THE BASICS
-Score Drew University 2, Clark University 1 (9 Innings)
-Records: Clark (2-1), Drew (1-0)
-Location: Naples, Florida (North Collier Park)
-The Lead: The Clark University softball team dropped a pair of games with Drew University and Kenyone College on Sunday afternoon in day two of the Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic in Naples, Florida. Drew waled off with the 2-1 victory in game one of the day before the Lords of Kenyon College took home a 7-2 victory in game two.
HOW IT HAPPENED
-After seven scoreless innings, Clark got on the board in the top of the eighth when senior Kendra Walker (Cumberland, R.I.) doubled to score senior Olivia Barksdale (Fort Washington, Md.) (1-0).
-Drew responded with a run of their own in the bottom of the eighth when a double from sophomore
Jasmine Vera (Dumont, N.J.) scored first year Makayla Sosa (South Plainfield, N.J.) from second base.
-After strong defense produced three quick outs, Drew found a way to cross one more run in the bottom of the ninth inning to walk away with the victory. Sophomore Adriana Rodriguez (Turnersville, N.J.) was placed at second to start the inning and moved to third on a sacrifice ground out. Sophomore Sophie Sirota (Windsor, Conn.) sent a sacrifice fly ball to centerfield to send Rodriguez home for the 2-1 victory.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
-Walker led the Cougars at the plate with a 2-for-3 showing and one RBI.
-Vera was 1-for-3 with an RBI and Sirota was 1-for-4 with an RBI.
-Junior Sarah Woods (Littleton, Mass.) pitched 8.2 innings, struck out five batters, allowed six hits and two unearned runs. She falls to 0-1 this season.
-Senior Cara O'Leary (Staten Island, N.Y.) went all nine innings for Drew, struck out five batters, allowed five hits and one run scored.
GAME TWO
THE BASICS
-Score: Kenyon College 7, Clark University 2
-Records: Clark (2-2), Kenyon (2-0)
-Location: Naples, Fla.
HOW IT HAPPENED
-Clark had a few opportunities to score within the first three innings as it attained five hits, but senior pitcher Austen Whibley (Silver Spring, Md.) and the Ladies' defense buckled down to keep the score at 0-0 before the Kenyon bats came alive.
-In the first, Walker and JC Urella (North Grafton, Mass.) had back-to-back singles before Whibley and company got out of the jam. An unassisted groundout anBritneyd strikeout ended the threat.
-After a scoreless second, Clark had another chance to take the lead. A single into right field from first year Kylie McCabe (Rumson, N.J.) was picked up by Kathryn Riggs who then threw out first year Devan Galli (North Adams, Mass.) at home.
-That spark carried over to the home half of the third when the Ladies took the lead.
-After singles from Sara Campagna (Saint Charles, Ill.) and Britny Patterson (Corona, Calif.), Lauren Graf (Allen Park, Mich.) added a single of her own through the left side to push Grace Finn (Escondido, Calif.) across home plate. In the next at-bat, Emily Buckwalter (Phoenixville, Penn.) smacked a double that bounced over the fence, pushing the lead to 3-0. Kenyon added three more runs the rest of the frame including two by error.
-The Cougars never regrouped after that seven-run frame by the Ladies. Clark's only runs of the game came in the sixth inning which brought the tally to 7-2.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
-Urella led Clark at the plate going 3-for-4. Isabella DiOrio (Lincoln, R.I.) went 2-for-4 with one RBI for the Cougars.
-Buckwalter and Olivia Hurley (Bloomington, In) led Kenyon's offense with two RBI each. In the circle, Whibley tossed five innings, did not allow any runs, struck out five and induced five groundouts.
UP NEXT
-Clark is set to take on Albion and Drew on Monday, March 4th at 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. at North Collier Park in Napes, Florida.
THE BASICS
-Score Game 1: Clark University 4, Elms College 4
-Score Game 2: Clark University 9, Elms College 0
-Records: Clark (2-0), Elms (0-2)
-Location: Fort Myers, Fla. (Century Link Sports Complex)
-The Lead: The Clark University softball team opened the 2019 season with a pair of wins over the Blazers of Elms College in Fort Myers, Fla. on Saturday, March 2nd. The day was highlighted by a seventh-inning walk-off victory when sophomore JC Urella closed the game with a two-RBI double in the bottom of the inning to give Clark the final 4-2 advantage. The Cougars shutout the Blazers in the second game, 9-0 in six innings.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Game 1: Clark 4, Elms 2
-Clark took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning when first year Francesca Cirone (Franklin Square, N.Y.) ripped an RBI single that scored junior Christina Kopacz (North Grosvenordale, Conn.) from third.
-The Blazers took over the lead in the top of the fifth inning when junior Katelyn Sylvia (Southwick, Mass.) sent first year Sarah Roussis (East Canaan, Conn.) and senior Jeszy McGuire (Brimfield, Mass.) across home plate with a two RBI single (2-1).
-The Cougars tied the game at 2-2 when sophomore JC Urella (North Grafton, Mass.) tripled to score senior Olivia Barskdale (Fort Washington, Md.).
-Urella helped Clark walk-off in the bottom of the seventh inning when she doubled to score Kopacz and Barksdale for the final 4-2 victory.
-Urella led the Cougars at the plate with three hits and three RBIs. Cirone added two hits and an RBI while Kopacz finished with a pair of hits and runs scored.
-Sylvia led the Blazers with two hits and two RBIs in the setback.
-Senior Taylor Erickson (Natick, Mass.) pitched the opening four innings for Clark. She allowed just one hit and struck out two batters. Sophomore Alexis Redish (Howell, N.J.) came in to pitch the final three innings and added a strikeout and a tally in the win column as the Cougars came back to take the victory with her on the mound.
-Senior Lisa Lusardi (Enfield, Conn.) falls to 0-1 on the season as she pitched six innings, allowed 10 hits, four earned runs, and struck out seven batters.
Game 2: Clark 9, Elms 0
-Clark racked up three runs in the top of the first including a two RBI double from Cirone to kick things off. Freshman Jessica Martin (Winthrop, Mass.) added an RBI to extend Clark's lead to 3-0 after one.
-An unearned run for Clark in the second when sophomore Isabella DiOrio (Lincoln, R.I.) crossed home, and two more runs in the third on RBIs from first year Kylie McCabe (Rumson, N.J.) and Kopacz put Clark up 6-0 heading into the fourth innings.
-The Cougars added three more runs in the sixth with RBIs from Kopacz, Martin, and freshman Kaylee Gibson (Northfield, Mass.).
-Martin led the Cougars with three hits and two RBIs while Kopacz and Cirone finished with two hits and two RBIs each.
-Sylvia, McGuire, and Tea Sullivan (Dracut, Mass.) all finished with hits for Elms.
-DiOrio went all six innings for Clark. She allowed just three hits, struck out two batters, and did not allow a run to score.
-Senior Reanna Tumel (Stafford, Conn.) falls to 0-1 on the season as she pitched the opening two innings and allowed three earned runs and four hits.
Recap, photo courtesy of CU
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