PURCHASE, N.Y. – The Manhattanville College softball team picked up a pair of non-conference victories over future Skyline Conference foe Mount Saint Mary College Tuesday afternoon, April 16, taking game one 5-1 and game two 7-0.
 
The Valiants (29-2) road graduate student Alycia Feeney (Brewster, N.Y./Brewster) to a victory over the Knights (11-17) in the first game. She tossed 7.0 innings of one-run ball while striking out six batters and allowing just four hits. Game two saw senior Aarin Hartenstein (Massapequa, N.Y./Plainedge) also toss 7.0 innings. She did not allow a run, scattering five hits and striking out five.
 
Game 1
After a scoreless top of the first, the Valiants plated two in the home half thanks to a passed ball and a RBI groundout. Mt. St. Mary trimmed Manhattanville's lead in half in the top of the third before the Valiants tacked on another run in the bottom of the third followed a sac fly from Hartenstein.
 
The score remained that way until the bottom of the fifth when the Valiants plated their final two runs of the game following another passed ball and a one-run single from senior Sophia Chapelone (Carlsbad, Calif./La Costa Canyon).
 
Game 2
It was smooth sailing for both pitchers for the first three-and-a-half innings. Hartenstein did get into a tough jam in the top of the second with the bases loaded, but she managed to get a fly ball out to work her way out of the inning and keep it scoreless.
 
In the bottom of the fourth, Torres worked the leadoff at-bat to a full count before take a changeup over the left field fence for the first score of the game to make it 1-0. Hartenstein doubled the next at-bat, and was plated by a double from sophomore Jordyn Boyd (Woodinville, Wash./Woodinville) next to make it 2-0. Manhattanville had an opportunity to score once again with two outs, but a failed suicide squeeze play ended the inning.
 
With one out and sophomore Brooke Franson (Newport Beach, Calif./Corona del Mar) on second following a single and a stolen base, rookie Giovanna Liggett (Fountain Valley, Calif./Edison) collected a RBI to make it 3-0 with a double. Senior Desiree Buboi (Villa Park, Calif./Orange Lutheran) hit a double of her own to plate Liggett and make it 4-0. Then, Torres notched yet another double to make it 5-0. In the top of the sixth, the Knights loaded the bases once again, but Hartenstein maintained the shutout by sending down the next two batters.
 
In the bottom of the inning, rookie Madison Saunders led off with a triple to left and was immediately plated by sophomore Ali Orduna's (Orange, Calif./Villa Park) nsac fly to right. Junior Jessi Alvarado (Norwalk, Calif./Gahr) hit a double the next at-bat, followed by a double from sophomore Isela Casillas (Chula Vista, Calif./Eastlake) to put runners on second and third. Rookie Jessaca Delgado (Whittier, Calif./El Rancho) grounded out to third the following at-bat while Alvarado scored on the play to make it 7-0.
 
Manhattanville returns to the field tomorrow, Wednesday, April 17, for a Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Freedom road doubleheader at FDU-Florham in Madison, N.J. The Valiants and Red Devils were originally scheduled to play Friday, April 19, but the upcoming holiday and forecasted inclement weather forced the doubleheader to be pushed up to tomorrow. First pitch in game one is scheduled for 3:00 p.m.