SOFTBALL COMPLETES FLORIDA TRIP WITH SPLIT AT ST. LEO
3-21-07
SLU 2, CC 1
CC 3, SLU 1
SAINT LEO, Fla. - The Caldwell College softball team wrapped up its spring
trip to Florida with a split of a doubleheader with St. Leo University at
University Field Wednesday evening. The Cougars (7-3), ranked 14th in the
latest NFCA Division II Top 25 poll, lost the first game 2-1 before winning
3-1 in the nightcap. The victory in Game 2 snapped St. Leo's 12-game winning
streak, dropping the Lions to 20-12.
The Cougars started the doubleheader with a run in the top of the first to
take a 1-0 lead. Senior Jackie Velardi (Belleville, NJ/Belleville)
hit a double to left center that brought home freshman Danielle Genovese
(Livingston, NJ/Livingston), pictured. The Lions tied the game on a two-out single in
the bottom of the fifth. Then in the sixth, Ally Maddox hit a lead-off home
run to put the Lions ahead 2-1. St. Leo pitcher Ashley Urbanik retired the
Cougars in order in the seventh to extend the Lions’ winning streak to 12.
Senior pitcher Nicole Webb (Toms River, NJ/Manchester Twp.) turned in
a strong performance, allowing two runs on seven hits over five-plus
innings. Urbanik scattered four hits over seven innings for the
complete-game win.
In the second game, the Cougars again started strong, putting three runs on
the board in the first frame. Genovese singled, then scored on a two-out
double by senior Stacy Falkowski (Horseheads, NY/Horseheads). Junior
Carrie Flasphaler (Horseheads, NY/Horseheads) followed with a single
that knocked home Falkowski, then a bloop single by junior Alyssa Speno
(Waterloo, NY/Waterloo) plated Flasphaler and put the Cougars ahead 3-0. St.
Leo scored a run in the bottom of the third to make it 3-1 Caldwell. But
junior pitcher Kristen de la Campa (Whitman, MA/Whitman Hanson)
allowed just three hits over the final four innings to close out the win.
Genovese led Caldwell at the plate with two hits and a run, while de la
Campa went the distance and gave up six hits and a run to improve to 3-1.
The Cougars are scheduled to play Goldey-Beacom College in the Central
Atlantic Collegiate Conference opener on Saturday, Mar. 24 at Caldwell
Field.
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