COUGARS DEFEAT RIVER HAWKS, FALL TO DRAGONS IN SOFTBALL

3-16-09
CC 5, UML 1
MSM 2, CC 1 (8 inn.)
KISSIMMEE, Fla. - The Caldwell College softball team split a pair of games at the Rebel Spring Games on Monday, beating UMass-Lowell 5-1 before losing to Minnesota State-Moorhead, 2-1 in eight innings. The Cougars are now 2-4 on the season.

A four-run first inning proved to be enough against the River Hawks in the first game. Senior Gina Capardi (West Caldwell, NJ/Caldwell) and junior Danielle Genovese (Livingston, NJ/Livingston) both had run-scoring doubles, while two more runners came home on an error. Sophomore Annie Forte (Toms River, NJ/Toms River North) hit her first home run of the season in the fifth inning for a 5-0 lead. The River Hawks scored their only run of the game in the top of the sixth on a sacrifice fly by Katelyn Hebert.

Freshman pitcher Kaitlyn McFarlane (Secaucus, NJ/Immaculate Conception) went the distance, allowing an unearned run on three hits for her first career victory.

In the game against Moorhead State, Molly Keeler singled home a run for a 1-0 Dragons' lead. The Cougars tied the game in the top of the fifth, when freshman Rebecca Ashley (Bellingham, MA/Mt. St. Charles Acad.) came home on a single by junior Kyrie Timbrook (Los Gatos, CA/Los Gatos), pictured. The game remained tied into extra innings. In the bottom of the eighth, Casey Lindseth, who was placed on second, advanced to third on a passed ball. Aman Hoefer followed with a single down the left field line to plate Lindseth with the game-winning run.

Freshman Juliette Wilson (Dallas, OR/West Salem) gave up two runs, one earned, on 10 hits while striking out five in seven innings in a solid effort. Kari Sagehorn tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings to earn the win.

Caldwell plays Central Missouri and Wayne State on Tuesday, Mar. 17 at the Rebel Games. The games start at 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.

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