NCAA Division II Softball Result
Sunday, March 30, 2008
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Jessica Madick |
Molloy Pitching Stumps Mavericks in Doubleheader
ROCKVILLE CENTRE,
NY - The Mercy College softball
team dropped both games of a scheduled doubleheader to Molloy
College on Sunday. The Lions won game one by a score of 5-0 and
game two 9-1 in five innings. The Mavericks' record falls to 6-9
overall and 2-2 in East Coast Conference (ECC) play.
In game one freshmen Kim Curry
(Bristol,
CT) and Stephanie Owsiany
(Edison,
NJ) both went 2-for-3. Senior
Jessica Madick
(Tarzana,
CA) collected one hit and walked
in two official at bats. Junior Jessica Davidson (Valhalla,
NY) went 1-for-2. Sophomore Stephanie Pereyo
(Southington,
CT) pitched a complete game,
giving up five runs (four earned) on nine hits and walking only two
batters.
In the bottom of the second of game one the Lions (11-11, 6-2
ECC) got on the board when Lauren Urbont knocked in the runner from
second base with an RBI single. In the third the Lions plated two
more on two Mercy errors to go up 3-0.
Meanwhile, Lions' starting pitcher Amanda Havdoglous baffled Mercy
batters as she pitched a complete game seven hit shutout.
In game two the Mavericks jumped out to a 1-0 lead on freshman
Catherine Kowalski's
(Melville,
NY) second home run of the
season. Mavericks' starting pitcher sophomore Samantha
LaBella (Mamaroneck,
NY) threw up two zeros and then
got into trouble in the third inning.
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Jessica Davidson |
Urbont led off with a solo home run and then Jen Dwyer followed
with a home run of her own to take a 2-1 lead. The Lions tacked on
two more runs in the inning and had two runners on when Havdoglous
hit a three run home run to take a 7-1 lead.
The Mavericks rallied to load the bases in fourth but were unable
to bring any runners across.
Kowalski finished the day 2-for-3 with a home run and freshman
Alicia Martin
(Massapequa,
NY) went 1-for-2.
The Lions' starting pitcher Florence Williams pitched a complete
game on five hits and allowed just the Kowalski home run.
The Mavericks will be back in action at home on Tuesday, April 1
when they take on Queens College in a doubleheader beginning at 3
p.m.
