April 1, 2010

Game One|Game Two

Flushing, N.Y. - The Adelphi University softball team travelled to Queens College to battle the Dominican Chargers in a non-conference doubleheader this afternoon in Flushing, New York. After winning game one in extra innings 8-2, the Panthers were blanketed in the second game, 6-0. With the split, Adelphi improves its record to 8-8 overall, while the Chargers go to 13-9 on the season.

Game One
Junior Deandra Leo scored the game-winning run on the RBI knock by freshman Heather Salerno in the top of the eighth reclaiming Adelphi's lead 3-2. A few batters later, junior Shay Craig put the game out of reach extending the Panthers advantage, 8-2, as she smacked a grand slam to left field.

Craig led Adelphi going 3-for-4 with four RBI's in game one.

Trailing 2-0 with two-outs in the bottom of the seventh, pinch-hitter Lauren Galladay hit a bullet up the middle past a diving Salerno scoring Ashley Martinez and Ashley Corrao knotting the contest at 2-2. Martinez beat out an in-field bunt single that rolled in between Leo and senior Christine Robinson.

The next batter, Corrao singled through the left side advancing Martinez to second. Robinson induced Garrison to ground out to Ashley Vinti for the second out, however, Gallady pinch-hit for Brielle Kerscher and she roped the two-RBI single to center to tie the game.

The Panthers would get on the board first as Robinson doubled to left center scoring pinch-runner Emily Dorko. Adelphi plated their second run in the top of the sixth as freshman Paige Rhodes delivered a RBI single scoring Robinson from third.

Rhodes batted 2-for-2 with one RBI and one run scored.

Robinson went the distance as she struck out four, allowed seven hits, allowing two earned runs while Pistilli also went eight innings allowing seven eight runs on 11 hits.

Game Two
In a scoreless affair through six innings, the Panther defense committed two costly errors leading to six Dominican runs, in the top of the seventh, salvaging the split for the Chargers, 6-0. Julie Plante recorded the game-winning RBI scoring Jessica Martinieri from third putting Dominican on-top, 1-0, for their first lead of the afternoon. Two batters later, Piasecki smacked a pistol for a two-run homer run that went right over Rochelle Noren's head.

Dominican plated three more runs in the seventh off of Adelphi's second error of the frame. Martinez two-run RBI single scored Nicole Scarillo and Keppson, for a 5-0 advantage.

Scarillo led the Chargers batting 3-for-4 in game two.

The Panthers squandered their best opportunity in the bottom of the sixth with one-out and two runners on base. Noren led-off the inning with a double to left field as Craig walked one batter later. The Chargers' hurler Delaney Childers struck out Amanda Dolan looking and induced Salerno to ground out.

The Panthers escaped a jam in the top of the fifth as Dominican had the bases loaded with one- out. Childers flied out to Noren and she made a strong throw home which held Corraro at third base for the second out. Adelphi hurler Leighann Bell induced Piasecki to ground out to short ending the inning.

Childers knotched the win pitching a complete-game shutout, allowing three hits and struck out five. Bell took the hard-decision loss, going 6.2 innings pitched, allowing six runs, one earned, striking out five. Freshman Natalie Camarda relieved Bell with .1 innings pitched, allowing one hit, and striking out one.

Adelphi looks to rebound on Friday, April 2, as they resume Northeast-10 conference play and travel to West Haven, Connecticut to meet the University of New Haven in a doubleheader. First pitch is slated for 3:00 p.m.