COUGAR SOFTBALL SPLITS DOUBLEHEADER WITH DOMINICAN
4-1-06
DC 2, CC 1
CC 5, DC 3
CALDWELL,
N.J. – Caldwell College sophomore Alyssa Speno (Waterloo,
NY/Waterloo), right, hit a triple with the bases loaded in the bottom of the
sixth inning to help the Cougars’ softball team earn a split of a Central
Atlantic Collegiate Conference doubleheader with Dominican College on
Saturday afternoon at Caldwell Field. The Cougars are now 12-8 overall and
5-1 in the CACC, while the Lady Chargers are 19-9 on the season and 4-4 in
conference play.
Two runs in the top of the seventh allowed Dominican to erase an early 1-0
deficit and win the first game, 2-1. The Cougars took a 1-0 lead in the
bottom of the first when Speno scored from third on a wild pitch. Senior
pitcher Jessica Saunders (Glen Burnie, MD/Archbishop Spaulding), who
took a two-hit shutout into the top of the seventh, gave up a lead-off
single to Jackie Terpstra. After Terpstra was sacrificed to second,
Christine Stathes reached on an error. Michelle Krupna then doubled to left
centerfield, scoring two runs and giving Dominican a 2-1 lead. Stathes, who
went the distance in the circle for the Lady Chargers, blanked the Cougars
in the bottom of the seventh to preserve the win and improve her record to
8-2 on the season.
The second game started out as another pitcher’s battle between Caldwell
junior Anna Dahl (Lindenwold, NJ/Camden Catholic) and Krupna, with
neither allowing a run over the first five innings. In the top of the sixth,
Terpstra put the Lady Chargers on the scoreboard when her single plated
Jamie Ollari, who had reached on an error. The Cougars responded in the
bottom of the sixth, tying the game on Dahl’s RBI double that scored
sophomore Nicole Bodrog (Mt. Laurel, NJ/Lenape), who led off the
inning with a single. With runners on second and third and two out, senior
Sara Neely (Middlesex, NJ/Middlesex) drew a walk to load the bases
for Speno, who lined a shot that hit the fence in right centerfield and
cleared the bases. Speno then scored on a wild pitch to give Caldwell a 5-1
lead. Dominican rallied in the top of the seventh with Ollari’s two-out,
two-run double, but Dahl struck out the final batter to end the game.
Dahl (4-4) pitched a complete game, allowing eight hits and three runs, two
earned, while striking out seven. Bodrog went 2 for 3 with a double at the
plate for Caldwell, while Terpstra and Stathes each had a pair of hits for
the Lady Chargers.
The Cougars return to action on Sunday, Apr. 2, with a non-conference
doubleheader against the University of New Haven. The first game begins at
1:00 p.m. at Caldwell Field.
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