BOXSCORE - Game One
BOXSCORE - Game Two

BRONX, NY - The rival Baruch Bearcats defeated the Hunter College softball team 4-3 in an extra inning thriller before topping the Hawks, 6-1 in the second game in today's doubleheader at Lehman College.

Baruch improves to 12-16 overall and 8-2 in the CUNYAC with today's wins while Hunter drops to 11-19 overall and 7-3 in the league.

Hunter took an early lead in the first after Crissette Maxwell homered--her first of the season to put the Hawks in front by one. In the fifth, a two-out RBI single from Molly Meehan put Hunter ahead by two (2-0).

The Hawks maintained that lead into the bottom of the seventh before Baruch tallied two runs to tie the game and send it to extra innings.

Hunter added a run atop the eighth to push ahead when Josephine Estevez singled home Julia Lipovac who started the inning on second thanks to the international tiebreaker rule.

Baruch responded however, winning the game on a Hawk error which enabled two runners to score in the bottom of the eighth. 

Briana Kresback, Meehan and Estevez each finished with two hits and an RBI apiece while Maxwell added an RBI. 

Game two played out much differently as Baruch struck first, tallying runs in the second, third and fourth innings to push ahaed, 3-0.

The Hawks scored a run atop the fifth thanks to a RBI single from Angel Iacovetti to make it 3-1 but Baruch added three runs in the bottom of the sixth to make it a 6-1 ballgame and push Hunter out of reach.

Iacovetti (6-7) suffered the loss in game one while Amanda Annicaro (3-4) took the loss in game two.

Hunter will host John Jay on Tuesday, April 17 at 3pm at Randall's Island #12.