Syracuse finishes with 5 hits in 2-run loss to No. 13 Clemson
Will Fudge | Staff Photographer
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Syracuse’s leadoff hitters, Calista Almer and Angel Jasso, both struck out in the first inning against Clemson pitcher Valerie Cagle’s opening eight pitches.
Neli Casares-Maher came up to bat, taking a ball on the first pitch. She sized up the second pitch and leveled her sixth home run of the season into the right-center field netting, giving Syracuse a 1-0 lead just 10 pitches into the game.
Then in the third inning, Paris Woods led off and crushed a first-pitch home run 215 feet into the center field netting, tying the game at 2-2.
Syracuse struggles pitching against top-25 teams
Elizabeth Billman | Senior Staff Photographer
Kaia Oliver led the team in ERA (2.53) through her first 20 innings this season but it’s climbed to over 5.00 over her last 56.
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Virginia Tech’s Kelsey Brown raced home after another low Kaia Oliver pitch escaped catcher Maxine Barnes to score the Hokies’ first run of the game. A fielding error by Barnes and an RBI double by Addy Greene followed, and Syracuse trailed 4-0 before its first chance at bat. It forced head coach Shannon Doepking to bring in freshman Jolie Gustave in relief after Oliver walked the bases loaded to start the game, threw just two strikes on 21 pitches and recorded a career-low one out.
Season-high 5 Syracuse errors leads to 8-0 loss to No. 20 Virginia Tech
Will Fudge | Staff Photographer
Syracuse made five errors in its defensive collapse that caused an 8-0 loss to No. 20 Virginia Tech.
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Lindsey Hendrix had just forced a groundout to Virginia Tech’s Kelsey Brown, dropping the .426 hitter to 0-for-4 on the afternoon. Syracuse still trailed by five, but it looked like Hendrix was calming down after giving up two runs in the fourth inning.
After a single up the middle, catcher Grace Chavez grounded to Neli Casares-Maher at shortstop. Casares-Maher’s parents who traveled from California for the first game they could attend sat behind home plate, huddled together under a blanket and holding a Syracuse stuffed animal.
NYS Fair vendors, visitors get a taste of normalcy at offseason food fest
Will Fudge | Staff Photographer People stood on line for 20 minutes to have a taste of Big Kahuna’s gyros, corn dogs and cheese fries.
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Despite the 40-degree weather, residents stood in line for 20 minutes on Saturday to get Big Kahuna’s Fair Foods as its neighboring vendor Villa Pizze Fritte blasted classic rock music. This was the first glimpse of an in-person New York State Fair atmosphere that residents had seen since before the pandemic.
The Zazzara family, operators of the Villa Pizze Fritte stand, hosted an off-season State Fair Food Fest at the New York State Fairgrounds for the second time during the pandemic. This year’s event ran April 15-17 and will continue April 22-24. Vendors included Villa Pizze Fritte, Big Kahuna, Ashley Lynn Winery and Carnival Eats Syracuse.