COUGARS POUND LIGHTNING FOR SOFTBALL SWEEP
3-30-07
CC 14, GBC 1 (5 inn.)
CC 14, GBC 2 (5 inn.)
CALDWELL, N.J. - Freshman Brittni Frantellizzi (Binghamton,
NY/Susquehanna Valley), right, went 5 for 5 with three runs and six runs batted in
as the Caldwell College softball team won a pair of Central Atlantic
Collegiate Conference games against Goldey-Beacom College, 14-1 and 14-2
Friday afternoon at Caldwell Field. The Cougars, ranked 14th in the nation,
improve to 13-3 overall and 6-0 in the conference, while the Lightning drop
to 1-15, 0-4 CACC.
The Cougars put four runs on the board in the first inning of Game 1,
including two on a double to right centerfield by Frantellizzi. Junior
Alyssa Speno (Waterloo, NY/Waterloo) also knocked in a run in the inning
with a single. Goldey-Beacom got a run-scoring single from Kelly Halfen in
the top of the third to make the score 4-1. Frantellizzi brought home two
more runs with another double in the bottom of the third, followed by a
two-run single by freshman Alicia Langone (Kendall Park, NJ/South
Brunswick) that put Caldwell up 8-1. The Cougars scored three more runs in
the third, including one on a triple by junior Nicole Bodrog (Mt.
Laurel, NJ/Lenape), to make the score 11-1. Then in the fourth, Langone hit
her first collegiate home run, a three-run shot to left center that ended
the scoring.
Senior Nicole Webb (Toms River, NJ/Manchester Twp.) pitched four
innings and gave up six hits and one run while fanning three to improve to
6-2 on the year. Goldey-Beacom's Kendra Russell went the distance and took
the loss.
The second game started the same as the first, with Caldwell jumping out to
a big lead early. A single by senior Jackie Velardi (Belleville,
NJ/Belleville) brought home Bodrog to start the scoring in the first. After
Longone walked with the bases loaded to make the score 2-0, freshman
Kyrie Timbrook (Log Gatos, CA/Los Gatos), left, hit a two-run double to right
to put Caldwell ahead 4-0. Senior Desiree Wilson (Gloucester, NJ/Cloucester
Catholic) also had an RBI single in the inning that made it 5-0 after the
first stanza. In the second inning, two more runs came home on a fielder's
choice off the bat of Timbrook for a 7-0 lead. Then in the third, Velardi
hit a two-run double, Frantellizzi had an RBI single and Timbrook plated
another run on a groundout for her fourth RBI of the game to put Caldwell up
11-0.
Run-scoring singles by Bridget Mount and Kim Narkiewicz in the top of the
fourth made it 11-2 Caldwell. But the Cougars restored their lead with four
more runs in the bottom of the fourth. Senior Danielle Payne
(Jamesburg, NJ/Monroe Twp.) and freshman Danielle Genovese
(Livingston, NJ/Livingston) each had RBI triples, with Frantellizzi knocking
in her sixth run of the day with a single to left.
Sophomore Ceci Goforth (Houston, TX/St. Agnes Academy) earned the win
to improve to 3-0 on the season after allowing six hits and two runs while
striking out four in five innings. Lightning starter Kristen Federici
pitched two innings and took the loss.
Caldwell returns to action on Saturday, Mar. 31 with another CACC
doubleheader at Caldwell Field. The Cougars host Georgian Court, who is also
6-0 in conference play, beginning at 1:00 p.m.
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