COUGARS SWEEP VIKINGS AT REBEL GAMES
3-20-07
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CC 7, AU 2
KISSIMMEE,
Fla. - The Caldwell College softball team, ranked 12th nationally, won a
pair of games against Augustana (S.D.) College, 8-5 and 7-2 Tuesday morning
at the Osceola County Softball Complex as part of the Rebel Spring Games.
Junior Nicole Bodrog (Mt. Laurel, NJ/Lenape), right, went 3 for 4
with two runs and two RBIs in the second game for the Cougars, who are now
6-2. The Vikings drop to 2-10 with the losses.
In the first game, Caldwell scored five runs in the first inning to take a
commanding lead early. Junior Alyssa Speno (Waterloo, NY/Waterloo)
was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, scoring the game's first run.
Junior Carrie Flasphaler (Horseheads, NY/Horseheads) followed with an
RBI single, then freshman Brittni Frantellizzi (Binghamton,
NY/Susquehanna Valley) tripled down the left field line to clear the bases
and give Caldwell a 5-0 lead.
The Cougars scored another run in the third on a single by sophomore Stephanie Brodo (Belleville, NJ/St.
Mary's) that plated Flasphaler for a 6-0 lead. Augustana put a pair of runs
on the board in the bottom of the fifth. But the Cougars restored the
six-run advantage in the top of the sixth, when Bodrog singled home
Frantellizzi, then later scored on a single by freshman Danielle Genovese
(Livingston, NJ/Livingston). The Vikings scored three runs in the bottom
of the seventh, including two on a single by Jessica Cooper. But it was not
enough, as Caldwell hung on for the win.
Sophomore Ceci Goforth (Houston, TX/St. Agnes Academy) picked up her
second victory in her second start of the season, allowing five runs, three
earned, on nine hits in six-plus innings. Senior Nicole Webb (Toms
River, NJ/Manchester Twp.) recorded three outs in the seventh for her first
save of the year. Senior Jackie Velardi (Belleville, NJ/Belleville)
had a pair of hits in the win for Caldwell. Cooper went the distance in the
circle for Augustana, allowing seven hits and eight runs in defeat.
In
game two, the Cougars used a big second inning to take control of the game.
After Augustana scored a run in the top of first inning, Caldwell took
advantage of three errors to score five runs in the bottom of the second.
Bodrog singled home two runs and later scored on a single by Velardi, left.
Genovese and Brodo also had RBIs in the inning. Speno scored her third run
of the day on a groundout by freshman Alicia Langone (Kendall Park,
NJ/South Brunswick) in the third to make the score 6-1. Then sophomore Kim Aguirre (Highland, CA/San
Gorgonio) hit a RBI single in the sixth that plated Bodrog for a 7-1
advantage. The Vikings scored an unearned run on two Caldwell errors in the
seventh to make the final score 7-2 Cougars.
Sophomore pitcher Kristen de la Campa (Whitman, MA/Whitman Hanson)
scattered three hits while allowing one run in six innings of work to
improve to 2-1 on the season. Afton Murray pitched all six inning for the
Vikings in the loss.
The Cougars wrap up their Florida trip with a doubleheader at St. Leo
University on Wednesday, Mar. 21. The first game begins at 5:00 p.m. in St.
Leo, Fla.
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