CALDWELL EDGES DOMINICAN IN SOFTBALL DOUBLEHEADER
3-28-07
CC 5, DC 4
CC 1, DC 0, 8 inn.
CALDWELL,
N.J. - The Caldwell College softball team won a pair of close games against
Dominican College, 5-4 and 1-0 in eight innings, to sweep a Central Atlantic
Collegiate Conference doubleheader Wednesday afternoon at Caldwell Field.
The victory gives the 14th-ranked Cougars an overall record of 11-3 and a
4-0 mark in the CACC. The Chargers, who were runners-up to Caldwell in last
year's CACC Tournament, fall to 5-7, 0-2 CACC.
Dominican's Sarah Beck helped the Chargers get off to a strong start in the
first inning with a two-run triple for a 2-0 lead. A pair of unearned runs
in the top of the second made the score 4-0 Chargers before the Cougars
answered in the bottom of the third. Freshman Alicia Langone (Kendall
Park, NJ/South Brunswick) brought home Caldwell's first run of the game by
drawing a bases-loaded walk. Then freshman Brittni Frantellizzi
(Binghamton, NY/Susquehanna Valley), left, followed with a double that
cleared the bases and tied the game at 4-4. Caldwell loaded the bases again
in the fifth on a single and two walks. This time it was junior Nicole
Bodrog (Mt. Laurel, NJ/Lenape) who drew a walk that scored senior
Desiree Wilson (Gloucester City, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) and gave
Caldwell its first lead of the game, 5-4.
Sophomore Kristen de la Campa (Whitman, MA/Whitman Hanson) held the
Chargers scoreless the rest of the way to wrap up the win. De la Campa went
the distance, allowing seven hits, four runs (two earned) and three walks
while striking out five to improve to 4-1.
The second game was a pitcher's dual between Caldwell senior Nicole Webb
(Toms River, NJ/Manchester Twp.) and Dominican's Christine Stathes, the 2006
CACC Pitcher of the Year. Stathes cruised until the bottom of the fifth,
when she walked the bases loaded with two out before a groundout ended the
threat. Similarly, Webb allowed just four base runners through five innings
before walking the bases full with two out in the top of the sixth. But Webb
induced the next batter to ground out.
The
game's lone run came in extra innings. Senior Jackie Velardi
(Belleville, NJ/Belleville) led off the eighth inning with a single. After a
pop-up, junior Carrie Flasphaler (Horseheads, NY/Horseheads) singled,
moving to second base sophomore Kim Aguirre (Highland, CA/San
Gorgonio), who was inserted as a pinch runner for Velardi. Junior Alyssa
Speno (Waterloo, NY/Waterloo), right, followed with a game-winning
single to right center that plated Aguirre.
Webb pitched all eight innings and gave up just two hits and six walks while
fanning six to improve to 5-2 on the season. Stathes also went the distance,
allowing five hits and one run while striking out five and walking five in
the loss.
The Cougars host Goldey-Beacom College on Friday, Mar. 31 in a CACC
doubleheader that was originally scheduled for Mar. 24. The first pitch is
set for 3:00 p.m. at Caldwell Field.
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