COUGAR SOFTBALL SWEEPS PACE

4-7-09
CC 4, PU 1
CC 9, PU 0 (5 inn.)
CALDWELL, N.J. - The Caldwell College softball team won a pair of games against Pace University, 4-1 and 9-0, in a non-conference doubleheader Tuesday afternoon at Caldwell Field. The wins give the Cougars a 16-9-2 record on the season, while the Setters fall to 11-12.

Back-to-back doubles by senior Gina Capardi (West Caldwell, NJ/Caldwell) and junior Kyrie Timbrook (Los Gatos, CA/Los Gatos) allowed the Cougars to score two runs in the bottom of the first inning of Game 1. A double by junior Danielle Genovese (Livingston, NJ/Livingston) in the fifth plated freshman Katie Margiotta (Sewell, NJ/Washington Twp.), then junior Brittni Frantellizzi (Binghamton, NY/Susquehanna Valley) singled home freshman Korin Ditulli (Hyde Park, NY/FDR) in the sixth for a 4-0 lead. Pace's Patricia Hurley, who had four hits in the game, singled in a run in the seventh for the Setters' only run.

Sophomore Brittany Pulido (Ojai, CA/Nordhoff), right, pitched a complete game and allowed one run on 10 hits while fanning eight to match her career high.

In the second game, the Cougars scored a pair of unearned runs in the second inning to lead 2-0. Then in the fourth, Caldwell sent 11 batters to the plate and scored seven runs on six hits to break the game open. Sophomore Patti Garofolo (Collegeville, PA/Springford) led off the inning with a double, then hit a two-run triple in her second at-bat in the inning. Freshmen Marisa Tamez (Fountain Valley, CA/Fountain Valley) and Samantha Mayer (Neptune, NJ/Neptune) both had run-scoring doubles, while Capardi hit a two-run double. Timbrook also had a sacrifice fly that brought home Genovese.

Freshman pitcher Kaitlyn McFarlane (Secaucus, NJ/Immaculate Conception) tossed a five-inning shutout, blanking the Setters on four hits while striking out three and walking none. Freshman Kelly Ryan (Woonsocket, RI/Mt. St. Charles Acad.) had a team-best four hits in the two wins combined while scoring two runs on the day.

The Cougars take on Post University in a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference doubleheader on Wednesday, Apr. 8, beginning at 3:00 p.m. in Waterbury, Conn.

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