BELLEROSE, NY --- (www.YORKATHLETICS.com) York College softball closed out a three-game homestand Tuesday afternoon with 10-0 and 16-7 non-conference losses to the Yeshiva University Maccabees (3-23) from Padavan-Preller Field in Bellerose, New York.

Game 1 (5 Inn.): Yeshiva 10, York 0
Cardinal starter Rosenery Chicaiza (L, 0-7: 5 IP, 11 H, 10 R, 9 ER, 6 BB, 8 K) and Maccabee hurler Samantha Cohen (W, 2-15: 5 IP, 4 H, 5 K) were locked in a pitcher's duel until a two-run single by Sarah Hiller (1-for-1, 3 R, 2 RBI, BB) during a decisive third inning scored Basya Goldstein (3-for-4, RB, R, 3 SB)  for the game-winning run.

Yeshiva tacked on three runs in the fourth and four more in the fifth to settle the final.  

Shamonie Miller (2-for-2) produced a career-high two hits with third and fifth inning singles to lead the Cardinal offense.  

Chicaiza finished with a game-high eight strikeouts to tie her personal-best performance.  

Game 2 (5 Inn.): Yeshiva 16, York 7
Yeshiva collected six hits and capitalized on three Cardinal errors to put up a 12-run opening inning on Chicaiza (L, 0-8: 0.1 IP, 6 H,. 12 R, 7 ER, 2 BB).  

The Cardinals answered in the bottom of the first by working four-straight walks as Chana Boltax (W, 1-8: 5 IP, 7 H, 7 ER, 11 BB, 4 K) handed Chicaiza (1-for-3, 2 RBI, R, BB) a free pass to advance Isis Funez (2-for-2, 2 R, RBI, BB) home for York's initial run.

Trailing 14-1, York batted 11 Cardinals during a six-run second inning to slice its deficit in half (14-7).  Funez ignited the big inning with a RBI single to score Valentina Pozo. Three batters later, Chicaiza laced a RBI single up the middle to plate home Funez before Nicolasa Restituyo (1-for-2, 2 RBI, R, BB) drilled a two-run double.  Mary Cuevas closed out York's scoring with a RBI single that pushed Restituyo across for the seventh run.  

The Cardinals threatened in the fourth and fifth innings with a pair of stranded two runners in each frame.  In the fifth,  Dorianny Rojas' double led off the inning and Ovelheira (1-for-1, R, 3 BB) later earned her third walk of the game before Boltax fanned the game's final batter to secure the sweep for Yeshiva.      

Rojas (6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 5 BB) struck out three batters in 4.2 innings in relief of Chicaiza.

York finished the game with a season-high 11 walks off Maccabee pitching.

The Cardinals (0-13) are scheduled to return to action next Wednesday (Apr. 24) in Rosemont, Pennsylvania with a 3 p.m. non-conference doubleheader against the Rosemont College Ravens (10-22) from Ravens Athletic Complex.  

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