The Columbia softball team (11-30, 2-14 Ivy) will face St. Peter’s (2-28) in a doubleheader today in the final nonconference games for both teams this season. This marks the second time that the Lions will play the Peacocks, following a matchup during the Rebel Spring Games in Florida during the Light Blue’s spring break trip.
St. Peter’s has suffered through a miserable season that includes just two wins and 10 losses to Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference rivals. The Peacocks’ only wins this season came against Florida A&M on March 14 and Lafayette on April 13.
Columbia easily defeated St. Peter’s last month in a 7-2 victory on March 18. The Lions scored two early first inning runs off freshman Alison Lam’s single and senior Dani Pineda’s two-run homer. Stephanie Yagi’s triple and a St. Peter’s error gave Columbia a 3-0 lead in the second inning, and the Lions scored four more runs in the third on senior Aimee Kemp’s RBI single and on Annie Marie Skylis’s triple with the bases loaded to give her team a 7-0 advantage.
The Peacocks did manage to score a pair of runs in the bottom of the third inning on a Columbia error, but junior Maggie Johnson limited St. Peter’s to one hit over the final three innings for a complete game win. Shelby Beaver took the loss, allowing all seven runs in just five innings. The freshman has a 9.69 ERA and 14 losses in 69 1/3 innings this season, while the team has an 8.42 ERA overall.
On offense for St. Peter’s, Vanessa Acosta has team highs in batting average (.257), home runs (4), RBIs (11), and slugging percentage (.471). No other Peacocks hitter with at least 50 at-bats has an average over .240.
The doubleheader is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. in Jersey City, N.J.
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