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Box Score 2 PHILADELPHIA, PA – Alexis Velotta (Menifee, CA) went 5-8 at the plate with a home run and three RBIs in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Split with Holy Family Wednesday afternoon.
The Golden Falcons grasped the game one win with a 7-3 advantage while the Tigers won game two 6-3.
GAME ONE:
Velotta led off for the Golden Falcons where she scored the first run of the afternoon with a homerun to spark the Felician offense. It would be a two run first inning to ultimately score two more in the second for a 4-1 victory.
Holy Family would chip away at the green-and-gold lead with a two-run inning of their own, but a Velotta single and Jaylene Sierra (Jersey City, NJ) RBI ground out allowed the Golden Falcons to edge the Tigers.
After posting its final run in the top of the seventh, the Golden Falcons stole game won, 7-3.
Velotta led the squad by going 3-4 with a homerun and three RBIs, Hannah Ramirez (Carson, CA) went 2-3 with one run and an RBI and Daisha Howard (Westbury, NY) went 1-3 with a run.
Starting pitcher, Mikayla Brown (Las Vegas, NV) recorded the win pitching 7.0 innings surrendering 11 hits, three runs while striking out two.
GAME TWO:
Holy Family sought redemption after game one as they recorded three runs to hold a 3-0 advantage over the Golden Falcons. Vienna Chierchia (Manalapan, NJ) got Felician on the board after a homerun into centerfield to trail the hosts by two.
By the fifth inning, the Tigers increased its lead to five and with two outs in the top half, Kathryn Steinmetz (Chula Vitsa, CA) had two runners in scoring position to send them home after 2 RBI single, 6-3.
Both teams would run cold the new few innings to close out game two 6-3 in favor of Holy Family.
Velotta went 2-4 while Chierchia went 3-3 with a homerun and a RBI. Sierra and Howard both went 1-3 with a run. CACC Pitcher of the week, Alexis De La Cruz (San Jacinto, CA) pitched 6.0 innings with six hits and three strikeouts.
After the afternoon split, the Golden Falcons are 14-11 overall and 4-2 in the CACC. The squad will be back in action Saturday, April 1, for another conference match-up with Goldey-Beacom starting at 1:00pm.
