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FORT MYERS, FL - The SJC softball team won both of their
games on the team's final day of their spring trip by defeating RPI
(NY) 13-9 and Olivet College (MI) 7-5 in the Gene Cusic Classic to
improve their season record to 5-5. Starting pitcher FY Kiera
Walsh (Benton, ME) got the win and SR Megan
Farrell (Abington, MA) and FY Alyssa
Dunn (Standish, ME) each knocked in two runs in the
victory. St. Joe's used an eight-run sixth inning to defeat Olivet
in the second game. SO Liddy van der Linden (Worcester,
MA) hit a grand slam home run in the big inning and had 5 RBI's and
JR Alysn Ludwig (Waldoboro, ME)
was 3-5 with 3 runs in the game. SO Christy Wezowicz
(Granville, MA) registered the victory on the mound.
In the opening game, RPI held a 4-2 lead after the first inning and
led by as many as four runs (8-4) entering the sixth inning. With
the help of a Liddy van der Linden grand slam, the
Monks rallied for 8 runs off of 6 hits in the top of the sixth inning
to take a 12-8 lead. Both teams scored a run in the seventh inning
to give the Lady Monks a 13-9 victory.
Megan Farrell and Alyssa
Dunn each had two hits and FY Cat
DiSimone (Waterboro, ME) scored 2 runs in the victory
over RPI. Starter Christy Wezowicz
went the distance on the mound and allowed 10 hits, 1 walk and 6 earned
runs while striking out 4 advance her season record to 2-3.
St. Joe’s jumped out to a 5-1 lead off of four hits and two
Olivet errors in the bottom of the first inning. The Comets chipped
away at the SJC lead, scoring a run in the second and two runs in
the fifth inning to come within one run of the Lady Monks, 5-4. St.
Joe’s countered with two runs of their own with three hits in
the bottom of the fifth. Olivet scored a run in the top of the sixth
but left two runners on base in the inning and another in the seventh
to come up short in their rally attempt. Overall, the Comets stranded
10 baserunners in the game.
Alysn Ludwig and Megan
Farrell each had two hits in the SJC victory. Starter
Kiera Walsh pitched seven innings
and allowed 11 hits, 1 walk and 4 earned runs and struck out 2 batters
to improve her season record to 3-3.
Overall, St. Joe's batted .322 (96-298) during the 5-5 spring break
trip. Alysn Ludwig led the way with
a .424 (14-33) average and 9 runs and was a perfect 7-7 in stolen
base attempts while playing an error-free center field. First year
player Alyssa Dunn hit .412 (14-34)
with 3 doubles and 6 RBI's and SO Jillian Kimball
(Albany TWP, ME) hit .344 (11-32) with 7 runs, 2 doubles and 10 RBI's
during the trip. Clean up hitter Liddy van der Linden
provided the punch with 2 home runs and 11 RBI's while posting a .323
(10-31) batting average.
The Lady Monks will next play on March 22nd at Albertus Magnus College
(CT) in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference game at 4:00 PM.
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