SOFTBALL TAKES TWO AT HOLY FAMILY
4-6-06
CC 3, HFU 2
CC 8, HFU 0
PHILADELPHIA,
Pa. - Senior Katie Jackson (Pennsville, NJ/Pennsville) went 4 for 7
on the day, including a home run and a double, to lead the 24th-ranked
Caldwell College softball team to a pair of wins over Holy Family University
in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference doubleheader Thursday afternoon
at Tiger Field. The Cougars, who won 3-2 and 8-0, are now 16-8 overall and
7-1 in the CACC, while the Tigers drop to 11-19 on the season, including a
5-5 conference mark.
Caldwell scored a run in the top of the second and two runs in the third to
take an early 3-0 lead in the first game. A sacrifice fly by sophomore
Alyssa Speno (Waterloo, NY/Waterloo) brought home senior Kim
Birmingham (Pine Hill, NJ/Overbrook) in the second inning for the game's
first run. Then a bases-loaded single from junior Jackie Velardi
(Belleville, NJ/Belleville) scored two runs to put the Cougars up 3-0 after
three innings. Holy Family answered with an unearned run in the bottom of
the fourth inning and another run in the sixth on an RBI double by Lauren
Armstrong. But the Tigers were unable to get another run off Caldwell
starter Jessica Saunders (Glen Burnie, MD/Archbishop Spaulding), who
allowed seven hits while striking out seven in a complete-game effort to
improve to 7-3. Jackson and Velardi, left, each had a pair of hits to pace
the Cougars at the plate.
In the second game, Caldwell again took control in the early innings, as
Speno and sophomore Carrie Flasphaler (Horseheads, NJ/Horseheads)
scored unearned runs in the first and second inning, respectively. Jackson
made it 3-0 in the top of the fifth with a solo home run to centerfield, her
fourth of the season. The Tigers threatened in the bottom of the fifth,
loading the bases with two out. But junior pitcher Anna Dahl
(Lindenwold, NJ/Camden Catholic) fanned Jamie Goffney to end the inning.
The
Cougars put four more runs on the board in the top of the sixth, with senior
Gina D'Amico (Turnersville, NJ/Washington Twp.), right, leading off
with a home run to left, her first of the season. Senior Kristi Godfrey
(West Babylon, NY/West Babylon), who pinch-ran for Birmingham, advanced to
third on a single by Flasphaler, then scored on a wild pitch. Speno's RBI
single made it 6-0, then Jackson hit a sacrifice fly that scored sophomore
Meghan Johnston (Kirkland, WA/Lake Washington). D'Amico scored an
unearned run in the seventh to make the final score 8-0.
Dahl (6-4) went the distance for Caldwell, scattering four hits and walked
four while striking out five for her first shutout of the year. Velardi, who
went 2 for 2 in the second game, finished the day 4 for 5 with two RBIs.
The Cougars return to action on Saturday, Apr. 8, when they play at
Bloomfield College in a CACC doubleheader. Game time is set for 1:00 p.m.
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