Former softball standout Sydney O’Hara returns to SU as assistant coach
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Former Syracuse softball player Sydney O’Hara joined Shannon Doepking’s coaching staff as an assistant coach, according to an SU Athletics release. O’Hara, who pitched and played first base and outfield for the Orange, will work primarily with the team’s pitchers.
O’Hara spent the past three seasons as a pitching coach at Binghamton University, coaching the Bearcats to the America East tournament semifinals in 2019. Following her graduation from SU in 2017, O’Hara coached at nearby Le Moyne College, also serving as a pitching coach.
Syracuse allows 3rd-most runs in program history in 19-2 loss to No. 13 Clemson
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McKenzie Clark started Sunday afternoon with a double. Shortly after she reached second, catcher Geana Torres made her way out to the mound to talk with starter Kaia Oliver. Then, Oliver walked Ansley Gilstrap, and pitching coach Michael Steuerwald stopped play again to talk with Oliver and Torres. Neither conversation helped, though. Two batters later, freshman Alia Logoleo hit her fifth home run of the season, quickly sending Syracuse into a 4-0 deficit before it got a chance to bat.
Alexa Romero walks 5 hitters in 4-2 loss to No. 13 Clemson
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With runners on second and third base, Clemson’s Ansley Gilstrap worked a 3-1 count against Alexa Romero. On the fifth pitch of the at-bat, Romero’s pitch was outside the strike zone, putting Gilstrap on first and loading the bases. Not even four innings into the contest, Romero walked her fifth batter of the game her second of the inning. Syracuse trailed 3-2, putting the graduate student in a tough spot.
Romero was able to strikeout the Tigers’ top hitter, Valerie Cagle, swinging to end the inning. But the damage had already been done. Johnson’s full count walk had cost Romero and the Orange (19-21, 11-18 Atlantic Coast) as she later scored on an RBI single into right field by junior Cammy Pereira. SU’s offense, which has struggled all season long, had mustered two solo home runs in the first three innings, but Romero’s cont