Local HS teams hold first softball scrimmage
Medina, Notre Dame and Batavia softball teams played a scrimmage today at John Kennedy School. It's the first scrimmage of the year. Batavia HS student Zachary Lee submitted these photos.
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ARC's Genesee Lightning brings home the gold (and the silver and the bronze)
Press release:
Genesee Lightning, Genesee ARC’s softball team, recently competed in the Special Olympics regionals competition in Victor and the Special Olympics Fall Classic in Pittsford. In Victor, the team earned a bronze medal and the skills team brought home two gold, three silver and two bronze medals. At the Fall Classic, the team earned another bronze and the skills team came home with three gold and three bronze medals.
Athletes on the 2013 softball team and skills team were: James Grudzien, Erik Goodrich, Wesley Munt, Chris Jakubowski, Angie Maniaci, Juan Baez, Josh Derrick, Josh Jones, Jason Stimson, Jackie Jones, Chris Hartgrove, Josh Tiede, Shawn Bennett, Tim Markek, Jacob Klotzbach, Brandon Oun, Sara Dieck and Shannon Nigh.
Pictured with the team is Certified Coach, Reneé Potter, Genesee ARC Family Support Services manager (far right) and Team Assistant Coach Eileen Corcoran, Genesee ARC prevocational specialist (far left).
Up next are the Special Olympics winter games. As soon as weather permits Genesee ARC’s Special Olympics snowshoeing team will begin practicing.
Z&M Ag and Turf takes Pavilion softball championship
Photo and information submitted by Tim Kingdon.
The Z&M Ag and Turf's "Ballbusters" took the Thursday night Pavilion slowpitch softball league championship over the weekend. The Ballbusters met Smokin' Eagle BBQ & Brew in the finals where -- despite being down to only nine guys due to injury -- they were able to beat the Eagle twice in a row to capture their first league championship. They would like to thank the Pavilion Volunteer Fire Department and R.L. Jeffres & Sons, Inc., for the countless hours they put into the field all season.
Pictured from left in the front row: Scott Lazarony, Mike Hackett, Jon Parks, Mike Anderson, Tim Kingdon. Back row from left: Dale Buck, Adam Logsdon, Mike Lafex, Kevin Young and Brad Whight.
Team DirecTV takes Oakfield softball championship
Information and photo provided by Tony Ray.
Team DirecTV is the champs of the Monday Night Oakfield Softball League. DirecTV beat Larry's Steakhouse in the playoff 13-1 and beat Oakfield Hotel for the championship, 30-7.
First row from left to right: Jason Pratt, Chuck Gugel, Ryan Gugel, Ron Klienback. Back row: Evan Nenni, Andre Kinder, Tony Ray, Matt Dimartino, Otis Thomas, Drew Crofts and Rich Baird.
Batavia wins Section V Class B1 softball championship
The Batavia High School Softball Team won the Section V Class B-1 championship today, beating Livonia, 3-2 at Monroe Community College.
Photo by Dan Kemp.
Genesee County girls 14U softball team does well in first tournament
Photo and information submitted by Anne Stefaniak.
On May 18 and 19, Genesee Storm 14-U Girls Softball Team played its first tournament, the 2013 Orchard Park Softball Tournament. The team was formed in 2012.
The tournament was played at Brush Mountain Park in Orchard Park. The girls won all three of their games on Saturday, beating Oakville (Canada) 12-3, Evans Storm 10-8, and the Cheektowaga Crabapples 10-2.
Their winning streak continued through the semifinals game Sunday, beating the West Seneca Dazzlers 14-7.
The championship game was a hard fought defensive battle with the Genesee Storm leading the powerhouse Lancaster Heat after 4 innings 3-1. A few well-placed hits by the Heat ended the game 6-3, handing the Storm its first loss and second place in the tournament.
Team members pictured include; front row -- Ryann Stefaniak (Batavia) and Madison LaGrou (Oakfield). Back row -- Alex Reigle (Elba), Taylor Stefaniak (Batavia), Tabitha Golda (Elba), Carlie Bogue (Elba), Bri Janes (Batavia), Alisha Scroger (Medina), Anna Kabel (Oakfield), Hannah LaGrou (Oakfield) and Alyssa Meyer (Attica), -- not pictured is Hannah Bowen (Batavia). Team coaches are Rich Stefaniak, Eric Klotzbach, Paul Schwartzmeyer, and Mark Janes.
The Storm will be playing next in the 17th Annual Coca-Cola Classic Tournament at Walden Pond Park in Lancaster on June 1 and 2.
Notre Dame pulls out victory in regular season finale over Lyndonville
The Notre Dame girls softball team closed out the season Friday with a come-from-behind victory over Lyndonville in game played at GCC.
As the defending state champions, the Fighting Irish finish out the season with a 10-8 record, which is good enough to make it to the first round of sectional play, but Head Coach Rick Mancuso said the team still needs to eliminate some mistakes to advance further.
"We're getting better," Mancuso said. "The girls are working really hard. We're not probably where we want to be, but we'll see what happens. We'll throw our hat out there and see how it goes."
Friday's game was a seesaw battle, with Notre Dame and Lyndonville exchange the lead just about every inning.
Going into the bottom of the seventh, down 10-9, the Irish needed to string some hits together and plate two runs to pull out a victory.
The team was loose and confident at the start of the inning and got the job done to notch an 11-10 victory.
"The girls did a great job of rallying back any time we got down," Mancuso said. "They showed a lot of character today."
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Girls Softball: Batavia posts 12-4 victory over East Irondequoit
Hannah Bowen had three hits, inclduing two doubles, and three RBIs to help Batavia crush East Irondequoit 12-4 in girls softball.
Kimberly Walsh went the distance, giving up only two earned runs and striking out eight.
Kayleight Tourt also had three hits, including a triple.
Alyssa Joe Baiocco, and Halston Wiseley had two hits apiece.
Batavia splits two games in recent action
Batavia girls softball picked up a win against Pembroke, 10-4, but dropped a game to Alden 10-3 in recent action.
In the game against Pembroke, Kayleigh Tourt had two hits and four RBIs while Hannah Bowen had two hits and two RBIs.
Kimberly Walsh pitched all seven, struck out 6 and gave up seven hits and two earned runs.
Against Alden, Bowen had two hits, Taylor Stefaniak had two hits and Briana Janes had two hits.
Oakfield-Alabama drops championship game in Nunda tournament, 7-0
Oakfield-Alabama's Salina Stymus connects for a home run during a tournament game in Nunda.
The Hornets advanced to the championship game, but dropped the match 7-0 to Keshequa.
Information and photos submited by Ron Welker.
Batavia girls softball team beat Gates Chili 7-0
Kimberly Walsh tossed a complete game shutout Tuesday against Gates Chili leading Batavia's girls softball team to a 7-0 victory.
Walsh also had three hits and RBI to help contribute to the win.
Breanna Hurlbut and Kayleigh Tourt each had three hits and collecting two hits each were Taylor Stefaniak, Elizabeth Myers and Hannah Bowen.
Myers and Teiona Kemp each scored two runs.
GCC softball swept by Onondaga
The Genesee Community College softball team lost both games of a doubleheader to Onondaga Community College on Monday afternoon, losing game one 12-8 and falling in game two, 8-4.
GCC honored sophomores Alishia Foss, Chelsea Lynch and Miki Kawaguchi to begin the afternoon as Monday marked the final doubleheader of the season.
Kawaguchi delivered three hits and scored three runs in game one, but Onondaga scored five runs in the first and five in the second to jump in front with a lead they would not give up.
Genesee put together a four-run third inning to get to within 10-7, but managed only a run on four hits the rest of the way.
Foss finished game one 3-4 with a run scored and two runs batted in. Rachel VanDuser went 2-4 with a double, a triple and a run scored and Lynch added three hits, an RBI and a run scored.
Foss took the loss on the mound, throwing all seven innings, allowing 12 runs and striking out four.
(Catcher Brittnee Hallett-Jonathan tags out an OCC runner trying to score)
In game two, Genesee took a 1-0 lead in the second inning after Tori Kramer delivered an RBI double that scored Yui Sotah.
The Lady Lazers responded and scored four times in the third inning to take a 4-1 lead. GCC had a chance for a big inning in the bottom of the third, but scored only one run and left the bases loaded.
The Lady Cougars answered two OCC runs in the top of the fourth with two runs in the bottom of the inning, but did not score the rest of the game and managed only three hits in the final three innings.
Lynch scored two runs in game two and went 2-4 at the plate. Taylor Gayton delivered an RBI double, VanDuser went 2-3 with a run scored and Kawaguchi went 2-4 with two singles.
Andrea Pursel took the loss on the mound, allowing eight runs on 11 hits and struck out four.
Genesee falls to 10-24.
(GCC sophomores (L-R) Chelsea Lynch, Miki Kawaguchi and Alishia Foss)
GCC softball bats go cold, swept by Monroe
The Genesee Community College softball team managed just six total hits in a doubleheader against Monroe Community College on Thursday afternoon, falling 10-2 in game one and 11-2 in game two.
Monroe jumped out to a 2-0 lead after the top of the first in game one but Genesee responded with a run of its own in the bottom of the inning after Rachel VanDuser singled and eventually scored on fielders choice.
Starting pitcher Alishia Foss set the Lady Tribunes down in order in the second and third and then notched the game at 2-2 after reaching on a single, advancing to second on a wild pitch, reaching third on an infield single by Chelsea Lynch and then scoring after Lynch drew a throw to second on a stolen base.
That would be it for the Lady Cougars bats, however, as Genesee managed only one hit the rest of the way. Monroe sent nine batters to the plate in the fourth in a five-run inning and then added three runs in the fifth to take game one via the mercy rule (eight-run lead or higher after five full innings).
Monroe scored the first ten runs of game two and the Genesee hitters were retired in order in each of the first three innings before Miki Kawaguchi singled to give GCC its first hit of the game in the bottom of the fourth. VanDuser followed with a single of her own and both came around to score on RBI ground outs by Foss and Lynch respectively to get Genesee to within 10-2.
The Lady Tribunes added a run in the fifth to extend their lead and GCC went 1-2-3 in their final at bats, falling again via the mercy rule in game two.
VanDuser got a hit in each game for GCC and scored a run in each game as well. Foss collected two hits and scored a run in game one and had a run batted in during game two.
The Lady Cougars fall to 9-19 overall on the season and they will travel to Alfred State on Saturday afternoon for a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m.
Batavia beats Pembroke 7-4 in girls softball game
Following a 7-4 Batavia victory over Pembroke, both coaches for the girls softball teams said they see things to build on that could carry them into sectional play.
"We need to be more consistent," said Pembroke's Ron Funke. "We're a good hitting team, but we to do the little things. The mental mistakes are hurting us right now."
The Lady Dragons are 3-4 so far this year and Funke said that now that the weather should improve and the girls play together more, those little mistakes will get ironed out.
"The more games we get in, the more consistent we'll become," Funke said.
For Burt Howell, head coach for Batavia, he saw a pitcher today, and his hitters who are starting to put things together.
"When you see them go from practice to game and get some of the skills in it makes you think they're going to get better fast," Howell said.
Kim Walsh threw hard today and Howell thinks that was the big difference in the game.
"She controlled the game from the circle," Howell said. "If she she pitches like that on a daily basis, there isn't anybody we don't think we can't beat. We need the youngsters to make plays behind her, but when she throws like that the girls are in the game and we start to actually make plays."
Among the younger players who stepped up their performance today was Hannah Bowen, who went 2-4 and his hitting .667 so far this season. She's in eighth grade. She also had three RBI on two doubles.
Walsh also went 2-4, including a monster double that would have cleared any fence in a typical softball field if there was one at the Batavia field.
Pembroke had 10 hits, led by Deanna Perry, who went 2-3, and Danni Dellapenta, who was 2-4 with two doubles, and Bre Johnson, who had a triple.
Howell praised Perry saying that she proved she could turn on Walsh's fastball, so they had to change speeds on her.
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GCC softball takes one of two from Niagara
Alishia Foss came through with a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning of game one, but the Genesee Community College softball team fell in game two to split a Tuesday afternoon doubleheader with visiting Niagara County Community College.
Foss' single capped off a five-run seventh inning for the Lady Cougars, who battled back and forth with the Lady Thunderwolves in a high scoring first game.
Genesee scored four times in the bottom of the first but trailed 6-4 before their at bats in the third. Andrea Pursel and Yui Sotah put together back-to-back doubles and both scored runs to tie the game at six after three.
Niagara then scored three runs in the fourth inning to take a 9-6 lead and held GCC to just two hits during their next three at bats. The Lady Thunderwolves upped their lead to 10-6 with a run in the top of the seventh, before Genesee sent all nine batters to the plate in the seventh, highlighted by the walk-off single by Foss.
Sotah finished the game 3-4 with two doubles and three runs scored, Pursel went 2-4 and scored three runs and Rachel VanDuser went 3-4 with a triple, two singles and a run scored.
Along with the game-winning hit, Foss also earned the win on the mound, throwing all seven innings.
(Members of the GCC softball team celebrate after Alishia Foss delivers the game-winning hit in game one of a doubleheader against Niagara County Community College)
In game two, Niagara used a six-run second inning to take an 7-0 lead, but Genesee was able to climb back into the game. Taylor Gayton plated Pursel in the bottom of the second inning with an RBI groundout to get the Lady Cougars on the board and VanDuser delivered a run scoring single to get GCC to within 7-2.
Pursel, the game two starter, pitched around a hit in the third and fourth and kept Niagara off the board in both innings.
After two runs in the third, GCC put together a four-run fourth to take an 8-7 lead. Chelsea Lynch, Pursel, Sotah and Gayton each delivered RBI's in the inning.
That would be it for the GCC offense however, as Niagara took the lead with three runs in the fifth and added four in the seventh and held Genesee without a run over the final three innings to win 14-8.
Pursel went 3-4 in game two, scored three runs and drove in one, Lynch scored twice and stole a base and Gayton had two runs batted in.
With the split, Genesee is now 9-17 overall on the season. They will host Monroe Community College for a doubleheader on Thursday beginning at 3 p.m.
GCC softball comes up empty against Mercyhurst North East
The Genesee Community College softball team came up empty in a doubleheader against Mercyhurst North East on Monday afternoon, falling to the visiting Lady Saints, 18-0 in game one and 14-6 in game two.
Genesse was held hitless in game one for 4 1/3 innings before Yui Sotah hustled out an infield single with one out in the fifth. Mercyhurst powered its way to an 18-0 mercy rule win, smashing two home runs in the game and scoring nine runs in the third inning.
In game two, Tori Kramer extended a 3-2 GCC lead with a two-run home run to left center field in the bottom of the fourth inning to put the Lady Cougars in front 5-2. Genesee held a 6-4 lead after five innings, but the Lady Saints put together a four-run sixth to take back the lead for good. Mercyhurst shut the Genesee bats down over the final two innings and added six runs in the seventh to complete the sweep with a 14-6 win.
Miki Kawaguchi went 3-4 with a run batted in, Brittnee Hallett-Jonathan scored two runs and went 2-4 at the plate and Kramer finished the game 2-4 with a run scored and three runs batted in.
Genesee falls to 8-16 on the season and will return to action tomorrow when they host Niagara County Community College for a doubleheader beginning at 3 p.m.
(#10 Yui Sotah connects on a pitch against Mercyhurst North East)
GCC softball drops two to Jefferson
The Genesee Community College softball team dropped both games of a doubleheader to Jefferson Community College on Thursday afternoon, falling 11-6 in game one and 7-5 in game two.
Genesee had an early lead with three runs in the bottom of the first inning in game one, but allowed five runs to Jefferson in the fifth to give up the lead for good.
Chelsea Lynch scored two runs, stole two bases and delivered a double. Miki Kawaguchi also scored a run for GCC.
In game two, GCC trailed 3-0 before putting together a five-run fourth inning to take the lead. Taylor Gayton sparked the rally with an RBI single that scored Yui Sotah. Tori Kramer followed with an RBI single and Rachel VanDuser tied the game at three with an RBI double. Kramer then gave the Lady Cougars the lead after scoring on a passed ball and with the bases loaded, Kawaguchi scored to make it 5-3 GCC after Andrea Pursel was hit by a pitch.
Jefferson came back to tie the game at 5-5 in the top of the fifth and then used a two-run home run in the seventh to take a 7-5, which they held on to.
Genesee falls to 6-14 on the season and will host Columbia-Greene Community College on Saturday for a doubleheader beginning at 2 p.m.
(Alishia Foss (white) delivers a single in game two of GCC's doubleheader against Jefferson CC)
Five-run fifth dooms GCC Softball
A five-run fifth inning doomed the Genesee Community College softball team against Broome Community College on Tuesday afternoon, as the visiting Hornets picked up an 8-2 win in the only game of what was supposed to be a doubleheader.
Rain fell all afternoon, cancelling game two, and caused slick conditions throughout game one.
Genesee trailed 3-2 in the fifth before giving up the five runs, and the Lady Cougars could not bounce back.
Andrea Pursel pitched 4.1 innings before giving way to Alishia Foss who finished the final 2.3 innings of the game without giving up a hit.
Both GCC runs came as a result of wild pitches as Miki Kawaguchi scored to tie the game at one in the bottom of the first and Chelsea Lynch crossed the plate in the fourth to get Genesee to within 3-2.
Kawaguchi, Lynch and Brittnee Hallett-Jonathan all collected hits for GCC.
Genesee is now 6-12 on the season and will host Jefferson Community College for a doubleheader on Thursday beginning at 3 p.m.
(Pitcher Andrea Pursel (white) tries to cover the plate as a Broome CC runner slides in safe)
Section V officials unsure why there is an issue with girls softball field in Batavia
A lawsuit filed on behalf of three Batavia High School softball players alleges that the varsity softball field there is substandard, but Section V officials and area softball coaches say the field isn't anything out of the ordinary.
Yes, it's not Dwyer Stadium, where the boys play baseball, but no coach has ever complained about the facilities at BHS, according to Bob Huber, chairman of the Section V girls softball committee.
In fact, the BHS has been used previously for neutral-ground games during early Section V playoff rounds.
Representing the girls in the suit is the Empire Justice Center out of Rochester.
The suit alleges a violation of Title IX, a federal law in place since 1972 mandating equal opportunity in public school sports.
According to the suit, the girls have been denied their rights under Title IX because the girl's softball field is not comparable to Dwyer Stadium.
Dwyer was built nearly 20 years ago at a cost of $3 million, which was financed by state grants and a city bond. The school district did not participate in its construction or financing.
The Batavia Muckdogs, a short-season Class A team affiliated with the Miami Marlins and owned primarily by the community, plays at Dwyer from June to September. During the spring, the field is open to high school and college teams.
For high school games, the Muckdogs collect $175 per game (Notre Dame plays at Dwyer as well).
Muckdogs General Manager Travis Sick said the $175 fee barely covers the cost of making the field available to high school teams.
"It's a community service and the city owns the stadium," Sick said. "We're happy to make it available."
The suit says the facilities are unequal because the girls field doesn't have 2,200 covered grandstand seats, nor lightning for night games, a ticket booth, an outfield fence, an electronic scoreboard, press box, covered dugouts, concession stand and bullpens.
Of course, the boys don't use all those amenities at Dwyer. Typically, fewer than 200 people attend a high school game.
CORRECTION: Only Notre Dame boys play night games at Dwyer -- twice a year.
But no high school games involve selling tickets and the concession stands are never open during high school games.
Dwyer is also one of the most cavernous professional stadiums around with 330 feet from home plate down each line. Few high school players can hit a home run over Dwyer's 12-foot-high outfield walls.
The suit alleges the girls playing at BHS can't hit-out-of-the-park home runs because there is no fence.
There is no fence at BHS because the outfield overlaps with a soccer field.
Also, according to the suit the "infield is covered with pebble-sized gravel mixed with some dirt, making it dangerous and painful for players to slide."
Ron Funke, athletic director and girls softball coach with Pembroke HS, and a member of the Section V committee, said the Batavia field is the same quality typical not only of girls fields, but boys fields, throughout Section V.
It's a special infield mix commonly used on softball and baseball fields, he said.
The suit states, "The infield material makes it harder for the players to play at their most competitive level and has given them a reputation in their league for having the worst field."
But both Funke and Huber said they've never heard complaints about Batavia's field and Funke said he thinks it's a fine place to play.
Funke indicated he was a little baffled by the suit.
"I don't know where else they'd play," Funke said. "There isn’t anything for softball other than GCC and there isn’t another facility like Dwyer for the girls to play in, and GCC has their own games to play."
The school distirct did manage to schedule four of the girls' 11 home games this season at GCC.
But even GCC's field doesn't have the amenities of Dwyer.
We called the Empire Justice center to respond to some of these issues, but the attorney handling the case is not giving interviews. We were told the center would issue a written statement for all media at a later time.
While the suit alleges that many girls fields in "the league" have fences, dugouts and seating, both Huber and Funke said it's really a mixed bag. There are several teams without fences, they said.
Both said there are also some boys' teams in Section V that play on fields without dugouts and bullpens.
The suit has multiple paragraphs covering the lack of night lightning for girls softball, noting that night games "have a big-league quality not associated with day games."
There are never night high school games played at Dwyer because night lighting is expensive.
The school district included proposed upgrades to the girls' field as part of a bond measure rejected by voters in 2011, and are including $110,000 in funding for upgrades in a bond measure that will go before voters next month.
School officials say, and the suit acknowledges, that Empire Justice attorneys were aware of the proposed bond measure before filing the lawsuit.
The suit complains that if the bond passes, improvements will only cover dugouts, scoreboard and a fence, and that the changes won't take place prior to the 2013 season.
The students named as plaintiffs in the suit are Rebecca Myers, 14, who's a student at Batavia Middle School, Elizabeth Myers, 17, a junior and captain of the team, and Kimberly Walsh, 17 and a senior.
The class-action suit seeks relief for all current and future girl softball players at BHS.
Currently, the school has no JV softball team because of a lack of participating students. In order to field a team for the 2013 season, the team includes two seventh-grade students and one eighth-grade student.
Asked if he was concerned that the district could go to the expense of upgrading the facilities and dealing with the lawsuit only to find that in a season or two, there will be no softball team due to lack of participation, Superintendent Chris Dailey said he is not concerned.
Asked if the district has considered moving the boys out of Dwyer and to one of the district's three baseball fields, Dailey said, "We're always thinking."
Dailey said he doesn't have an estimate yet on how much it will cost the district to respond to the suit.
If the cost of upgrades to the softball field is $110,000, the district will take nearly 45 years at $175 per game to pay $110,000 for the boys to play at Dwyer.
GCC softball earns walk-off win, splits doubleheader with JCC-Olean
The Genesee Community College softball team split a Saturday afternoon doubleheader with visiting Jamestown Community College-Olean, falling in game one, 7-6, and winning game two, 13-12.
JCC-Olean built an early 5-0 lead in game one before Brittnee Hallett-Jonathan delivered a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the second inning to get GCC on the board.
The Lady Jaguars scored twice in the fourth, but Genesee responded with two runs of their own to stay within 7-3. Chelsea Lynch led off the bottom of the fourth with a single, stole second and eventually scored on a passed ball. Yui Sotah followed with a single and then scored for the second time in the game on an RBI groundout by Hallett-Jonathan.
Trailing 7-3 in their final at bat, the Lady Cougars scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, but were unable to complete the comeback and dropped game one. Taylor Gayton delivered a bases loaded single in the home half of the seventh and Lynch added a two-out RBI double, but the rally fell short.
(Yui Sotah (white) slides in safe to second base for GCC in game one of their doubleheader on Saturday afternoon)
Alishia Foss pitched a complete game on the mound for GCC. Sotah went 3-4 at the plate and scored two runs. Miki Kawaguchi added a hit and scored a run and Lynch finished 2-4 and scored a run.
In game two, Genesee took an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first after pitcher Andrea Pursel set down the Lady Jaguars in order in the top of the inning.
GCC led 5-2 to start the fourth inning, but JCC-Olean scored eight times in the frame on five hits to take a 10-5 lead.
The Lady Jaguars added to their lead in the fifth with two more runs, but GCC began to claw back. Rachel VanDuser delivered a run scoring ground out in the bottom of the fifth and Pursel came around to score after being hit by a pitch to get the Lady Cougars to within 12-7.
Foss got Genesee a run closer after scoring on an error in the sixth and Pursel pitched around a leadoff single in the top of the seventh to keep JCC-Olean off the board in their final at bat.
Trailing 12-8 and down to their final three outs, the Lady Cougars mounted another comeback. Gayton delivered a two-run single, Foss plated a run on a single and Lynch drove in a run on a double to tie the game at 12 apiece. Pursel then stepped to the plate and hustled out an infield single and saw the throw go wide of first base allowing Lynch to score the game winning run.
Hallett-Jonathan went 4-4 at the plate in game two and scored two runs. Foss was 2-3 with two walks, a run batted in and four runs scored and Gayton finished the game 2-3 with two runs scored and two runs batted in.
Pursel battled for the win on the mound allowing 11 hits and striking out two in the game.
Genesee is now 5-10 overall on the season and will travel to Finger Lakes Community College on Tuesday for a doubleheader beginning at 3 p.m.
