March 28, 2010
SOFTBALL UNABLE TO PICK UP
FIRST CONFERENCE WIN, DROP TWO AT WAGNER SUNDAY
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SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Bryant University softball team was
unable to pick up its first Northeast Conference win this weekend
as it dropped two games to Wagner College on Sunday afternoon in
Staten Island. The Bulldogs fell 3-0 in the first game and dropped
the nightcap by a 9-3 margin.
The Bulldogs (3-19, 0-4 NEC) picked up only seven hits total on
Sunday afternoon at Wagner (7-18, 3-1 NEC) as they fell to 0-4
against NEC opponents.
Junior captain Sami Houseal (Mount Joy, Pa.)
pitched all seven innings in game one Sunday, allowing seven hits
and two earned runs. Houseal is still searching for her first win
of the 2010 season as she fell to 0-8 on the campaign.
The Seahawks picked up one run in the bottom of the third and
two in the bottom of the fourth to take a 3-0 lead and never looked
back. Wagner freshman Judy Betz pitched all seven innings for the
Seahawks allowing just two hits, striking out four and walking
none.
Senior captain Ali Chouinard (Swansea, Mass.)
and freshman Talia Zizza (Reading, Mass.) each
went 1-3 in opener.
The Seahawks picked up right where they left off in the second
game of doubleheader action Sunday as they jumped out to a 7-0 lead
after three innings of play.
The Bulldogs finally got on the board Sunday in the top of the
fourth inning as they closed the margin to 7-3.
Led off by a Jennifer Jacob (Deer Park, N.Y.)
walk and a Chouinard single, the Bulldogs had runners on first and
second with no outs in the fourth. Sophomore Lindsay Martin
(Methuen, Mass.), the next Bryant batter, hit a single to
plate Jacob and was followed by a Kate Murray (Fitchburg,
Mass.) double to clear the bases and give Murray her
team-leading ninth and 10th RBIs of the season. Sophomore
Lauren McCart (Voorhees, N.J.) laid down a
sacrifice bunt to move Murray to third but the Bulldogs were unable
to plate her as the Seahawks got out of the inning having allowed
three Bryant runs.
Wagner added two more in the bottom of the sixth when Amanda
Garcia hit a two-run homerun to widen the gap to its final margin
of 9-3.
The Bulldogs made a valiant effort in the top of the seventh as
they loaded the bases, but Betz came in to close out the action for
the Seahawks, going perfect to get the final two Bulldog batters.
Chouinard was 2-4 in the second game while Murray went 2-2 at
the plate with 2 RBIs.
Freshmen Kelly Cocco (Vernon, Conn.) and
Brittany Hart (North Andover, Mass.) each threw
three innings for the Bulldogs. Cocco, still in search of her firs
t career win, picked up the loss and fell to 0-3 on the season.
The Black and Gold will return home on Wednesday, March 31 at 3
p.m. in a non-conference matchup against Albany. The Bulldogs and
the Great Danes will play a mid-week doubleheader.
