April 18, 2009

Game One| Game Two

Sparkill, N.Y. - The Adelphi softball team split with St. Thomas Aquinas College, dropping game one, 2-0, before rebounding to a 7-0 game two win in a conference doubleheader this afternoon. The Panthers move to 23-11 and 7-3 in the ECC.

Game One
The Spartans jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the second inning with Joy Ferriello scoring on an RBI single by Michelle Sasso. The Panthers had a chance to knot the score in the third inning as junior Rochelle Noren tripled, but was out on the next play on a fielder's choice. Then in the sixth inning, senior Samantha Johnston singled, stole second, then advanced to third on a single by senior Diana DiPiano. However the next batter grounded out to the shortstop, leaving two runners stranded. STAC added an insurance run in the sixth after Jess Rickel reached on an error, which set up the RBI double by Squillini, 2-0.

Stephanie Sfraga recorded the win for STAC. Junior Christine Robinson took the loss for the Panthers, with two runs, one earned, one walk and four strikeouts.

Game Two
Adelphi wasted no time putting up three runs in the first inning. With two outs, DiPiano reached on an error by the shortstop while Kristin Brennan scored, unearned. An RBI single by Stephanie Byster brought DiPiano home and after first rounding the bases on a single by Christina O'Hara, who then came home on a fielding error. The Panthers pushed the lead to 4-0 in the second. Then in the fourth inning, senior Jessica Vogt's first at-bat resulted in a solo homerun to add to the tally. In the seventh inning, another STAC error helped score Brennan who reached on a double. Vogt, who was 2-for-4 in the game, crossed the plate for the final run.

Sophomore Leighann Bell pitched the two-hitter, walking one while fanning five.

The Panthers are back in action tomorrow, April 19, as they travel to C.W. Post for a conference twinbill beginning at 12 noon.