CLERMONT, FLA. - SUNY Geneseo first-year Kaitlyn Schmitz recorded three hits and earned her first collegiate pitching victory as the Knights split a pair of games at Legends Park on Sunday morning and afternoon. 

GAME 1 - Hamilton 4, Geneseo 1

• Junior pitcher Elizabeth Eberhardt tossed four scoreless innings as the Knights and Continentals remained tied 0-0 through the first four innings. 
• In the top of the fifth, Hamilton strung together three hits and a walk to plate three runs and take a 3-0 lead. The Continentals added another run in the top of the sixth to make it 4-0.
• Geneseo loaded the bases in the top of the seventh inning, but could only drive in one run on an RBI groundout from Katherine Hayes. 

GAME 2 - Geneseo 6, Macalester 2 

• Macalester jumped out to an early 2-0 lead, plating a pair of runs in the third inning. Junior pitcher Mattie Woodard struck out the side in the fourth inning, finishing with a four-inning no decision with two runs on one hit and four walks with seven strikeouts. 
• In the top of the fifth, junior Leah VanDerwarker ripped an RBI single through the left side to plate Iris Kahris, making it 2-1. 
• Schmitz tossed three shutout innings to blank the Scots' bats, setting up the Knights' late-game heroics. 
• Down to their final out with the go-ahead run on second base, VanDerwarker scorched a hot shot to center field that the Macalester defender couldn't handle, giving the Knights a 3-2 lead. Sophomore Rebecca Schwartz followed with an RBI double and Schmitz and senior Taylor Riccardi each hit RBI singles to extend the Geneseo lead to 6-2. 

QUICK FACTS 

• Riccardi and Schmitz each recorded at least one hit in both games, while the Knights recorded just 10 hits in the two games combined. 
• Riccardi and Schmitz share the team lead, each batting 5-for-10 to begin the season.
• The Geneseo pitching staff combined for three runs (two earned) over 14 innings pitched as Eberhardt, Schmitz, Woodard and senior Mattie Klein twirled the two games combined. 

WHAT'S NEXT?

The Knights (2-1) return to action on Monday with a pair of games against Babson and University of New England.