Softball Sweeps Stony Brook, Holy Cross to Close 3-1 Weekend

Sunday, March 26

Stony Brook, NY

10:30 am

Brown University

5-13

Stony Brook

2-15

Brown

Stony Brook

Softball Sweeps Stony Brook, Holy Cross to Close 3-1 Weekend

3/26/2017 12:00:00 AM | Softball

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STONY BROOK, N.Y. – Brown University softball defeated Stony Brook University, 4-2, and beat Holy Cross, 7-5, to complete a 3-1 weekend at the Stony Brook Tournament on Sunday at University Softball Field.

The Bears (6-13) have now won five of their last six games after taking two from the host Seawolves (2-15) and splitting with the Crusaders (3-15) over the weekend.

Juniors Grayson Metzger (Severna Park, Md.) and Annie McGregor (Carlsbad, Calif.) combined to go 8-for-10 with four RBIs, four doubles, and five runs scored between the two games. Metzger went 4-for-4 with four RBIs, two doubles, and two runs while McGregor finished 4-for-6 with three runs, and two doubles.

Freshman pitcher Emily Waters (Northridge, Calif.) tossed her first collegiate complete game against Stony Brook.

Next, Brown hosts Quinnipiac for a doubleheader on Tuesday, Mar. 28, beginning at 2:00 p.m. for Opening Day at the new Brown Softball Field.

During its time at Stony Brook, the Brown softball program donated $2,500 in memory of Danni Kemp, a former Stony Brook softball student-athlete who passed away at the age of 19 from an inoperable brain tumor earlier this month. Donations can be made through the family's Go Fund Me page.

Game 1: Brown 4, Stony Brook 2

Freshman pitcher Emily Waters (Northridge, Calif.) threw her first career complete game, junior Grayson Metzger (Severna Park, Md.) drove in three runs, and Brown clipped Stony Brook, 4-2, in its first game of the day at the Stony Brook Tournament on Sunday morning.

The Bears scored two runs in each of the second and fourth innings and held off a rally from the Seawolves to complete their second win in as many days against the hosts.

Metzger went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and a double while junior Annie McGregor (Carlsbad, Calif.) finished 2-for-3 with two runs scored and a double.

Waters (1-2) tossed a complete-game 7.0 innings, allowing two runs, both earned, on six hits and one walk with two strikeouts.

Maddy Neales (0-6) took the loss for Stony Brook, conceding two runs on two hits with one strikeout in 1.2 innings. Reliever Lindsey Hughes did not give up a run over 3.2 innings while striking out four. Jourdin Herring went 3-for-3 with a home run, and Allyssa Malony also hit a homer.

The Bears struck first in the top of the second as Metzger capped the inning with an RBI single to score McGregor, giving Brown a 2-0 lead. In the top of the fourth, Metzger hit a two-run double to plate McGregor and senior Sarah Syrop (Kennesaw, Ga.), pushing the Bears ahead, 4-0.

Hering and Malony both hit solo shots for the Seawolves in the last of the sixth to cut their deficit to 4-2 before Waters closed out the game.

Game 2: Brown 7, Holy Cross 5

Juniors Grayson Metzger (Severna Park, Md.) and Annie McGregor (Carlsbad, Calif.) combined to hit 4-for-5 with two doubles, three runs, and an RBI as Brown edged Holy Cross, 7-5, in its final game at the Stony Brook Tournament on Sunday afternoon.

The Bears opened the game with a 2-0 deficit but scored seven of the game's next eight runs to gain a 7-3 advantage that they would not relinquish despite a comeback attempt from the Crusaders.

Metzger went 2-for-2 with two runs, a double, and an RBI in the game while McGregor posted a 2-for-3 effort with a run and double. Senior Julia Schoenewald (Jamison, Pa.) laced a two-run double, and sophomore Sofia Venegas (La Mirada, Calif.) scored two runs and hit a double.

In the circle, junior Katie Orona (Pueblo, Colo.) tossed 6.2 innings in the win (3-5), allowing three runs, two earned, on 10 hits with five strikeouts and no walks.

Holy Cross' Katy Watson absorbed the loss (0-8), giving up five runs, all earned, on six hits and three walks with two strikeouts over 5.0 innings.

Four Crusaders tallied multi-hit performances on the day – Mandy McCarthy (3-for-4, three RBIs), Emily Krisanda (3-for-4, two RBIs, run), Taylor Wahler (2-for-4, two runs), and Taylor Moss (2-for-3, double).

After the Crusaders went up 2-0 on a two-run single from McCarthy in the top of the first, Brown responded in the bottom of the second as Schoenewald drove in two runs with a double to tie the score at 2-2.

The Bears went ahead 3-2 on an RBI single from sophomore Cat Seitz (Poway, Calif.) in the third and extended their lead to 4-2 as Metzger scored on an error in the fourth. Holy Cross pulled within 4-3 on an RBI single from Krisanda in the top of the fifth.

Brown pushed its edge to 5-3 on a sacrifice fly from Metzger in the bottom of the fifth and furthered its lead to 7-3 in the bottom of the sixth, scoring a run on a passed ball and on a sacrifice fly from senior Christina Andrews (Southlake, Texas). The Crusaders scored twice in the away half of the seventh before Orona sealed the game.