CLERMONT, Fla. – Suffolk softball slipped into an early deficit, rallied late, but could not complete the comeback as Mount Union downed the Rams, 11-6, Sunday morning at Hancock Park.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 6 | Mount Union 11
RECORDS: Suffolk (0-3) | Mount Union (3-2)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Suffolk dug itself in an 11-1 hole as Mount Union put runs on the boards in the first five innings. A handful of line-up and pitching changes later and the mercy rule looming, the Rams started a comeback.  

The scoring started thanks to three Raiders error that let two runners come in. With Leina Belog on third, Savannah Scripter wrote her first collegiate hit in the scorebook with a single up the middle to make it an 11-4 ball game after five innings.  

Hanna Cash held Mount Union scoreless for the first time in the top of the sixth and the blue-and-gold kept its offensive output going in the home half of the inning. This time walks and base hits paid off for the Rams as Brooke Cloak brought two runs in with a one-bagger up the middle. After a pitching change for the Raiders and the second out of the frame, Belog kept the inning going with a base on balls. Scripter sauntered to the plate with all the ducks in the pond and had the crowd stand up as she sent a shot out to centerfield. The rookie's long ball fell just short and landed in Grace Heath's glove and the score stood at 11-6 through six.  

Neither side was able to break through in the seventh and the score stayed in favor of the Raiders.  

PITCHERS PICTURE

• Constance Phelan started in the circle for the blue-and-gold and dipped to 0-2 on the year after giving up six runs on eight hits in the first 1.2 frames. 
• Kennedy Reyes tossed 1.2 innings in which she allowed three runs on six hits and four walks. 
• Hanna Cash did the bulk of the work with 3.2 innings. Her stat line was comprised of two runs on five hits and two walks with the freshman responsible for Suffolk's staff's lone strikeout. 
• Alyssa Rose earned the victory behind a six-run, three-earned, six-hit, four-walk, 11-strikeout day over 5.1 innings. 
• Cheyanne Bosse closed out the contest. She threw 1.2 innings of scoreless relief with one walk and one punchout to her credit.  

STATISTCALLY SPEAKING

• Leah Barnes had a 2-for-3 effort at the plate with a pair of runs. 
• Cloak collected two RBI on one hit and scored one run herself. 
• Belog logged one run, one hit, one RBI, one walk and swiped two bags. 
• Scripter recorded one hit, one RBI and one walk. 
• Kariana Bua had one hit, while Sowerbutts scored once.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk met Mount Union for the first time. 
• Leah Sowerbutts made her first collegiate start.
• Belog stole a career-high two bases. 
• Barnes notched a personal-best in hits (2) and runs scored (2).  
• Cash made her first collegiate appearance on the rubber. 
• Scripted knocked her first collegiate hit.  

POST-GAME PIC
  

COMING UP
Suffolk wraps up the second day of competition at THE Spring Games this afternoon against Alfred.