NEWPORT, R.I. (courtesy Salve Regina sports
information)- Sophomore Melisa Cagar (Ridgewood,
N.J.) went 5-for-7 with three runs scored and two RBI to
lead Brandeis University to a doubleheader sweep of Salve Regina
University in non-conference softball action Thursday afternoon at
Toppa Field. The Judges (18-10) won game one, 7-3, and game two,
9-0.
The Seahawks (18-13-1) committed 11 errors on the afternoon -
including eight in game one - which led to a total of 12 unearned
runs. The two schools were tied at three entering the sixth inning
in game one, but three Seahawks errors led to four unearned
Brandeis runs. In the nighcap, the Seahawks trailed 3-0 before the
Judges pushed across six runs in the top of the fifth - five of
which were unearned - to take a commanding 9-0 lead. The game was
mercy ruled following the completion of the fifth inning.
The Seahawks grabbed a 2-0 lead in the first inning of game one.
Senior Amaran Garbisch (Ghent, N.Y.) led off with a single and came
around to score on an RBI groundout by freshman Kristen Parolise
(Hamden, Conn.). Senior Caitlin Poplawski (New Britain, Conn.) was
hit by a pitch following Garbisch's single and came around to score
on a throwing error by sophomore first baseman Courtney
Kelly (Leicester, Mass.).
Brandeis junior Chelsea Korp (Worcester, Mass.)
singled and scored on a throwing error by Seahawk junior catcher
Alicia Ferri (Pasadena, Calif.) in the fourth, but the Seahawks got
the run back in the bottom half of the frame to take a 3-1 lead.
Parolise struck out swinging but reached base when the ball snuck
past the catcher. Following a strikeout by junior Sarah Jakiela
(Meriden, Conn.), Parolise came all the way around to score on a
throwing error by Brandeis freshman pitcher Caroline Miller
(Bala Cynwyd, Pa.).
In the fifth, the Judges scored a pair of unearned runs on a
fielding error by senior first baseman Katie Vieira (Dartmouth,
Mass.) to take a 5-3 lead and capped the scoring with the four
unearned runs in the sixth. Miller picked up the win to improve to
9-2 on the season, striking out 10 in six innings of work. Jakiela
suffered the loss, allowing seven hits and five unearned runs while
striking out 11 in 5.2 innings.
Cagar opened the scoring in game two with an RBI single in the
first, and RBI hits by freshman Marianne Specker (South
Windsor, Conn.) and sophomore Danielle Lavallee
(Sutton, Mass.) gave the Judges a 3-0 lead before their
fifth-inning outburst put the game out of reach. Korp and freshman
Megan DeNubila (Princeton, Mass.) each scored
twice for Brandeis in game two.
Junior Emily Vaillette (Milford, Conn.) picked up
the win in game two to improve to 7-7 on the season. She allowed
three hits and struck out six in five innings of work. Jakiela also
took the loss in game two as she allowed six hits and three earned
runs in four innings of work.
Softball downs Salve Regina, 7-3 and 9-0
Posted: Apr 16, 2009