COUGARS DROP TWO AT ADELPHI IN SOFTBALL

4-8-08
AU 3, CC 1
AU 3, CC 2
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - The Caldwell College softball team lost a pair of games to Adelphi University, 3-1 and 3-2 in a non-conference doubleheader Tuesday afternoon at Janet L. Ficke Field. The sweep leaves the Cougars with a 13-11 record, while the Panthers improve to 22-14. Freshman Annie Forte (Toms River, NJ/Toms River North) hit her first career home run in the second game.

In the first game, Adelphi put runs on the scoreboard in the first and second innings for a 2-0 lead. Caldwell answered in the top of the third, when junior Gina Capardi (West Caldwell, NJ/Caldwell) followed singles by senior Nicole Bodrog (Mt. Laurel, NJ/Lenape) and sophomore Danielle Genovese (Livingston, NJ/Livingston) with a double that scored Bodrog to make the score 2-1. But the Cougars could not score more than the one run in the inning despite having runners at second and third with no outs. Adelphi added an insurance run in the fifth for a 3-1 advantage.

Freshman Brittany Pulido (Ojai, CA/Nordhoff) gave up seven hits and three runs in six innings to fall to 7-3 on the season. Adelphi's Julie Schaper (10-2) held the Cougars to six hits and one run in six innings of work.

Caldwell got on the board first in Game 2, when Forte led off the top of the second with a solo home run, her first as a Cougar. Adelphi tied the game in the bottom of the second, loading the bases and scoring a run on a grounder. Deidre White's run-scoring double in the bottom of the third put the Panthers on top 2-1. Then in the fourth, an RBI single by Samantha Johnston gave Adelphi a 3-1 lead. The Cougars made it 3-2 when sophomore Kyrie Timbrook (Los Gatos, CA/Los Gatos) singled home Capardi in the top of the sixth. Despite advancing a runner to third in the top of the seventh, Caldwell was unable to tie the game.

Junior Kristen de la Campa (Whitman, MA/Whitman Hanson) allowed six hits and three runs, two earned, in 3 2/3 innings, while junior Cecilia Goforth (Houston, TX/St. Agnes Acad.) pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings of relief. Leighann Bell pitched the final five innings of the game for Adelphi to earn the decision. Capardi finished the day with four hits to lead the Cougar bats.

Caldwell hosts Queens College on Wednesday, Apr. 9, in a non-conference doubleheader that was originally scheduled for Mar. 31 at Queens. The first game begins at 2:30 p.m. at Caldwell Field.

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