COUGARS SOFTBALL

CALDWELL TAKES TWO FROM WILMINGTON IN SOFTBALL

4-11-06
CC 8, WC 0
CC 5, WC 1
CALDWELL, N.J. - Senior Gina D'Amico (Turnersville, NJ/Washington Twp.), right, went 4 for 7 with a homer and four RBIs to lead the Caldwell College softball team to a sweep of a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference doubleheader with Wilmington College Tuesday afternoon at Caldwell Field. The Cougars, which won 8-0 in five innings and 5-1, improved to 19-11 overall and 10-2 in the CACC. The Wildcats dropped their fifth and sixth games in a row to fall to 6-20 on the season, including a 4-8 conference record.

D'Amico got the Cougars on the scoreboard in the bottom of the first inning with an RBI single. With two runners on, senior Kim Birmingham (Pine Hill, NJ/Overbrook) tripled to right centerfield, scoring D'Amico and senior Katie Jackson (Pennsville, NJ/Pennsville) for a 3-0 lead. After an RBI single by sophomore Nicole Bodrog (Mt. Laurel, NJ/Lenape) in the second, Caldwell put three more runs on the board in the bottom of the third. With one out and the bases loaded, sophomore Carrie Flasphaler (Horseheads, NY/Horseheads) knocked home two runs with a single. Sophomore Alyssa Speno followed with a grounder to second that scored junior Jackie Velardi (Belleville, NJ/Belleville) from third to put the Cougars up 7-0. D'Amico put the finishing touches on the victory with a solo home run in the bottom of the fourth.

Senior pitcher Jessica Saunders (Glen Burnie, MD/Archbishop Spaulding) pitched four shutout innings, allowing just two singles while striking out two to improve to 8-5. Freshman Ceci Goforth (Houston, TX/St. Agnes Academy) pitched a perfect fifth inning to preserve the five-inning win.

In the second game, D'Amico again drove home the Cougars' first run with a single in the third inning. Junior Anna Dahl (Lindenwold, NJ/Camden Catholic), who doubled in the first game, led off the bottom of the fourth inning with her second home run of the season. D'Amico made it 3-0 with another RBI single in the fifth. Amanda Mucaria plated Wilmington's lone run of the day in the top of the sixth with an RBI single. But the Cougars answered with two runs in the sixth. Senior Amy Coker (Pennsville, NJ/Pennsville) brought home Flasphaler, left, with a sacrifice fly, then Jackson tripled, scoring Bodrog to make it 5-1.

This time is was Dahl's turn to give the Cougars a stellar pitching performance. Dahl (8-4) gave up just three hits and one unearned run while fanning six in seven innings pitched.

The Cougars are back in action on Wednesday, Apr. 12, with another home CACC doubleheader against Philadelphia University. Game time is set for 3:00 p.m. at Caldwell Field.

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