JACKSON POWERS COUGARS TO SWEEP OF QUEENS
4-22-05
CC 2, QC 1 (8 inn.)
CC 10, QC 3
CALDWELL,
N.J. - Junior right-fielder Katie Jackson (Pennsville,
NJ/Pennsville) belted a pair of home runs to lead the Caldwell College
Softball team to a sweep of Queens College in a non-conference
doubleheader Friday afternoon at Caldwell Field. With the wins, the
Cougars improved to 27-8 overall, while the Knights fell to 15-20.
The first game was a pitcher's dual between junior Jessica Saunders
(Glen Burnie, MD/Archbishop Spaulding) and Queen's Victoria Forsythe.
The Knights got on the board first when Katie Karpinski and Crystal
Wilson hit back-to-back doubles in the top of the fourth inning.
Forsythe held the Cougars without a hit until a single by junior
Kim Birmingham (Pine Hill, NJ/Overbrook) (pictured) in the sixth
inning broke up the no-hitter. Then in the bottom of the seventh with
the Cougars still trailing 1-0, Jackson hit her third home run of the
season to tie the game and force extra innings. After the Knights
failed to score in the top of the eighth, junior Gina D'Amico
(Turnersville, NJ/Washington Twp) led off the bottom of the inning
with a triple. Birmingham followed with a single that scored D'Amico
and gave the Cougars a 2-1 victory.
Saunders went the distance for Caldwell, allowing one run, five hits
and three walks while striking out nine to improve to 10-5. Forsythe
took the loss after giving up two runs and four hits while fanning
four.
The Cougars had the bats working early in the second game, taking a
6-0 lead in the first inning. D'Amico and freshman Carrie
Flasphaler (Horseheads, NJ/Horseheads) had RBI triples, while
Jackson, Birmingham and sophomore Stacy Falkowski (Horseheads,
NJ/Horseheads) each singled home runs in the inning. Then in the
fourth inning, Jackson hit a two-run homer, scoring freshman Nicole
Bodrog (Mt. Laurel, NJ/Lenape) and giving Caldwell an 8-0 lead.
The Knights avoided the eight-run rule with three unearned runs in the
top of the fifth to make the score 8-3. The Cougars closed out the
scoring in the bottom of the sixth, when freshman Stephanie Brodo
(Belleville, NJ/St. Mary's) doubled home Brodrog, then scored on
D'Amico's RBI double.
Freshman Kristen de la Campa (Whitman, MA/Whitman Hanson)
earned the victory and improved to 7-0 on the season after allowing
four hits and one walk while striking out three in 4 1/3 innings.
Sophomore Anna Dahl turned in 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief to
earn her third save of the year.
The Cougars return to action on Sunday, Apr. 24, when they host
Goldey-Beacom College in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference
doubleheader. Game time is set for 2:30 p.m.
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