WALTHAM, Mass. – The Brandeis University softball team had
its two biggest outputs of the season today, sweeping a
doubleheader from the visiting Worcester State College Lancers,
10-2 and 8-0.
Brandeis (4-8) was led by rookie SS Chelsea Korp, a Worcester
native. Korp went 6-for-8 on the day with a double, three RBI and
four runs scored. She drove in the walk-off run in the bottom of
the fifth of the second game. Junior RF Natalie Volpe (Southington,
Conn.) also had a big afternoon, going 4-for-7 with four RBI and
three runs scored.
Worcester State (1-9) struggled on the day, managing just five hits
in the two contests. The Lancers scored two runs on one hit in the
first inning of the day, taking advantage of a Brandeis error in
the outfield with two outs to score their runs. Sophomore 1B Ashley
Nye (Marion, Mass.) was their only multiple hitter on the
afternoon, going 2-3 in the opener.
After falling behind, 2-0, in game one, Brandeis answered with five
runs in the bottom of the first, stringing together three straight
hits to tie the score and taking advantage of a Worcester State
error to open up the lead. They added two more runs in the fourth
inning when junior DP Danielle Mayer (Larkspur, Calif.) homered to
deep center field. It was her third round-tripper of the season.
The Judges closed the game out in the sixth on an RBI single by
senior catcher Christina McWilliams (Billerica, Mass.). Rookie
pitcher Emily Vaillette (Milford, N.H.) picked up her first
collegiate win with six innings of strong work, striking out four
and walking just two. Sophomore Jessalyn Hyland (Swansea, Mass.)
suffered the loss for the Lancers.
In the first inning of game two, Korp, who went 4-4, singled with
one out, stole second and scored on a single back up the middle by
Volpe for all the offense the Judges would need. Brandeis strung
together four hits in a row in the third inning and five straight
in the fourth, scoring three runs in each. In the bottom of the
fifth, runners were on second and third following a wild pitch.
With the infield pulled in Korp singled up the middle to make a
winner out of rookie pitcher Allie Mussen (Franklin Square, N.Y.).
Mussen tossed a complete-game one-hitter, striking out four and
walking two to improve to 1-2 on the season. WSC senior LF Brittany
Rheault (Oxford, Mass.) had the Lancers' only hit, a single in the
fourth inning.
Brandeis next takes on St. Joseph's (Maine) College in a
doubleheader at 3:00 p.m..
Softball bats come alive in 10-2 & 8-0 wins over Worcester State
Posted: Mar 29, 2007