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Colgate Clinches Spot In The Patriot League Playoffs, May 10-11
Hamilton, NY — Senior shortstop Melissa Rawson went 4-for-5 with two home runs and six runs batted in and junior pitcher Elena Isaac tossed a pair of one-hit shutouts to lead the Colgate softball team to a sweep of its Patriot League doubleheader against Lafayette College Sunday at the Eaton Street Field.
Colgate won the opener 9-0 before taking the nitecap 8-0. Both games lasted five innings under the mercy-rule.
With her performance, Rawson lifted her batting average to .509 overall and .614 in Patriot League play. She is the league’s all-time home run leader with 26. Rawson with her six RBI has became the school’s all-time RBI leader with 119.
Isaac pitched her third and fourth shutouts of the season as she moved to 12-6 on the mound for the Raiders. She also moved into a tied for second place in career wins with 39.
Isaac, who has pitched 18 straight scoreless innings, didn’t allow a runner past first base in both ends of the doubleheader. She struck out four and walked one.
In the opener, Colgate jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning on Rawson’s two-run homer and Amanda Brickell’s RBI double. The Raiders scored five times in the second inning for an 8-0 lead. Melissa Rawson and Natalie Rawson each had RBI singles before Dorothy Donaldson drilled a three-run homer over the left field fence.
Colgate added its final tally in the fourth inning on Bri Tuskamoto’s RBI single to center field.
In the second game, Colgate opened the scoring in the first inning on Donaldson’s ninth double of the season driving in pinch runner Tara McDevitt. The Raiders increased their lead to 2-0 when catcher Stacy Mui went over the right field fence with her third home run of the season in the second inning.
Colgate scored twice more in the third inning on Melissa Rawson’s two-run shot, and broke the game wide open with four runs in the fourth. Natalie Rawson had a two-run homer in the fourth and Donaldson and Brickell each drove in a run.