CALDWELL SPLITS NON-CONFERENCE DOUBLEHEADER WITH NYIT

4-3-08
NYIT 3, CC 1
CC 9, NYIT 7
CALDWELL, N.J. - The Caldwell College softball team lost the first game with N.Y.I.T., 3-1 before winning the second game 9-7 in a non-conference doubleheader Thursday afternoon at Caldwell Field. Senior Alyssa Speno (Waterloo, NY/Waterloo), right, drove in three runs on the day for the Cougars, who are now 10-8 on the season. The Bears, who are ranked fourth in the latest Northeast Region rankings, are 16-6 overall.

In the first game, N.Y.I.T. scored all of its runs in the top of the sixth. Courtney Palma led off with a triple, then Lauren Sabia and Brilynn Fields followed with doubles to put the Bears ahead 2-0. A wild pitch scored Fields from third, making the score 3-0. Caldwell managed to score just one run on Speno's solo home run in the bottom of the seventh, as Nina Cesare allowed just four hits in seven innings to improve to 10-3. Freshman Brittany Pulido (Ojai, CA/Nordhoff) fell to 5-2 after giving up six hits and three runs in five innings.

The Cougar bats heated up in Game 2. After spotting the Bears a 2-0 lead, Caldwell scored six runs on six hits in the bottom of the first. Sophomore Brittni Frantellizzi (Binghamton, NY/Susquehanna Valley) singled home senior Nicole Bodrog (Mt. Laurel, NJ/Lenape), then later scored on a two-run double by freshman Annie Forte (Toms River, NJ/Toms River North), who would score on an error for a 4-0 lead. Senior Carrie Flasphaler (Horseheads, NY/Horseheads) hit a run-scoring double and then came home on a single by sophomore Sydney Day (Houston, TX/Stratford) to put the Cougars up 6-0.

The Bears answered in the top of the fifth with a pair of runs that cut the Cougars' lead to 6-4. But Speno put the game out of reach with a two-run triple in the bottom of the fifth. She also scored that inning on Flasphaler's grounder for a 9-4 advantage. N.Y.I.T. scored once in the sixth, then put two more runs on the board when Katelyn Thomas hit a two-run single in the seventh. But it was not enough, as junior Cecilia Goforth (Houston, TX/St. Agnes Acad.) closed out the game for her second save of the season. Junior Kristen de la Campa (Whitman, MA/Whitman Hanson) started the game and gave up five hits and four runs in 4 1/3 innings to improve to 3-2. At the plate, Frantellizzi went 3-for-4, while Flasphaler and sophomore Kyrie Timbrook (Los Gatos, CA/Los Gatos) had two hits apiece.

The Cougars host the University of the Sciences on Saturday, Apr. 5 in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference doubleheader. The first game is set to start at 3:00 p.m. at Caldwell Field.

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