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BRONXVILLE, N.Y.— In its first year as a varsity sport the Yeshiva softball program advanced into the championship round of the 2014 Hudson Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (HVIAC) postseason tournament. The Maccabees beat Sarah Lawrence College 17-16 in the semifinal round before losing to St. Joseph's-Brooklyn, 14-1, in the championship game to end their inaugural season with a 6-7 overall record.
 
In the semifinal round game, Yeshiva, the No. 2 seed went with No. 3 Sarah Lawrence College into extra innings. In the eighth inning, the Maccabees overcame a four run deficit. Down 16-12, Yeshiva came back with five runs in the bottom half to win it walk-off style. In the end, it was Erin Potasnick who ripped a single that scored Rachel Mirsky to cap the five run eighth inning and complete the comeback. Earlier in the inning, Rebecca Kleiner mashed a double that scored Alyssa Greenberg. Then Kleiner scored after a single by Lieba Swartz-Brownstein made the score 16-14. Then Merav Saden Barach blasted a two run homer to tie the score to set the stage for the walk-off hit which came with two outs in the bottom of the inning.
 
The final inning was fitting for a game that saw plenty of runs and Sarah Lawrence tie the score three times.  Early in the game, the Gryphons scored five runs in the top of the second to take the initial advantage. The Maccabees came right back in the bottom half with six runs to jump ahead 6-5.
 
In the next inning, Sarah Lawrence scored another run to tie the game. From there, Yeshiva took the lead three more times, only for Sarah Lawrence to tie the score. The Maccabees led by scores of 7-6, 9-7 and 12-9, and each time Sarah Lawrence tied the score and once took the lead with its four run eighth inning.
 
Yeshiva pounded out 21 hits against Sarah Lawrence and was led by Kleiner who was 4-for-5 with a double, two runs and four runs batted in. Meanwhile Mirsky and Saden Barach had three hits each. Both went 3-for-6, homered and scored two times. Deena Miller led the team with four runs scored.
 
In the championship game, St. Joseph's-Brooklyn scored nine runs in the bottom of the first inning to take control of the game early on. The only run Yeshiva scored was a double by Genauer that scored Kleiner in the top of the second inning.
 
Melissa Appel, Saden Barach, Genauer and Dina Rubin recorded one hit each in the championship game for Yeshiva.