KEUKA PARK, N.Y. - The Keuka College Softball played their first home doubleheader of the season beating Cazenovia College in both games.

Keuka College (3-9, 0-0 Empire 8) won their first game against Cazenovia College 10-6. The Wolves then came back in the second game to beat the Wildcats 8-5.

Keuka College 10 vs Cazenovia College 6 - Game One
The Wolves were ready to play in their home debut of the 2023 season. Hali Jenner (Waverly, N.Y. / Waverly) smashed a double scoring two in the bottom of the first inning to give the Wolves the early lead. The Wildcats jumped right back into the game, scoring three in the top of the second and one more in the third to go up 4-2.

Jenner knocked in her third RBI of the game in the bottom of the third and Makenna DeMoney (Conklin, N.Y. / Susquehanna Valley) scored the tying run on a ground ball from Emily Cutrona (Buffalo, N.Y. / West Seneca West). From there the Wildcats and Wolves fought back and forth exchanging the lead until the score was tied 6-6. Cutrona scored on a wild pitch to put the Wolves up by one and the bats kept going. Makenna DeMoney singled to right field in the bottom of the fifth knocking in two runs and bringing the Wolves to a 10-6 lead.

Olivia Flynn (Williamson, N.Y. / Williamson) came in to pitch in the top of the fifth and shut down the Wildcat defense. She allowed only one hit across 2.2 innings and had three strikeouts to help give the Wolves a 10-6 win in game one.  

Lead Wolf: Freshman Hannah Longley (Hannibal, N.Y. / Hannibal) went three-for-three at the plate in the Wolves' first game of the day. She continues to be a consistent leadoff batter for the Wolves, improving to four consecutive games with at least one hit.

Keuka College 8 vs Cazenovia College 5– Game Two
After coming off a win in game one, the Wolves' bats carried right over into game two. The Green and Gold took the lead first again after a single from Olivia Flynn scored two in the bottom of the second. The Wildcats worked to score one in the top of the third, but the Wolves came back again after Olivia Flynn hit a monster triple to score Cutrona and Joan Carroll (Oswego, N.Y. / Oswego) hit a rocket up the middle to score Flynn making the score 4-1 in the Wolves favor.

The Wildcats found their own offense in the fifth scoring four runs of their own and taking the lead 5-4. A double from Kelsey Mohl (Averill Park, N.Y. / Averill Park) and another single from Flynn put the Wolves up 8-5. Again Flynn moved into the circle as a reliever and shut down the Wildcat offense to give the Wolves an 8-5 win in game two.

Lead Wolf:  Olivia Flynn was a weapon for the Wolves earning the win in both games of the doubleheader. She had five strikeouts on the day in a combined 5 innings on the mound in relief allowing no runs and just two hits. She also came up big at the plate in game two going three-for-three with five RBIs.

KC Notes:

• The Keuka College Softball team is no stranger to opponent Cazenovia College. The Wolves have played more series against the Wildcats than any other school.
• The Green and Gold are now 39-25 against Cazenovia College all-time.
• The Wolves collectively had 20 hits as a team between their two games today. This is the most in a doubleheader all season.

Up Next for Keuka College: The Keuka College Softball team is back at home on Friday afternoon for their first Empire 8 Conference doubleheader against Utica University. Game one starts at 3:00pm.
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