Softball Stays Hot, Sweeps Hudson Valley CC

The CCC Softball team swept their 3rd straight doubleheader Saturday afternoon as they traveled to the state capital.   Hudson Valley CC scored 2 runs in the first inning of the first game but that was the only time they would touch the plate the rest of the day.  Although the defense tightened up, the real story was the Red Barons offensive assault.

CCC pounded out 15 hits in the opener to get the 12-2 victory.  Corning scored at least one run in each of the 5-innings played.  Seven of the 15 hits were for extra bases with 6 doubles and a Mollie Peck homerun.  Peck finished the game 3 for 4 with a double and 4 RBI's to go with her HR.  Aja Gosper was 2 for 3 with a double, Emily McCracken was 2 for 4 with two doubles, Nicole Sutryk went 2 for 3 and Sammi Moffe was 2 for 4.  Moffe finished with a two-hit, three strikeout win, allowing only one earned run.  

Game two saw Corning take a 1-0 lead into the top of the sixth inning before Emily McCracken broke the game open with a two-out, 3-run bomb over the scoreboard in centerfield.  The Barons struck for another 15 hits in the nightcap enroute to a 9-0 win.  Brittany Ladd was 4 for 4 with 3 RBI's, Moffe 3 for 4, Becca Hendrickson went 2 for 4 and Emily McCracken 2 for 5.  Nicole Sutryk earned the win in four-innings of work allowing two hits and recording five strikeouts while Sammi Moffe closed out the game allowing three hits in three innings of work.  On the day, Ladd went a perfect 5 for 5, Moffe 5 for 8 and McCracken 4 for 9.  

The Red Barons continue their weekend road trip as they play at Fulton Montgomery CC Sunday. The first pitch of the doubleheader is scheduled for noon.