BRADFORD, Pa. — The Keuka College Softball team earned their first victory of the season as a part of a doubleheader split at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford on Thursday.

The hosts won the opening game 9-3 over the Wolves, but Keuka College (1-9) rallied for a 7-6 victory in game two.

Pitt.-Bradford 9 vs. Keuka College 3 – Game 1
The Panthers took the lead with a pair of runs in the second inning and doubled it with two more in the third.

The Wolves cut into the lead in the fourth as Olivia Flynn led off with a double. She moved to third on a single by Makenna DeMoney and scored on a single from Kaylin Ritenour. DeMoney would later score on a groundout and Ritenour came in on a wild pitch to make it 4-3.

However, Pitt.-Bradford added two back in the fourth and tacked on three insurance runs in the sixth to defeat the Wolves 9-3.

Keuka College 7 at Pitt.-Bradford 6 – Game 2
Keuka College took the early lead in game two as Olivia Flynn and Hailey Jasinski had back-to-back doubles for the Wolves.

The Wolves added to their lead in the third. Emily Cutrona reached on an error to start the inning. Cutrona would come all the way around to score from first on a double by Olivia Flynn. Hailey Jasinski followed with a home run to center to extended Keuka's lead to 4-0.

Makenna DeMoney had an RBI single for the Wolves in the fifth inning, but the Panthers would claw back. Pitt.-Bradford scored a run in the fifth and two in the sixth to make it 5-3.

Brooke Burd had a pinch hit single to lead off the seventh of the Wolves. Olivia Flynn followed with another double. A groundout by Jasinski scored Cutrona, who pinch ran for Burd, to make it 6-3. Flynn came in a batter later on a passed ball as the Wolves took a 7-3 lead into the final inning.

The insurance runs were needed as Pitt.-Bradford scored three runs and loaded the bases against the Wolves. However, a groundout to third would end the game with Keuka College defeating Pitt.-Bradford 7-6.

KC Notes:

• The Wolves and Panthers have split their doubleheader in each of the past two seasons. Pitt.-Bradford leads the all-time series 9-3
• Olivia Flynn and Makenna DeMoney each had a pair of hits in game one
• Flynn added three more doubles, tying the program record, in game two
• Hailey Jasinski had a single, double, and home run in game two against the Panthers. It was her second career home run, and the seven total bases set a new personal best
• Jasinski also set a new career-high with four runs batted in
• Abbie DeRock pitched a complete game for the Wolves with five strikeouts for her first career win
• Brooke Burd and Giana Mruczek recorded their first career hits on Thursday.

Up Next for Keuka College: Empire 8 play is up next for Keuka College. The Wolves will travel to SUNY Geneseo to face the Knights in a conference doubleheader. 2025 is Geneseo's first season in the Empire 8 Conference. The two teams last met in 2017 splitting a doubleheader, the only win in the 20-game series for the Wolves.