Women’s Softball Gets Big Win Over Nationally 8th Ranked Onondaga

The Lady Spartans of Cayuga Community College split with #8 nationally ranked Onondaga CC on Tuesday April 28^th at OCC.  Sydney Patzke (Phoenix, NY) came out swinging and started the game with a leadoff double, while McKenzie Harris (Liverpool, NY) took the mound and pitched an outstanding game.  Onondaga was the first to score in the bottom of the 1^st inning.  The Lady Spartans answered with their first run in the 4^th inning on some aggressive base running by Meghan Delaney (Auburn, NY)…who scored on a hit by fellow Auburn native Taylor Hutchings.  Onondaga then took the lead back with another run in the bottom half of the 4th, but the Lady Spartans weren't done.  In the 5^th inning, Cassie Weeks (Weedsport, NY) singled to left scoring Sarah Zakour (Kings Ferry, NY) tying the game at 2-2. The Lady Spartans prevailed after scoring 2 runs in the 6^th after Meghan Delaney scored on an error and McKenzie Harris ended up standing at 3^rd.  Libby Marsden (Weedsport, NY) hit a sacrifice fly ball to left field scoring Harris with the Spartan's final run of the game.  Harris allowed a run in the 6^th but got the Lazers to go 1-2-3 in the final inning striking out the final batter and pitched brilliantly in getting the program's best win since returning to the diamond in only their second season. 

In game two, the Lady Lazers proved to be too much for the Spartans to handle as Harris began to run out of gas after pitching a total of 12 innings.  The Lazers scored in the 2^nd inning and then was scoreless until the 5^th inning where they put up 5 runs.  The Spartans answered back as Allison Chase (Weedsport, NY) scored the only run of the game for the Lady Spartans.  The Lady Spartans dropped the 2^nd game 14-1 after 6 innings.