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| Bridget Cifuni '21 (Photo by Sportspix.com / Mike Tureski) |
HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 1)
The Spartans used the long ball to score their first five runs. Sarah Miller hit a two-run blast of Brandeis sophomore Scottie Todd (Tampa, Fla./Strawberry Crest) in the second inning, and Grace Tritchler added a three-run blast in the fifth.
Case Western Reserve ended things an inning early with a two-run single by Maren Waldner and an RBI double by Tritchler, both coming off reliever Sadie-Rose Apfel (Stamford, Conn./Westhill).
Spartan pitcher Ilissa Hamilton improved to 6-3 on the season by holding the Judges to four hits in six innings. She struck out four and walked two.
Rookie Bridget Cifuni (Georgetown, Mass. / Brooks School) had half of the Judges' hits, going 2-3 with a double.
HOW IT HAPPENED (GAME 2)
The Judges struck first in the second game, taking advantage of a CWRU error. With two out, junior catcher Keri Lehtonen (Oneco, Conn./Plainville) and rookie CF Melissa Rothenberg (Lawrenceville, N.J. / Lawrence) each singled.
A wild pitch put them both in scoring position, and Lehtonen scored when rookie SS Jolie Fujita (Honolulu, Hawaii/Punahou School) reached on an error at first base. The Judges were unable to push home another run in the frame as the Spartans' Sidney Brannam induced a grounder to third to get out of the inning.
The Spartans tied in the fifth inning when Miller hit her second home run of the day, this time off of Brandeis sophomore Callie MacDonald (Hanover, Mass./Hanover).
The hosts got the game-winning runs in the bottom of the sixth when Nicole Carty blasted the team's fourth home run of the day, a two-run shot.
Brannam held Brandeis to four hits for the second game in a row, improving to 7-3 on the season. She struck out one and allowed just the one unearned run.
MacDonald suffered the loss, giving up seven hits and three earned runs over six innings to fall to 1-4 on the season.
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