a fielding error that put Gladys Esparza-Gallegos on base to start chipping away at the Holy Cross lead.
After entering the game, Poirier allowed just three base runners throughout the final 5.1 innings of the game for the Crusaders.
Following a quiet two innings, the Army bats came to life in the bottom of the sixth which started with back-to-back doubles by Grey and Poirier.
Yoo slapped a single through the middle and advanced to second on the throw to put ducks on the pond for freshman Lacey Swafford. The Mayo, Fla., native slashed a two-run single to right field over the head of the Crusaders' second baseman that gave Army its first lead of the ballgame.
Poirier completed the comeback victory by setting down the final seven batters she faced.