GAMEDAY: SOFTBALL CLOSES OUT FLORIDA TRIP WITH FINAL TWO GAMES

3/2/2025 6:00:00 AM

The College of Staten Island Softball Team will open their trip to Florida at The Spring Games this afternoon against the University of Mary, the first of 10 games the team will play during the upcoming week. Below is all you need to know to follow all of the action live throughout the week. You can visit the Softball schedule page here for links to live stats for all of this week's games. Joseph Foreman and Joseph Calabrese of CSI Sportsnet will also be at The Spring Games this week and are currently scheduled to host a play-by-play broadcast for all of the ten games (WEATHER & INTERNET PERMITTING). Links to each of those calls can be found below and live video streaming of each game is available for purchase on Fastpitch Network here.

Game 1: Staten Island vs University of Mary (Sunday, 1:30 PM)
Runs were scored in the first four half-innings during the game between the Dolphins and Marauders. First, U Mary got on the board with a two-out RBI double in the road first to go ahead 1-0. The Dolphins then answered back with a game-tying hit by Anissa Acosta in the home half of the inning. U Mary went ahead by one a second time in the next inning as well, but the Dolphins took the lead for good in the bottom half. With the bases loaded, Aileen Balderas chased home three with a bases-clearing double to make it 4-2. Attempting to induce a play at the plate on a stolen base attempt, the Dolphins muffed a throw at second base allowing an unearned run to score in the sixth. Now leading 4-3, Marena Grenier escaped trouble in each of the last to innings to secure the Dolphins win.

Live Stats - https://csidolphins.com/sidearmstats/softball/summary

GAME AUDIO (CSI SPORTSNET)

Game 2: Staten Island vs University of Pittsburgh Johnstown (Sunday, 4:30 PM)
The Dolphins took the early lead in the first inning of game two on an RBI single by Acosta, and the pitching staff took care of the rest. Getting the start, Kennedie Ruth did not allow a run in 5.0 innings, and the CSI starter stranded many Mountain Cats on base throughout her outing. Still leading 1-0 in the third, the Dolphins scored twice. First, a passed ball brought home the second run. One batter later, Olivia Wanser singled home the third CSI run to make it 3-0. Acosta would drive in the fourth CSI run with a fifth-inning single, and CSI would turn the game over to Alexandra Frenza out of the bullpen in the sixth. In relief, Frenza retired all six batters she faced, but the CSI bats weren't finished yet. A three-run, three-hit seventh saw the CSI lead grow to 7-0 behind run-scoring knocks from Wanser and Taryn Judson. This would ultimately be the final score as the Dolphins defeated Pittsburgh Johnstown four their second win of the day and fourth win of the season.

Live Stats - https://csidolphins.com/sidearmstats/softball/summary

GAME AUDIO (CSI SPORTSNET)

Game 3: Staten Island vs Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (Monday, 2:00 PM)
The Dolphins opened the game against the Fighting Scots with a first-inning rally that put them ahead for good. CSI sent ten batters to the plate and scored four times on five hits before ultimately stranding the bases loaded. Things got started with consecutive hits by Mariah Carcano and Aileen Balderas to make it 1-0. Another hit by Olvia Wanser and an error loaded the base soon after. This set the stage for a bases-clearing 3-RBI double by Bridget Motley to make it 4-0. This is all the run support Marena Grenier would need as the CSI starter would go on to pitch a complete game shutout. Along the way, the Dolphins would strand the bases loaded in the third and two more on base in the sixth. However, the Fighting Scots did not mount any serious threat until the seventh then they came to within one batter of getting the tying run to the plate. Faced with a full count, Grenier got the strikeout of the game's final batter to earn the win in a complete game effort.

Live Stats - https://csidolphins.com/sidearmstats/softball/summary

GAME AUDIO (CSI SPORTSNET)

Game 4: Staten Island vs Franklin Pierce University (Monday, 4:15 PM)
The Ravens jumped on the Dolphins early in game two and put CSI in an early five-run hole before they ever came to bat. A leadoff walk and an error opened the game before a triple plated two runs. Another RBI hit made it 3-0 two batters later, and two more two-out runs put Franklin Pierce ahead by five. The Ravens would then add another run in the second before CSI starter Kennedie Ruth gave way to Brooklyn Mellor in the third. Mellor would get through that inning unscathed after inheriting a runner in scoring position, and the Dolphins would get one run back in the home half of the frame. Anissa Acosta doubled in Balderas for the first CSI run, and this would be the last time either team would score until the sixth.

Still trailing 6-1 with two outs in the home sixth, three straight CSI hits brought home two runs to make it 6-3. With the tying run at the plate, the Ravens turned to Georgia Clough in relief for a big strikeout to end the CSI threat. Following a leadoff double, a two-out RBI single plated the first run against Mellor in the top of the seventh. This put the Dolphins down by four, and CSI would not threaten in the final half-inning of a 7-3 defeat.

Live Stats - https://csidolphins.com/sidearmstats/softball/summary

GAME AUDIO (CSI SPORTSNET)

Game 5: Staten Island vs Southwest Minnesota State University (Tuesday, 10:00 AM)
The Mustangs took the early lead in game one and never looked back as they scored three unearned runs in the first inning. The rally started with a leadoff single that was immediately followed by a Dolphins error on a dropped fly ball. A fielder's choice ground ball that resulted in no outs then loaded the bases, and another ground ball resulted in a force play at the plate for the game's first out. A short pop up that was caught in foul ground then resulted in a potential double play at third base, but the CSI throw got away to bring home the game's first run. Now trailing 1-0, a 2-RBI single plated two more to put SMSU ahead by three. The Dolphins would later strand two in scoring position in the second before the Mustangs added another run in the third. CSI then stranded two more in the fourth, and left the bases loaded in the sixth. Meanwhile, the Mustangs would extend their lead to five in the fifth and would score two more in the seventh inning of a 7-0 win.

Live Stats - https://smsumustangs.com/sidearmstats/softball/summary

GAME AUDIO (CSI SPORTSNET)

Game 6: Staten Island vs Southwest Minnesota State University (Tuesday, 12:15 PM)
Just as the Mustangs did in game one, the Dolphins jumped out to an early lead in game two. Four straight one-out walks brought home the game's first run before Bridget Motley chased home two more with an RBI single. Soleil Smith then made it 4-0 with a single through the right side, but the Dolphins could not add any more in the inning. SMSU responded in the home first with a three-spot against CSI starter Marena Grenier collecting five hits in the inning. The big blow came on 2-RBI hit by Brynn Webber, and the inning ended with the Dolphins leading, 4-3. This score would stand until the fifth when the Mustangs broke the game wide open with a huge rally. A leadoff triple started the inning, and an RBI single quickly tied the game. A walk put two on base before five consecutive Mustangs reached base. Along the way, seven more runs came in to score putting SMSU ahead, 11-4. This would ultimately be the final score as the Dolphins lost their third straight.

Live Stats - https://smsumustangs.com/sidearmstats/softball/summary

GAME AUDIO (CSI SPORTSNET)

Game 7: Staten Island vs Salem (Thursday, 2:00 PM)
The Tigers jumped in front during the opening inning of CSI's first game of the day after a leadoff triple and RBI single plated the game's first run. The score would remain 1-0 Salem until the third when the Dolphins took the lead for the first time. An infield single opened the frame, but a caught stealing and ground out left the bases empty with two away. This is where the two-out CSI rally started as Aileen Balderas singled before being doubled home by Anissa Acosta. An Amanda Stalker base hit then put two in scoring position with two outs, and moments later, a wild pitch brought home the go-ahead run.

With CSI leading 2-1, Bridget Motley reached on an error to open the home fourth. Aliveah Warner then tripled her home to make it 3-1, and Warner would eventually score on a fielder's choice ground ball to make it 4-1. That score would stand until the sixth when the Tigers pulled to within one on a two-out, 2-RBI triple by Brooke Wise. After CSI went down in order in the sixth, a two-out double would put the tying run in scoring position for the Tigers in the seventh. However, Kennedie Ruth would escape stranding the tying run there as the Dolphins held on to win, 4-3.

Live Stats - https://csidolphins.com/sidearmstats/softball/summary

GAME AUDIO (CSI SPORTSNET)

Game 8: Staten Island vs Bemidji State University (Thursday, 4:15 PM)
For the second straight season the Dolphins and Beavers opened their matchup with a high-scoring first inning. After the Dolphins scored twice, the Beavers answered with three runs in the home half of the inning. BSU then extended their 3-2 lead in the second when a ground ball to right field was allowed to roll all the way to the fence by CSI. This cleared the two Beavers baserunners and allowed the batter to score making it 6-2. Another run came home later in the inning as well to make it 7-2, but the Dolphins would get two back in the bottom of the inning to make it 7-4. The Beavers would break the game open with three more runs in the fourth, and the Dolphins would settle for just one in the fifth following an RBI single by Olivia Wanser. The Beavers once again got that run back in the sixth, but the Dolphins would not go down quietly in the seventh. Balderas homered to begin the inning, and the Dolphins would tack on another run on a Bridget Motley groundout. This is where the CSI rally would end as the tying run never came to the plate in an 11-7 defeat.

Live Stats - https://bsubeavers.com/sidearmstats/softball/summary

GAME AUDIO (CSI SPORTSNET)

Game 9: Staten Island vs Dominican University - NY (Friday, 2:00 PM)

Live Stats - https://csidolphins.com/sidearmstats/softball/summary

GAME AUDIO (CSI SPORTSNET)

GAME VIDEO AND CSI SPORTSNET AUDIO

Game 10: Staten Island vs St. Cloud State University (Friday, 4:15 PM)

Live Stats - https://csidolphins.com/sidearmstats/softball/summary

GAME AUDIO (CSI SPORTSNET)

GAME VIDEO AND CSI SPORTSNET AUDIO

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