Rams Win A Pair in South Carolina

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2

CONWAY, S.C.-

Game One
 
The Rams bats heated up in the first inning and did not cool down anytime soon, as the Rams downed Troy 9-1 in five innings on Saturday morning in Conway, S.C.
 
Sydney Canessa went 2-2 with a pair of RBI and a home run on the game, while Brianna Turgeon went 2-3 with and drove in another pair of runs for Fordham.
 
Michele Daubman pitched five innings of one-run ball, striking out five and walking none to move to 7-7 on the year.
 
After Daubman blanked the Trojans in the top of the first, the dynamic freshman duo of Sydney Canessa and Amy Van Hoven got the Rams started.  Canessa walked and then a wild play brought both of them home in the next at bat, giving the Rams a 2-0 lead with no outs.  The Rams quickly loaded the bases a few batters later and Turgeon brought home a pair with a two-RBI double, moving the Rams ahead 4-0 after one.
 
In the second, Cora Ianiro led off the inning with a single to center before Canessa brought them both home, knocking her third home run of the year to left field and giving the Rams a 6-0 lead.
 
Troy plated a run in the top of the third, but the Rams got back on the board in the bottom of the fourth.  With two outs and no one on, Elise Fortier muscled her fifth home run of the year over the centerfield fence, stretching the Rams' lead to six, 7-1.
 
Needing two runs to close out the game in the fifth, the Rams got just what they needed.  Gabby Luety led off the inning with a solo goner to left before Ianiro recorded her second hit of the game, an RBI double that sealed the deal.
 
Game Two
 
Lauren Quense hurled eight innings of one-run softball on Saturday afternoon, leading the Rams to a 5-1 victory in eight innings over Georgia State.
 
The Langhorne, Pa., native allowed eight hits over eight innings, holding off the Georgia State attack and moving to 4-4 on the year.
 
After the Rams went down in order to start the contest, the Tigers grabbed an early lead in the bottom of the inning, scoring one run on three hits. 
 
The Rams responded in the top of the third, as Canessa led off the frame with a walk before moving to third on a throwing error by the third baseman.  With Canessa just 60 feet from home, Fortier hit a high fly to right, recording the sac fly and tying the game at one.
 
The two squads combined for only four hits over the next four and a half innings before the Rams exploded in the top of the eighth.  Ianiro was placed on second to start the frame and Canessa quickly brought her home with a single to left field.  After Van Hoven popped out, Fortier recorded her second RBI of the day with a double to right center, scoring Canessa.  With the Rams up by two, Kayla Lombardo knocked her third round tripper of the season, giving the Rams some insurance runs and a 5-1 advantage.
 
Quense made quick work of George State in the eighth, earning the win.