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Game Recap: Softball | 3/10/2015 10:17:00 PM |

Cater’s Masterful In 2-0 Victory
Jocelyn Cater shut down Pennsylvania and had the game-winning hit
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3/11/2015 - 1:00 PM EST

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CLEARWATER, Fla. – Jocelyn Cater played hero for Syracuse (8-11) in their 2-0 victory against Pennsylvania (4-4). The Detla, Bristish Columbia native blanked the Quakers in seven innings of work, striking out 10 and allowing just four hits and one walk. With the bases loaded, Cater gave herself the lead with a single to score two in the sixth.

"It felt good to get the win, especially in a game Joc (Jocely Cater) gave us another great outing." Coach Ross said following the game. "I thought we did a much better job fighting in our at-bats and putting the ball in play. Dani (Danielle Chitkowski) swung the bat well and gained some confidence at the plate with two hits and it was huge for us to be able to come up with the big hit when we needed it and put some runs on the board for Joc to get her the win."
The Highlights

• Throws to the plate from Maddi Doane and Sammy Fernandez kept the Quakers off the board in the first inning.
• Jocelyn Cater scored Alyssa Dewes and Julie Wambold on a single up the middle in the sixth.
• Danielle Chitkowski went two-for-three on the day with two singles.
• Cater's effort on the mound marks the first lone-shutout this season. Cater and Sydney O'Hara combined for one in their victory against Nevada.
• The game is Cater's third game this season in 15 appearances with 10 strikeouts or more. Her season high is 16.
• This is now Cater's 12th game this season and her eighth straight giving up two runs or less out

of 15 outings.
Cater Blanks The Quakers
After allowing a leadoff walk, the Quakers roped a double to left bringing the runner on first around to score but a throws from Doane and Fernandez were on point and on time to Wambold at the plate to keep Penn off the scoreboard.

Cater held Penn without a hit until the fifth when she gave up a single to the leadoff hitter. However, Chitkowski was there on the sacrifice bunt attempt and threw out the runner at second to keep the Quakers out of scoring position. The next batter grounded out but was able to advance the runner to second but with two down, Cater struck out the ensuing batter to put an end to any threat of scoring.

Syracuse's offense clicked in the sixth as Ozanne led off with a walk, Wambold reached on a dropped third strike and O'Hara walked to load the bases, bringing up Cater. Jumping on the first pitch she saw, Cater struck a single up the middle to score Dewes and Wambold.

After striking out the first batter of the seventh, Cater gave up a double to center field. However, despite the runner in scoring position, her focus never faltered as she struck out the next two batters to defeat Penn, 2-0.

 

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Syracuse 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 8 9 1
Pennsylvania 3 1 0 1 0 5 X 10 13 0
W: Spichiger,Mason (1-0) L: Jocelyn Cater (6-8) S: Borden,Alexis (1)

Game Recap: Softball | 3/11/2015 7:11:00 PM |

Orange Offense Explodes In Split
Jocelyn Cater throws another gem in 5-1 win but ‘Cuse falls in 10-8 slugfest
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3/13/2015 - 1:45 PM EST

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The Orange (9-12) offense scored 13 runs in two games, winning the first against Yale (0-3), 5-1 and falling late to Pennsylvania (5-4), 10-8. Sydney O'Hara was locked in at the plate, anchoring the offense with a five-for-seven day, two home runs, three runs and six runs batted in.
runs batted in.

The Highlights Against Yale

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  • Jocelyn Cater earned the win in another outstanding outing in which she allowed just one run in six innings with six strikeouts and just two walks.
  • Lindsay Taylor battled back from injury to make her first appearance in 2015 and threw a scoreless seventh. All three outs were weak ground balls.
  • O'Hara provided two runs and two runs batted in with a double and a home run.
  • Maddi Doane just missed a home run with a triple off of the right field fence, scoring two.
  • Corinne Ozanne doubled and was pinch ran for by Taylor Falkner who scored on O'Hara's homer.
  • Annie Toczynski picked up two hits, a run and her first collegiate RBI.

Alyssa Dewes singled and later scored on Doane's triple.
The Highlights Against Penn

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  • Six of Syracuse's eight runs were scored by the top five batters in the lineup.
  • Julie Wambold finished two-for-four with two runs and two RBI and a double.
  • O'Hara launched her second home run of the day in a three-for-four effort with a run and four RBI.
  • Sammy Fernandez picked up an RBI single and later scored.
  • Toczynski continued her offensive success, finishing the game one-for-two with a run scored.
  • Ozanne singled, walked and later scored a run for the Orange.
  • Dewes singled and scored a run.
  • Doane scored a run after being hit by a pitch.
  • Lindsey Larkin threw a scoreless fifth in relief.

Team Effort Defeats Yale, 5-1
Syracuse jumped on the board in the second when Annie Toczynski singled to left with runners on first and third to score O'Hara who doubled to begin the inning. Yale retaliated in the top of the third, tagging Jocelyn Cater for one with a single to tie the game.

Corinne Ozanne roped a one-out double to left center in the bottom of the third. Yale was able to get
the second out, bringing O'Hara to the plate. Locked in, O'Hara left the yard with a two run shot to take a 3-1 lead. The Orange wasn't done in the fourth as it scored two on a triple off the fence by Maddi Doane, scoring Toczynski and Alyssa Dewes.

Cater shut down the Bulldogs the next two innings, handing the ball off to Lindsay Taylor in the seventh. In her first appearance of 2015, coming off injury, Taylor was lights out with three soft ground ball outs to close the door and win the game, 5-1.

Late Effort By Penn Steals The Win
O'Hara continued her offensive success after Ozanne and Wambold reached base with two down, launching a three-run home run to right field. However, the lead was short lived as Penn answered in the bottom of the inning with a three-run homer to tie the game.

The Orange exploded in the second, beginning with Toczynski and Dewes reaching base and Sammy Fernandez scoring Toczynski on an infield single. A wild pitch scored Dewes and Wambold doubled to left clearing the bases for two RBI. O'Hara knocked in the fifth run of the inning with a single to score Wambold from third. The outburst gave Syracuse an 8-3 advantage heading to the bottom of the second.
Penn began to chip away at the lead, scoring a run on a walk with the bases loaded in the second and a run on an error, pulling within three of Syracuse.

Penn then surged back to take a 10-8 lead with a five-run sixth. The Quakers began the inning with five-straight hits, scoring four and added one more with one down on a single to center. Penn brought in its ace to seal the deal in the seventh, saving the 10-8 comeback for the Quakers.