COKER, JACKSON LEAD CALDWELL TO SWEEP OF POST
4-14-05
CC 3, POST 1
CC 9, POST 3
CALDWELL,
N.J. - Juniors Amy Coker (Pennsville, NJ/Pennsville) and
Katie Jackson (Pennsville, NJ/Pennsville) turned in impressive
performances at the plate to help the Caldwell College softball team
take two from Post University, 3-1 and 9-3 in a Central Atlantic
Collegiate Conference doubleheader Thursday afternoon at Caldwell
Field. The Cougars improved to 20-5 overall and 11-1 in the CACC,
while the Eagles are 11-14, 4-4.
In the first game, Post took a 1-0 lead with an unearned run in the
top of the second inning. Coker helped get things started in he third
inning, following a walk by freshman Alyssa Speno (Waterloo,
NY, Waterloo) with a single. Sophomore Jackie Velardi then doubled
home Speno to tie the game at 1-1. The Cougars took the lead for good
in the bottom of the fifth, when Coker doubled and later scored on a
groundout by sophomore Anna Dahl (Lindenwold, NJ/Camden
Catholic). The Cougars scored an insurance run when freshman Carrie
Flasphaler (Horseheads, NY/Horseheads) singled home classmate
Nicole Bodrog (Mt. Laurel, NJ/Lenape) in the bottom of the sixth.
Pitcher Jessica Saunders (Glen Burnie, MD/Archbishop Spaulding)
went the distance for the Cougars, allowing three hits and walking two
while striking out five to improve to 8-3.
The Cougars took control early in the second game, scoring four runs
in the first inning. Dahl plated Speno and Coker with a single, then
sophomore Stacy Falkowski (Horseheads, NY/Horseheads) hit a
two-run home run, her first of the season, to make it 4-0. After the
Eagles scored a run in the top of the third, the Cougars continued to
display power at the plate, as Jackson homered in the bottom of the
third to restore Caldwell's four-run lead. Post scored a pair of
unearned runs in the fourth to cut the lead to 5-3. Junior Gina
D'Amico (Turnersville, NJ/Washington Twp) doubled home
pinch-runner Meghan Johnston (Kirkland, WA/Lake Washington) in
the fifth. Then in the sixth, Dahl doubled, scoring Coker, and Jackson
hit her second two-run home run of the game to close out the scoring.
Dahl improved to 8-2 on the season after giving up five hits and three
runs (one earned) while fanning five batters.
The Cougars return to action on Saturday, Apr. 16, when they play a
non-conference doubleheader at Dowling College, beginning at 1:00 p.m.
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