COUGAR SOFTBALL FALLS TO NINTH-RANKED PIONEERS IN NON-CONFERENCE
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4-23-07
CWP 9, CC 1
CWP 2, CC 0
CALDWELL,
N.J. - The Caldwell College softball team dropped a pair of non-conference
games to No. 9 C.W. Post, 9-1 and 2-0 Monday afternoon at Caldwell College.
The Cougars, ranked 16th nationally, managed just seven hits off the
Pioneers' pitching on the day, including two from freshman Danielle
Genovese (Livingston, NJ/Livingston). Caldwell is now 26-12 on the
season, while the Pioneers improve to 33-11.
C.W. Post scored twice in the second inning of the first game on RBI singles
from Alyssa Gerrish and Katie Fisher to take a 2-0 lead. Melissa Hippo's
two-run double in the third made it 4-0. Then in the top of the sixth,
pinch-hitter Shannon Kulnis hit a two-run home run to spark a four-run
inning that put the Pioneers ahead 8-0. The Cougars scored their only run of
the day in the bottom of the sixth, when junior Nicole Bodrog (Mt.
Laurel, NJ/Lenape) doubled, then scored on a single by Genovese.
C.W. Post's Samantha Yodowitz allowed five hits and one run in seven innings
to improve to 22-4. Sophomore Kristen de la Campa (Whitman,
MA/Whitman Hanson) pitched 5 1/3 innings for her first loss since Mar. 16.
The second game remained scoreless until the top of the fifth on an RBI
double by Kulnis. The Pioneers added another run in the sixth, when
Gerrish's single brought home Amanda Aiello. The Cougars' best chance to
score came in the bottom of the fifth. Junior Carrie Flasphaler (Horseheads,
NY/Horseheads) hit a one-out double, then advanced to third when freshman
Kyrie Timbrook (Los Gatos, CA/Los Gatos) reached on an error. With
runners at the corners, Pioneers' pitcher Danielle Stallone retired the next
two batters on groundouts to end the threat.
Stallone (5-4) gave up just two hits while striking out two and walking
three in a complete-game shutout. Senior Nicole Webb (Toms River,
NJ/Manchester Twp.) turned in a strong performance in defeat, allowing nine
hits and two runs (one earned) in seven innings.
The Cougars return to action on Tuesday, Apr. 24, when they play a Central
Atlantic Collegiate Conference doubleheader at Post University. The games
begin at 3:00 p.m. in Waterbury, Conn.
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