Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 OLD WESTBURY, NY (www.OLDWESTBURYPANTHERS.com) -The SUNY College at Old Westbury softball team split a road doubleheader with the Staten Island Dolphins on Saturday afternoon from CSI Softball Complex.  Staten Island took the opener, 2-0, before Old Westbury bounced back to win 12-1 in six innings to salvage the split.  Old Westbury now stands at 16-16 on the season while moving Staten Island to 19-12.

Game One: Staten Island 2, Old Westbury 0
Old Westbury starter Alyssa Clancy allowed five hits in total in the opener of which two hits produced two runs in the first inning off a two-run homer by Stefanie Solari. 

Jessica Spero singled in the second inning and advanced to second on Jessica Colucci's base hit.   That would be as close as Old Westbury would come to scoring after failing to produce a hit over the final four innings. 

Solari led all hitters with a 2-for-3 game at the plate. 

Clancy (15-15) fanned five and was saddled with the loss after working six innings in the circle.  Victoria Procopio (14-6) recorded the shutout by scattering four hits and striking out three. 

Game Two: Old Westbury 12, Staten Island 1
Clancy received plenty of help in the finale to record her 16th win of the season.  Old Westbury racked up a season-best 18 hit attack, which included seven multi-hit games. 

Alex Heaney (3-5, 2 RBI), Jacqui Alvarado (3-5, 2 R, RBI) and Jennifer Jean (3-4, 2 R, RBI) led the way with three-hit performances while Nicole Petrucci (2-4, 2 R, RBI), Clancy (2-5, 2 R, RBI), Spero (2-4, 2 R, RBI) and Samantha Howley (2-4, 2 RBI, R) followed with two hits each.  Old Westbury held an 18-6 hitting advantage, including a 6-1 edge in extra base hits. 

Old Westbury jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead at the end of the first.  Alvarado doubled home Petrucci to break the scoring ice.  Two batters later, Alvarado and Corrine Protasiewicz both scored on an infield error. 

Alex Heaney supplied the scoring in the fourth, singling home Petrucci for a 4-0 lead. 

Howley's two-run double down the left field line keyed a three-run fifth inning.  In the bottom of the frame, Chayanne Gilliam tripled and scored on a sacrifice fly by Brittany Smith for Staten Island's lone run of the game.

Old Westbury produced seven hits in the sixth to score five runs to record the run rule victory.  Alvarado opened with a triple and scored on a RBI single by Clancy.  Spero followed with a RBI single and Jean added a RBI double.  Petrucci and Heaney also contributed RBI singles in the big inning.

Clancy (16-15) gave up six hits and fanned one in six innings.

Smith (4-5) was charged with nine earned runs on 18 hits and one walk in six innings of work. 

Procopio (2-3) led the way for the Dolphins with a multi-hit game.   

STEVENS DUCKS UP NEXT FOR OLD WESTBURY: Old Westbury returns to the diamond on Tuesday (April 30) at 3 p.m. when they take on the visiting Stevens Ducks in a non-conference doubleheader from the Jackie Robinson Athletic Complex.   

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