COUGARS SOFTBALL

CALDWELL RECORDS DOUBLEHEADER SWEEP AT POST

4-24-07
CC 3, Post 1 (8 inn.)
CC 7, Post 1
WATERBURY, Conn. - The 16th-ranked Caldwell College softball team defeated Post University twice, 3-1 in eight innings and 7-1, for a sweep of a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference doubleheader Tuesday afternoon at LaMoy Field. Senior Stacy Falkowski (Horseheads, NY/Horseheads) hit a two-run single in the top of the eighth for the winning runs in the first game. The victories give the Cougars a 28-12 overall record, including a 16-4 mark in the conference. The Eagles fall to 13-21, 9-9 CACC with the losses.

The Cougars scored the first run of Game 1 in the top of the first, when freshman Danielle Genovese (Livingston, NJ/Livingston) came home on a groundout by senior Jackie Velardi (Belleville, NJ/Belleville). The Eagles tied the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the fifth on Amanda Misa's RBI double. Both teams put a runner in scoring position in each of the next two innings but neither could score. In the top of the eighth, freshman Sydney Day (Houston, TX/Stratford) reached on an error, then advanced to third two batters later on a single by Genovese. With runners at first and third and two out, Falkowski came through with a single that scored both Day and Genovese for a 3-1 lead. Senior pitcher Nicole Webb (Toms River, NJ/Manchester Twp.) allowed a single in the bottom of the eighth but retired the other three batters to wrap up the win.

Webb, left, struck out a season-high 12 batters while giving up seven hits and one run in the complete-game victory to improve to 12-8 on the season. Caitlin McAveney also went the distance, allowing four hits and three runs, all unearned, to drop to 6-6.

Freshman Brittni Frantellizzi (Binghamton, NY/Susquehanna Valley) helped get the Cougars off to a good start in the second game with a two-run single in the top of the first. Caldwell loaded the bases on three consecutive singles to lead off the top of the second, then took a 3-0 lead when Genovese was hit by a pitch. Falkowski hit a sacrifice fly that plated junior Nicole Bodrog (Mt. Laurel, NJ/Lenape) for a 4-0 advantage. Samantha Canning's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the second made it 4-1. The Cougars finished strong as well, getting RBI doubles from Genovese, Bodrog and junior Carrie Flasphaler (Horseheads, NY/Horseheads) in the fourth, sixth and seventh innings, respectively.

Bodrog finished the game 3 for 3 with three runs and an RBI, while Genovese and Flasphaler each recorded two hits. Sophomore Ceci Goforth (Houston, TX/St. Agnes Academy), right, turned in a solid performance in the circle, allowing four hits and one run in seven innings to improve to 8-2. Megan Pappas pitched all seven innings for Post and took the loss.

The Cougars host Molloy College in a non-conference doubleheader on Thursday, Apr. 26. The first pitch is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. at Caldwell Field.

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