Softball Goes 2-0 on Second Day of Campbell Invitational

Saturday, February 15

Buies Creek, N.C.

10 a.m.

Bucknell University

4-3

Mount St. Mary's (Md.)

0-1

Bucknell

Mount St. Mary's

Geffert Named Patriot League Softball Rookie of the Week

Softball Goes 2-0 on Second Day of Campbell Invitational

2/15/2020 8:42:00 PM | Softball

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BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Bucknell softball won both of its games Saturday in decisive fashion, outscoring the competition 10-2 on the second day of the Campbell Invitational. Senior pitcher Raeanne Geffert posted a career high in strikeouts, and freshman pitcher Kaiya Burton pitched her first complete game. With the wins, the Bison improved to 5-3 on the season.

Bucknell continues play at the Campbell Invitational with its final game at 10 a.m. The Bison take on Mount St. Mary's for a second time.

Bucknell 5, Mount St. Mary's 0

One day after breaking Bucknell's all-time career strikeouts record, Geffert had a career day with 16 strikeouts and a 5-0 shutout of Mount St. Mary's on the second day of the Campbell Invitational. The Bison held Mount St. Mary's to just two hits while making no errors in the field and scored runs in four straight innings to collect a second win on the weekend and improve to 4-3 overall.

Lauren Lichtenwalner accounted for two of Bucknell's five RBIs when she hit a two-RBI home run in the fourth inning, doubling the Bison's runs and extending the lead to 4-0. Bucknell had previously scored in both the second and third innings.

Taylor Wolfgang had one of Bucknell's extra-base hits in the third inning when she doubled to left field and sent one run across. The Bison originally got on the board in the second inning thanks to an RBI single by Ava Fairbanks. Nicole Rivait knocked in an insurance run in the fifth as well, but the Bison wouldn't need it as the Mountaineers never got on the board.

Bucknell 5, Saint Francis 2

Bucknell grabbed its second win of the day against the Red Flash. It was the team's second win over the three-time defending Northeast champions this season. Burton pitched the first complete game of her career and allowed just two hits while reaching double-digit strikeouts.

On the other side, Bucknell recorded a season-high 12 hits and scored each time they were on offense outside of the fourth inning.

Bucknell spread its scoring out with one run in five of the first six innings. Additionally, four different Bison recorded RBIs in the victory. Most impressive was a 4-for-4 game by sophomore Allyse Volpe, who finished the day with five hits, an RBI, two runs scored and a walk. Wolfgang also impressed with a 3-for-4 outing at the plate. The Bison also hit their second homer of the day when Halie Mariano sent one over the fence in the sixth inning.

Saint Francis erased the shutout with a two-run home run in the top of the seventh inning.

Burton improved to 2-0 on the season and posted 12 strikeouts in today's game.