Western Connecticut
State University put three players on the New England Region first
and second teams as the NFCA announced its 2006 Louisville Slugger/NFCA
Division III All-Region teams Monday.
Junior first baseman Meg Cirigliano and freshman
designated player Loren Angiolillo were named to the Second Team and
sophomore third baseman Stacey DiMaggio was honored on the Third
Team.
Cirigliano led the Colonials in batting with a .393
average. She had a team high 13 doubles, 33 runs scored and
drove in 20 runs. Angiolillo batted .348, also had 13 double
and led the team with 26 RBI. DiMaggio finished third in
batting at a .342 clip. She had seven doubles, four triples
and two home runs in her second season.New England Region
First Team
Pos. Name School
P Nicole Riley Rhode Island College
P Clara Hard Williams
C Meghan Sargent Endicott
1B Christie Lotti Rhode Island College
2B Danielle Lopez Tufts
3B Sarah Campbell Keene State
SS Kelly Christensen Clark (MA)
OF Andrea Cartullo Babson
OF Katie Franklin Bates
OF Sara Watson Smith
UT Meghan Gaskell Babson
DP Sarah Bagierek Springfield
AL Megan Huckins Endicott
AL Alana Frost Williams
AL Joey Lye Williams
Second Team
Pos. Name School
P Meghan Kelly Worcester Poly
P Miya Warner Amherst
C Amanda Johansson Springfield
C Melissa Scata Keene State
1B Jessica DePolito Wheaton (MA)
2B Denise Fumicello Springfield
3B Marcia Whitehead Wesleyan (CT)
SS Dottie Bartsch Endicott
OF Katie Benevides Rhode Island College
OF Meghan Sullivan Wellesley College
OF Nicole Maglione Worcester Poly
UT Erica Bailey Tufts
DP Loren Angiolillo Western Connecticut State
AL Paula McGinn Endicott
AL Meg Cirigliano Western Connecticut State
Third Team
Pos. Name School
AL Erica Barry Babson
AL Kara Wong Wellesley
AL Rachel Pearson Endicott
AL Katie Holbrook Bridgewater State (MA)
AL Shena Simone Curry
AL Kristi Albert Saint Joseph's (ME)
AL Debbie Sasges Smith
AL Katie Mainville Southern Maine
AL Robyn Savitske Endicott
AL Jenna Harvey Wellesley College
AL Christen Lachapelle Southern Maine
AL Samantha Kuhles Tufts
AL Stacey DiMaggio Western Connecticut State
AL Kristyn Alexander Rhode Island College
AL Megan Cusick Tufts
AL = At-Large
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Mallory Zenkus
Named to NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team
2006 NCAA Regional all-tournament team
C -- Hannah Shalett, Ithaca
1B -- Kaitlyn Dulac, Ithaca
2B -- Nikki Kaschauer, Penn State-Behrend
3B -- Stacy Pelesz, Ithaca
SS -- Kirby Davids, Plattsburgh
OF -- Julie Gawronski, Union
OF -- Jenn Marro, Ithaca
OF -- Stephanie Vanek, Rensselaer
P -- Nicole Cade, Ithaca
P -- Michelle Street, Rensselaer
D/UT -- Stacey Bartels, Ithaca
At-Large -- Abby Arceneaux, Union
At-Large -- Beth Gargon, Rensselaer
At-Large -- Michelle Rogers, Union
At-Large -- Mallory Zenkus, Western Connecticut
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WESTCONN
ELIMINATED FROM NCAAs FOLLOWING 6-2 LOSS TO UNION
ITHACA, NY - Abby Arceneaux (Mechanicville, NY) pitched a
complete-game four hitter as Union College defeated Western
Connecticut State University, 6-2 in the third elimination game of
the day NCAA Division III Northeast Regional Softball Tournament at
Korstrinsky Field at Ithaca College Friday afternoon.
The senior hurler, who allowed three WestConn singles and a
double to Loren Angiolillo (Wolcott, CT), improves to 16-5 on the
season.
The Dutchwomen, now 31-6, advance to the Loser's Bracket
Final on Saturday against RPI at 12 noon.
Ithaca College will take on SUNY Plattsburgh at 10 a.m. in
the first game on Saturday.
Union pounded out 10 hits against the Colonials' pitching
staff. Starter and loser Shelby Slie (Seymour, CT) yielded
four hits and two runs over 5 1/3 innings before turning the ball
over to Cortney Romyns (Newton, NJ). Romyns gave up six hits
and four runs, only one them earned, over the final inning and a
third.
Four Union players had two hits.
Catherine Keilb (Rensselaer, NY) went 2-for-3 and drove
in three runs including a long two-run single that just missed
clearing the fence in deep straight-away center field in the seventh
inning.
Julie Gawronski (Dunkirk, NY), Megan Kaknis (New
Windsor, NY) and Colleen White (Westport, CT) each had a pair of
hits for the Dutchwomen.
Arceneaux had a tremendous game defensively, snaring
three line shots back through the box. The final one ended a
one-out rally for the Colonials in the fifth inning.
WestConn finishes the season at 28-18 after making its
eighth appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Its best showing in
the NCAA came in 2002 when it won the New England Regional and
advanced to the Finals in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
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 WESTCONN
ADVANCES IN NCAA TOURNAMENT WITH
9-0 BLANKING OF ELMS COLLEGE
ITHACA, NY - The Western Connecticut State University offense
continued to pound the ball and Shelby Slie (Seymour, CT) was nearly
un-hittable as the Colonials blanked Elms College, 9-0 in five
innings at Korstrinsky Field at Ithaca College on Friday afternoon.
The game took only 48 minutes to play as Slie mowed down the
Blazers with nine strike outs over four innings. The only hit
she yielded was a two-out double to Lauren Stauch in the fourth.
She improves to 16-7 on the season.
Christina Scordato (Hillsdale, NJ) pitched the one-two-three
fifth inning for the Colonials.
WestConn, now 28-17, had 11 hits against the Blazers which
were eliminated from the Tournament with a 27-12 record.
The Blazers finish the season with their second-most wins in
school history. Back in 2003 they went 28-7 and made their
first NCAA Tournament appearance.
Meg Cirigliano (Newington, CT), Loren Angiolillo (Wolcott,
CT) and Brittany Finkeldey (Ivoryton, CT) each went two for three on
the afternoon. Finkeldey had a pair of doubles and two RBI
while Angiolillo had a single and a two RBI triple.
Kristy Swanson (Danbury, CT) had a single and two RBI on the
day.
Tammie Tremblay (Springfield, MA) took the loss for Elms and
drops to 5-6 on the year.
WestConn scored four runs in the bottom half of the first
inning and have now scored eight runs in the first inning of its
three NCAA games. It was its second-straight games with 11 or
more hits. In Thursday's 6-5 loss to Plattsburgh, the
Colonials pounded out 14 hits.
The Colonials face Union College, the team they defeated 2-1
in the opening round on Thursday, at 4 p.m. on Friday in the third
elimination game of the day.
Earlier action on Friday included Union eliminating
Penn State Behrend, 5-0. Ithaca and RPI open up action in the
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PLATTSBURGH STATE COMES FROM BEHIND TO
DEFEAT WESTCONN, 6-5 IN NCAA TOURNAMENT
ITHACA, NY - Andrea Stupp (Bethlehem, NY) belted a three-run home
run to help lift SUNY Plattsburgh to a 6-5 victory over Western
Connecticut State University to close out the opening day's events
at the NCAA Division III Northeast Regional Tournament at
Korstrinsky Field at Ithaca College on Thursday night.
Stupp's home run was her fifth of the season and easily
cleared the left-center field fence of Shelby Slie (Seymour, CT).
Slie, WestConn's winner in the opener earlier in the day, came on in
relief of starter Cortney Romyns (Newton, NJ) in the fourth inning.
Plattsburgh added another run on an RBI single by Melissa Luciano
(Stony Point, NY).
The Cardinals, 38-7 and the #1 seed, trailed 4-0 after
three innings to the #5 seed Colonials.
WestConn, 27-17, took a 2-0 advantage in the top half
of the first inning on RBI singles by Loren Angiollilo (Wolcott, CT)
and Mallory Zenkus (Seymour, CT) of starter Steph Zweig (West Nyack,
NY).
Two innings later the Colonials, who had chased Zweig
from the mound in the second inning, put another two spot on the
scoreboard. Angiollilo scored after leading off the inning
with her 12th double of the season off reliever and winner Jaclyn
Leitze (Burnt Hills, NY). She scored when Cardinal second
baseman Shannon Connors (Brockport, NY) made an errant throw on
Zenkus' bunt single. Zenkus later came around to scored when
catcher Keri Brean (West Chazy, NY) short hopped a throw down to
second base on Romyns stolen base attempt.
Plattsburgh scored two runs, one of them earned in the
fourth inning.
Conners was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning.
With one out, Meg Cirigliano (Newington, CT) threw the ball into
left center field while trying to force Connors out at second on
Kelly Bazinet's (Clarence, NY) fielder's choice. Bazinet came
around to score, two batters later, following a wild pitch by Slie.
Both runs were credited to Romyns.
WestConn scored one run in the top of the seventh
inning when Brittany Finkeldey (Ivoryton, CT) hit an RBI single to
center field, plating Stacey DiMaggio (Hopewell Junction, NY).
Cirigliano went three for four against the Cardinals
including her 12th double of the season to lead off the game.
Leitze improves to 20-5 on the season after allowing
nine hits, three runs, only two of the earned, while striking out
eight.
Kirby Davids (Brisbane, Australia) collected two of the
Cardinals seven hits.
The Colonials face Elms College on Friday at 12 noon in
an elimination game. Elms lost to RPI earlier in the day, 8-0.
Other schedule action for Friday is #4 Union versus #7
Penn State Behrend in the first elimination game at 10 a.m. and #2
seed facing #3 RPI at 2 p.m. The two winners of the first two
games on Friday will face each other at 4 p.m.
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SHELBY SLIE PITCHES
WESTCONN TO 2-1 VICTORY OVER UNION COLLEGE IN FIRST ROUND OF NCAA
TOURNAMENT
ITHACA, NY - Sophomore righty Shelby Slie (Seymour, CT) held Union
College to three hits in Western Connecticut State University's
opening-round 2-1 victory in the NCAA Division III Softball
Northeast Regional at Korstrinsky Field at Ithaca College on
Thursday morning.
The Colonials, 27-16, will play #1 seed Plattsburgh
State on Thursday afternoon at 4 p.m.
Mallory Zenkus (Seymour, CT) led the Colonials' hitting
attack with two hits including an RBI single in the top of the first
inning. She belted a two-out double in the third inning.
In the first inning, Loren Angiolillo (Wolcott, CT)
came around to score on Zenkus' drive to right field. She was
followed close behind when, WestConn's next batter, Brittany
Finkeldey (Ivoryton, CT) reached on a throwing error by Union
pitcher Abby Arceneaux (Mechanicville, NY) and WestConn led, 2-0.
Slie held the Dutchwomen, which came into the
tournament leading the nation in hitting at .386, hitless through
three innings before Michelle Rogers (Clarence, NY) reached on a
two-out single. She was left stranded at first base.
Union, 29-6, would cut its deficit in half in the sixth
inning.
Arceneaux reached on an error by Stacey DiMaggio
(Hopewell Junction, NY) to lead off the inning. She moved over
to third base on a single to right field by Alicia Gifford
(Schenectady, NY). Julie Gawronski (Dunkirk, CT) plated
Arceneaux with a single to left field.
With runners on first and second and no one out, Slie
was able to induce Catherine Kielb (Rensselaer, NY) to pop into an
infield fly and caught Kielb looking at strike three. Megan
Kakins (New Windsor, NY) appeared to have tied the game with a drive
to right field, but Julia Wullen (Bergenfield, NJ) was able to gun
her out at first base to end the threat.
Slie pitch a one-two-three seventh for her 15th victory
of the season. She struck out four and walked one while
allowing the one unearned run. She is now 15-6 on the season.
Arceneaux drops to 15-5 on the season. She allowed four
hits, struck out two and walked three on the day.
The double elimination tournament continues through
Sunday, May 14. The regional champion moves on to the finals
in Raleigh, NC which begin on Thursday, May 18.
WestConn is making its eighth appearance in the NCAA
Tournament. This is the Dutchwomen's fourth trip to the NCAAs.
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 Meg Cirigliano ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Softball Team
Junior firstbaseman Meg Cirigliano was named to the 2006 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Second Team on Thursday.
Cirigliano, a Justice and Law Administration major with a 3.77 GPA, leads the Colonials with a .380 batting average.
WestConn is currently in the NCAA Divison III Northeast Regional Softball Tournament in Ithaca, NY
College Division
FIRST TEAM
Catcher Kristy Kehoss WESTERN NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE Sr. Cheshire, CT 3.86 History
Infield Alana Frost WILLIAMS COLLEGE Sr. Oakland, CA 3.75 Biology
Infield Kaitlin Dulac ITHACA COLLEGE Sr. East Greenwich, RI 3.23 Sport Management
Infield Kristin Cerreto ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY Sr. Montrose, NY 3.40 Legal Studies and History
Infield Lindsay DeStefano EMERSON COLLEGE So. Glocester, RI 3.36 Broadcast Journalism
Outfield Leigh Bonkowski ITHACA COLLEGE Sr. Mystic, CT 3.55 Recreation Management
Outfield Erika Eisenhut UNION COLLEGE (NY) Sr. Mohawk, NY 3.83 Mathematics and Psychology
Outfield Julie Gawronski UNION COLLEGE (NY) Sr. Dunkirk, NY 3.60 Psychology
Pitcher Nicole Cade ITHACA COLLEGE So. Portland, OR 3.87 Accounting
Pitcher Miya Warner AMHERST COLLEGE Sr. Berkeley, CA 3.72 History & French
Utility / DH Molly Gaebe WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY Jr. Miami, FL 3.48 Theater & American studies
SECOND TEAM
Catcher Jennifer Boyden EMERSON COLLEGE Jr. Chester, NH 3.97 Writing, Literature and Publishing
Infield Meg Cirigliano WESTERN CONNECTICUT Jr. Newington, CT 3.77 Justice and Law Administration
Infield Angela Belanger SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY Sr. Poland Springs, ME 3.54 Advertising
Infield Jamie Neuner CORTLAND (SUNY) Jr. Brewster, NY 3.45 Adolescent Education-Social Studies and History
Infield Courtney Sweeney RENSSELAER POLY INSTITUTE So. Ballston Spa, NY 3.70 Civil Engineering
Outfield Lisa Ramos NEW HAVEN, UNIVERSITY OF Sr. Swansea, MA 3.98 Forensic Science
Outfield Ann Cosgrove RENSSELAER POLY INSTITUTE So. Albany, NY 3.80 Architecture
Outfield Jill Grant SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY Sr. Duryea, PA 3.5 Management
Pitcher Stephanie Adamshick CORTLAND (SUNY) Sr. Milton, NY 3.49 Physical Education
Pitcher Meghan Kelly WPI So. Burlington, MA 3.69 Biotechnology
Utility / DH Julie Schaper ADELPHI UNIVERSITY So. Warwick, NY 3.81 Biology
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WESTCONN
RECEIVES AT-LARGE BID TO EIGHTH
NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCE
 DANBURY,
CT ---The
NCAA Division III Softball Committee has announced the 59 teams that
will compete in the Division III Softball Championship.
Western Connecticut State University, which will be making its
eighth appearance in the NCAAs, earned an at-large bid on Monday.
Second-seeded Ithaca College (35-4) was chosen to host the
seven-team NCAA Northeast Regional. The double-elimination regional
will be held Thursday through Sunday at Ithaca's Kostrinsky Field.
WestConn's first game will be Thursday at 10 a.m. against
fourth-seeded Union (29-5).
The rest of the regional field features top-seeded Plattsburgh
(37-7), third-seeded Rensselaer (34-4), sixth-seeded Elms (27-10),
seventh-seeded Penn-State Behrend (30-6). Ticket prices and
other information will be announced later Monday.
The Ithaca regional pairings and game times can be found at
the following site:
http://www.sportsline.com/images/ncaasports/brackets/d3_soft_ithaca_2006.pdf
Western Connecticut State University enters the tournament with a
26-16 and were 9-5 record in the Little East Conference this past
spring. The Colonials earned the at-large bid after being eliminated
by LEC Champion Rhode Island College last Friday.
The Colonials best showing in the NCAA Tournament came in 2002 when
they won the New England Regional and appeared in the Division III
College World Series in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
WestConn is led by junior Meg Cirigliano, sophomore Stacey DiMaggio
and freshman Loren Angiollilo.
Cirigliano is batting .378 with 19 RBI and 30 runs scored. DiMaggio
and Angiollilo lead the club with 23 RBI each and .353 and .343
batting averages, respectively.
The Colonials' pitching staff is headed by junior Shelby Slie who
comes into the NCAA Tournament with a 14-6 record and 1.62 ERA. She
has 131 strike outs in 125.1 innings. Cortney Romyns is 8-4
with a 2.10 ERA.
WestConn, which opened the season 6-6 at the Rebel Spring Games in
Florida, won 20 or its final 28 regular-season games.
The seven-team first
rounds will be held May 11-14 on the campuses of competing
institutions. The eight-team first rounds will be held May 11-15 on
the campuses of competing institutions.
The finals, hosted by Peace College, will be held May 19-23 at the
Walnut Creek Softball Complex in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Thirty-five
conferences have been granted automatic qualification and six
independents were selected for the 2006 championship. The 18
remaining teams were selected on an at-large basis from automatic
qualifying conferences and the remaining independent institutions.
Seeds indicated below are only to be implemented at the finals in
Raleigh, NC on May 19-23.
*Indicates host
institution
Seed No. 1 - Winner of first round at Camden, New Jersey.
1. *Rutgers-Camden (40-5)
2. Rowan (38-5)
3. Tufts (25-14)
4. Pittsburgh-Bradford (34-7)
5. Manhattanville (29-12)
6. Wilkes (26-13)
7. Hunter (17-16)
Seed No. 2 - Winner
of first round at Salem, Virginia.
1. Muskingum (39-4)
2. *Roanoke (35-5)
3. Emory (33-9)
4. Transylvania (31-10)
5. Piedmont (31-9)
6. Thomas More (25-13)
7. Denison (32-11)
8. Hood (23-13)
Seed No. 3 - Winner
of first round at Indianola, Iowa.
1. St. Thomas (Minnesota) (41-2)
2. Wartburg (36-5)
3. Louisiana College (32-5)
4. Washington U. in St. Louis (35-5)
5. St. Scholastica (36-7)
6. Fontbonne (34-9)
7. *Simpson (28-12)
8. Concordia (Wisconsin) (21-21)
Seed No. 4 - Winner
of first round at Rock Island, Illinois.
1. Wisconsin-Eau Claire (34-4)
2. *Augustana (Illinois) (33-8)
3. Coe (34-10)
4. Aurora (36-9)
5. Central (Iowa) (32-11)
6. Chicago (19-13)
7. Hope (30-12)
8. Lake Forest (24-13)
Seed No. 5 - Winner
of first round at Ithaca, New York.
1. Plattsburgh (37-7)
2. *Ithaca (35-4)
3. Rensselaer (34-4)
4. Union (29-5)
5. Western Connecticut (26-16)
6. Elms (27-10)
7. Penn-Behrend (30-6)
Seed No. 6 - Winner
of first round at Babson Park, Massachusetts.
1. Williams (29-8)
2. Rhode Island College (33-8-1)
3. Western New England (36-9)
4. *Babson (33-10)
5. Endicott (28-13)
6. Bridgewater State (26-19)
7. St. Joseph's (Long Island) (21-10)
Seed No. 7 - Winner
of first round at Redlands, California.
1. Chapman (27-8)
2. Linfield (29-8)
3. *Redlands (29-11)
4. Trinity (Texas) (29-12)
5. La Verne (30-10)
6. Whitworth (26-12)
7. Hardin-Simmons (29-10)
Seed No. 8 - Winner
of first round at Salisbury, Maryland.
1. Methodist (38-6)
2. *Salisbury (32-6)
3. Ramapo (32-12)
4. Moravian (33-7)
5. King's (Pennsylvania) (36-7)
6. Neumann (25-9)
7. Haverford (24-15)
St. Thomas
(Minnesota) won the 2005 NCAA Division III Softball Championship by
defeating Salisbury 9-3 in last year’s championship game.
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courtesy of RIC Sports Information Office
Sitnik’s Three
Hits Leads RIC Past Western Connecticut
Providence, RI—Top-seeded Rhode Island College eliminated
fourth-seeded Western Connecticut, 6-4, in game five of the 2006
Little East Conference Softball Tournament.
The Anchorwomen
jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning as senior
right fielder Andree Sitnik (Lincoln, RI) hit a bases-loaded,
two-RBI single down the left field line. The Colonials evened the
game up in the bottom half of the frame on sophomore third baseman
Stacey DiMaggio’s (Hopewell Junction, NY) two-RBI triple to right
field.
The Anchorwomen
took the lead for good in the top of the third inning as freshman
designated player Justine Burgess (Uxbridge, MA) plated Sitnik with
an RBI triple to left field. RIC piled on three more runs in the
fourth inning on sophomore first baseman Christie Lotti’s
(Waterford, CT) RBI ground out and sophomore third baseman Krystal
Bilek’s (Fitchburg, MA) RBI single, on which another RIC run scored
due to a Western Connecticut error.
RIC junior pitcher
Nicole Riley (North Providence, RI) allowed four runs, three of
which were earned, on nine hits to go along with six strikeouts, to
earn her 22nd (22-2) win of the season.
Western Connecticut
starting pitcher Cortney Romyns (Newton, NJ) was saddled with her
fourth loss (8-4), allowing six runs on six hits. She walked five
and struck out two. Sophomore pitcher Shelby Slie (Seymour, CT)
pitched three and two-thirds innings of scoreless relief, allowing
just two hits to go along with two walks and two strikeouts.
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Little East Conference Softball Tournament Results
Rhode Island
College 6
Western Connecticut 4
Colonials eliminated
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Western
Connecticut |
ab |
r |
h |
rbi |
|
bb |
so |
po |
a |
|
Meg
Cirigliano 1b |
4 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
|
Kristen
Lugovich 2b |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
|
Loren
Angiollilo dh |
4 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Stacey
DiMaggio 3b |
4 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
|
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
|
Mallory
Zenkus ss |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
|
Brittany
Finkeldey c |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
|
Cortney
Romyns p/rf |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Kristy
Swanson cf |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
Kelley
Larsen ph |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Julia
Wullen rf/lf |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Rachel
Hadyka lf |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Shelby
Slie p |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Totals...... |
29 |
4 |
9 |
4 |
|
0 |
6 |
21 |
9 |
|
Western Connecticut |
ip |
h |
r |
er |
bb |
so |
|
Cortney Romyns |
3.1 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
|
Shelby Slie |
3.2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| E - K.
Lugovich(10); C. Romyns(2). DP - WCSU 1. LOB - WCSU 6. 2B -
L.Angiolillo(11). 3B - S. DiMaggio(4). SH - K. Lugovich(17).
SF - M. Zenkus(1). SB - C. Romyns(4). |
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Rhode Island College |
ab |
r |
h |
rbi |
|
bb |
so |
po |
a |
|
Katie Benevides lf |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
|
Christie Lotti 1b |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
|
Kristyn Alexander c |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
|
Krystal Bilek 3b |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Andree Sitnik rf |
4 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
|
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
Justine Burgess dh |
4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Megan Ponte cf |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Nicole Riley p |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Casie Lyons 2b |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
Jeanne Rosa ss |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
|
Totals...... |
28 |
6 |
8 |
5 |
|
7 |
4 |
21 |
5 |
|
Rhode Island College |
ip |
h |
r |
er |
bb |
so |
|
Nicole Riley |
7.0 |
9 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
| E - C.
Lotti(6). LOB - RIC 9. 3B - A. Sitnik(4); J. Burgess(2). SH
- K. Alexander(2). |
Rhode Island
College starters: 2/lf K. Benevides; 16/1b C. Lotti; 19/c K.
Alexander; 24/3b K. Bilek; 6/rf A. Sitnik; 7/dh J. Burgess; 8/cf M.
Ponte; 14/p N. Riley; 3/2b C. Lyons; 5/ss J. Rosa;
Western Connecticut starters: 18/1b
M.Cirigliano; 2/2b K. Lugovich; 3/dh L.Angiolillo; 7/3b S. DiMaggio;
6/ss M. Zenkus; 19/c B. Finkeldey; 22/p C. Romyns; 32/cf K. Swanson;
4/rf J. Wullen; 8/lf R. Hadyka;
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Rhode Island College 1st - K.
Benevides walked. C. Lotti singled to shortstop; K.
Benevides advanced to second. K. Alexander out at first 3b
to 2b, SAC, bunt; C. Lotti advanced to second; K. Benevides
advanced to third. K. Bilek intentionally walked. A. Sitnik
singled down the lf line, 2 RBI; K. Bilek advanced to
second; C. Lotti scored; K. Benevides scored. J. Burgess
reached on a fielder's choice; A. Sitnik advanced to second;
K. Bilek out at third ss to 3b. M. Ponte reached on a
fielder's choice; J. Burgess advanced to second; A. Sitnik
out at third 3b unassisted. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors,
2 LOB. |
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Western Connecticut 1st -
M.Cirigliano singled to center field. K. Lugovich reached on
an error by 1b, SAC, bunt; M.Cirigliano advanced to second.
L.Angiolillo flied out to lf. S. DiMaggio tripled to right
field, 2 RBI; K. Lugovich scored, unearned; M.Cirigliano
scored. M. Zenkus grounded out to ss. B. Finkeldey struck
out looking. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
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Rhode Island College 2nd - N.
Riley struck out swinging. C. Lyons walked. K. Benevides
struck out looking. C. Lotti grounded out to 3b. 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. |
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Western Connecticut 2nd - C.
Romyns singled through the left side. C. Romyns stole
second. K. Swanson struck out swinging. J. Wullen singled up
the middle; C. Romyns advanced to third. M.Cirigliano popped
up to 3b. K. Lugovich grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 2
hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. |
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Rhode Island College 3rd - K.
Alexander grounded out to 3b. K. Bilek flied out to lf. A.
Sitnik singled to shortstop. J. Burgess tripled down the lf
line, RBI; A. Sitnik scored. M. Ponte grounded out to 2b.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. |
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Western Connecticut 3rd -
L.Angiolillo singled to shortstop. S. DiMaggio reached on a
fielder's choice; L.Angiolillo out at second ss to 2b. M.
Zenkus flied out to rf. B. Finkeldey flied out to lf.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. |
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Rhode Island College 4th - N.
Riley walked. C. Lyons singled, bunt; N. Riley advanced to
second. K. Benevides singled to first base; C. Lyons
advanced to second; N. Riley advanced to third. C. Lotti
grounded out to ss, RBI; K. Benevides advanced to second; C.
Lyons advanced to third; N. Riley scored. K. Alexander
intentionally walked. C. Romyns to rf. J. Wullen to lf. S.
Slie to p for R. Hadyka. K. Bilek singled to right field,
RBI; K. Alexander advanced to second; K. Benevides advanced
to third, scored on an error by rf, unearned; C. Lyons
scored. A. Sitnik popped up to 3b. J. Burgess reached on a
fielder's choice; K. Bilek out at second ss to 2b; K.
Alexander advanced to third. 3 runs, 3 hits, 1 error,
2 LOB. |
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Western Connecticut 4th - C.
Romyns popped up to 1b. K. Swanson struck out swinging. J.
Wullen grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB. |
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Rhode Island College 5th - M.
Ponte struck out swinging. N. Riley popped up to 2b. C.
Lyons lined out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB. |
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Western Connecticut 5th -
M.Cirigliano singled to center field. K. Lugovich struck out
swinging. L.Angiolillo doubled to left center; M.Cirigliano
advanced to third. S. DiMaggio singled to right field,
advanced to second on the throw, RBI; L.Angiolillo advanced
to third; M.Cirigliano scored. M. Zenkus flied out to rf,
SF, RBI; S. DiMaggio advanced to third; L.Angiolillo scored.
B. Finkeldey popped up to ss. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0
errors, 1 LOB. |
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Rhode Island College 6th - K.
Benevides flied out to cf. C. Lotti out at first 1b to 2b.
K. Alexander walked. K. Alexander advanced to second on a
passed ball. K. Bilek struck out looking. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. |
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Western Connecticut 6th - C.
Romyns flied out to lf. K. Larsen pinch hit for K. Swanson.
K. Larsen struck out swinging. J. Wullen popped up to ss.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. |
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Rhode Island College 7th - K.
Swanson to cf for K. Larsen. A. Sitnik tripled to left
center. J. Burgess popped up to ss. M. Ponte reached on an
error by 2b, advanced to second on the throw. N. Riley
intentionally walked. C. Lyons popped into double play ss to
2b; A. Sitnik out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error,
2 LOB. |
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Western Connecticut 7th -
M.Cirigliano lined out to rf. K. Lugovich struck out
swinging. L.Angiolillo singled to center field. S. DiMaggio
grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
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2006
Softball Tournament
Begins Thursday - May 4
Get the schedule of the entire LEC Softball
Tournament
http://www.littleeast.com/sb/lecsbtournament06.htm
and links to the
live broadcast
http://www.ric.edu/athletics/ListenLive/LECSB2006.html |
courtesy of RIC Sports Information Office
Keene State Downs Western Connecticut
Campbell’s Second Inning Double Proves To Be The Difference
Providence,
RI—Third-seeded Keene State defeated fourth-seeded Western
Connecticut, 2-0, in game three of the 2006 Little East Conference
Softball Tournament.
Two runs in the
bottom of the second inning for the Owls proved to be all the
offense they would need. Junior center fielder Kathleen Gambino
(Freeport, NY) and freshman right fielder Jenna Patnode (Swanzey,
NH) both reached base with singles. They both scored on senior third
baseman Sarah Campbell’s (Auburn, MA) two-out double to the left
center field fence.
On the mound for
the Owls, sophomore Ashley Nicholson (Swanzey, NH) kept the
Colonials in check as she went the distance to record her 11th
(11-6) win of the season. Nicholson did not allow a run on just
three hits to go along with one strikeout. Western Connecticut
starting pitcher, sophomore Shelby Slie (Seymour, CT), was saddled
with her sixth (14-6) loss of the season as she threw six innings,
giving up two runs on five hits to go along with five strikeouts.
The win stops a
four-game losing streak for Keene State. The loss stops a five-game
win streak for Western Connecticut.
With the win, Keene State improves to 25-12 overall and will advance
to play fifth-seeded Southern Maine tomorrow afternoon at 12 p.m.
Western Connecticut falls to 26-15 overall and will play top-seeded
Rhode Island College tomorrow morning at 10 a.m.
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2006 Little East Conference
Softball Tournament
Schedule and Results |
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Game |
Teams |
Time |
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Thursday, May 4 |
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Game #1 |
#6 UMass Dartmouth - 1 #1 Rhode Island College - 7 |
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Game #2 |
#5 Southern Maine - 2 #2 Eastern Connecticut - 0 |
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Game #3 |
#4 Western Connecticut - 0 #3 Keene State - 3 |
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Game #4 |
#6 UMass Dartmouth - 1 #2 Eastern Connecticut - 0
-ECSU is eliminated- |
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Friday, May 5 |
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Game #5 |
#1 Rhode Island College vs. #4 Western Connecticut |
10:00 am |
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Game #6 |
#5 Southern Maine vs. #3 Keene State |
12:00 pm |
If four teams remain after Game #6, the following procedure will be
observed:
Friday, May 5 |
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Game #7 |
Winner Game #4 vs. Loser Game #6 |
2:00 pm |
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Game #8 |
Winner Game #5 vs. Winner Game #6 |
4:00 pm |
Saturday, May 6 |
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Game #9 |
Loser Game #8 vs. Winner Game #7 |
10:00 am |
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Game #10 |
Winner Game #8 vs. Winner Game #9 |
12:00 pm |
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Game #11 |
If Necessary: Same Teams as in Game #10 |
2:00 pm |
If five teams remain after Game #6, the following procedure will be
observed:
Friday, May 5 |
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Game #7 |
Winner Game #4 vs. Winner Game #5 |
2:00 pm |
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Game #8 |
Loser Game #5 vs. Loser Game #6 |
4:00 pm |
Saturday, May 6 |
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Game #9 |
Winner Game #6 vs. Winner Game #7 |
10:00 am |
If two teams remain after Game #9, the following procedure will be
observed:
Saturday, May 6 |
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Game #10 |
Winner Game #8 vs. Winner Game #9 |
12:00 pm |
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Game #11 |
If Necessary: Same Teams as in Game #10 |
2:00 pm |
If three teams remain after Game #9, the following procedure will be
observed:
Saturday, May 13 |
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Game #10 |
Winner Game #8 vs. Loser Game #9 |
12:00 pm |
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Game #11 |
Winner Game #9 vs. Winner of Game #10 |
2:00 pm |
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WESTCONN SOFTBALL ESCAPES WITH DOUBLEHEADER
SWEEP OVER SOUTHERN MAINE, 2-1 AND 3-2
DANBURY, CT –
Junior first baseman Meg Cirigliano (Newington, CT) went 8 for 9 and
droved in the game-winning run in the first game as Western
Connecticut State University edged University of Southern Maine, 2-1
and 3-2 in a Little East Conference doubleheader on Sunday afternoon
at Westside Field in Danbury.
Cirigliano went 5
for 5 and belted the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth
inning in the opener. She drove in Julia Wullen (Bergenfield, NJ)
who had reach on an error by Southern Maine's pitcher Katie
Mainville (Coopers Mills, ME). Cirigliano, who is batting a
team-leading .383 on the season, followed that performance by going
3 for 4 and scoring a run in the nightcap.
In the opener,
Southern Maine scored an unearned run in the top of the first inning
when Mallory Zenkus (Seymour, CT) was unable to corral a fly ball
with the bases loaded. The infield fly was not invoked and Sabrina
Mills (Westford, MA) raced home from third base. Mills opened the
game with a double to left center and moved over to third on a
single by Christen Lachapelle (Farmingdale, ME).
WestConn knotted
the game in the bottom of the sixth inning when Stacey DiMaggio
(Hopewell, Jct., NY) reached on a fielder's choice and advanced to
second on another fielder's choice. She came around to score on a
RBI single by Brittany Finkeldey (Ivoryton, CT).
Shelby Slie
(Seymour, CT) improved to 14-5 after allowing just five hits and an
unearned run. She struck out 12 and walked three.
Mainville drops to
8-7 on the year after scattering 11 hits, striking out seven and
walking one.
In the nightcap,
DiMaggio had two hits including the game-winning single to right
center field in the bottom of the seventh inning. Meg Brunell (North
Attleboro, MA) scored the unearned run after reaching on an error by
right fielder Caitlin Stivaletta (Wells, ME) with one out. Brunell
moved to third on back-to-back singles by Cirigliano and Kristen
Lugovich (West Haven, CT) then scored on DiMaggio's long single.
In the nightcap,
Cortney Romyns (Newton, NJ) earned the victory after coming on in
relief of Christina Scordato (Hillsdale, NJ) in the third inning.
Romyns improves to 8-3 on the season after allowing just two hits
and striking out a pair over five innings.
Mills went 2 for 3
to lead the Huskies, now 19-17 overall and 8-6 in the LEC.
Bre Loon (Jay, ME)
took the heart-breaking loss after allowing nine hits and three
unearned runs and striking out one. She drops to 10-6 on the year.
The Little East
Conference Tournament begins on Thursday, May 4 at top seed Rhode
Island College. Pairing and game times will be finalized on Monday
morning. WestConn, 26-14 overall and 9-5 in the LEC, has secured the
fourth seed for the double-elimination tournament. The number four
seed plays number three, either Keene State or Eastern Connecticut
in the third game of Thursday's action. |
2006 WestConn Softball Statistics
Western Connecticut at Keene State College
May 04, 2006 at Providence, RI (Dayna A. Bazar)
Western Connecticut 0 (26-15) Keene State College 2 (25-12)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Meg Cirigliano 1b.......... 3 0 0 0 PATNODE rf................. 3 1 1 0
Kristen Lugovich 2b........ 3 0 1 0 STARKEY 2b................. 3 0 1 0
Loren Angiollilo dh........ 3 0 0 0 CAMPBELL 3b................ 3 0 1 2
Stacey DiMaggio 3b......... 3 0 0 0 SCATA c.................... 2 0 0 0
Mallory Zenkus ss.......... 2 0 0 0 CONKLIN 1b................. 3 0 1 0
Brittany Finkeldey c....... 3 0 0 0 NICHOLSON p................ 3 0 0 0
Kristy Swanson lf.......... 3 0 1 0 UNDERHILL dh............... 2 0 0 0
Julia Wullen rf............ 2 0 1 0 GAMBINO cf................. 2 1 1 0
Meg Brunnell cf............ 2 0 0 0 FOOTE ss................... 2 0 0 0
Shelby Slie p.............. 0 0 0 0 D'AMATO lf................. 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 24 0 3 0 Totals..................... 23 2 5 2
Score by Innings R H E
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Western Connecticut. 000 000 0 - 0 3 0
Keene State College. 002 000 X - 2 5 0
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LOB - WCSU 4; KSC 4. 2B - CAMPBELL(7). SB - B. Finkeldey(1); K. Swanson(3);
CONKLIN(2).
Western Connecticut IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Shelby Slie L,15-5........ 6.0 5 2 2 1 5 0 0 0 1 23 24 9 4
Keene State College IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO
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NICHOLSON W,11-6.......... 7.0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 24 25 12 8
Strikeouts - J. Wullen; STARKEY; CONKLIN 2; UNDERHILL; FOOTE. Walks - M. Zenkus;
SCATA.
Umpires -
Start: Time: Attendance: 79
Game: WCSB0504
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LITTLE
EAST CONFERENCE
Pitcher of the Week
Shelby Slie, Sophomore, Pitcher, Western Connecticut State
University
In four appearances last week, Slie was 3-0 with a 0.93 ERA over
22.2 innings of work with 22 strikeouts last week for the Colonials.
In three appearances against LEC opposition, Slie did not allow an
earned run. In a 9-0, six-inning, win over UMass Dartmouth, Slie
struck out five while giving up three hits. In a 2-1, nine-inning,
victory over Southern Maine, Slie gave up one unearned run and
struck out 12. |
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LITTLE
EAST CONFERENCE
Player of the Week
Meg Cirigliano, Junior, First Base, Western Connecticut State
University
In a 4-2 week for the Colonials, Cirigliano batted .526 (10-for-19)
with seven runs scored, three RBI, four doubles and four walks. In a
doubleheader split with Eastern Connecticut, Cirigliano was 3-for-6
with one run scored, one run batted in and two doubles. In a
doubleheader sweep of UMass Boston, Cirigliano was 4-for-6 with five
runs scored with one run batted in. |
WESTERN CONNECTICUT SOFTBALL TEAM
SWEEPS DOUBLEHEADER AT UMASS DARTMOUTH
NORTH DARTMOUTH,
MA-Western Connecticut State held the University of Massachusetts
Dartmouth’s softball team to seven hits and won both games of their
Little East Conference doubleheader, 4-1 and 9-0 in six innings, at
the UMass Dartmouth Athletic Complex Saturday afternoon.
The Corsairs scored
just once during the two games. With one out, freshman third baseman
Christine White (Worcester, MA/St. Peter Marian HS) doubled, but was
thrown out trying to stretch it into a triple. Senior second baseman
Amanda Leal (New Bedford, MA/New Bedford HS) singled, and freshman
shortstop Vicki Andruskiewicz (Danvers, MA/Danvers HS) followed with
a run-scoring double.
WCSU had taken a
2-0 lead in the top of the first inning on run scoring on a
run-scoring single by Kristen Lugovich and Meg Cirigliano’s RBI
double. Cirigliano doubled home two more runs in the fourth.
Cortney Romyna
allowed three hits in five innings to earn the victory and improve
to 7-3. Cristina Scordato finished for her second save. Freshman
right-hander Brittney Kannan (Methuen, MA/Central Catholic HS) took
the loss for UMD, going all the way and falling to 8-7.
Western Connecticut
scored unearned runs in the first two innings of the nightcap to
take the lead, then increased their lead to 4-0 in the third when
Loren Angiolillo tripled home one run and scored on a single by
Stacey DiMaggio. DiMaggio’s solo homer in the fifth made it 5-0, and
Romyna’s three-run homer keyed a four-run WCSU sixth that allowed
the Colonials to end the game early on the eight-run rule.
Shelby Slie
scattered three hits in six innings to improve to 13-5. Freshman
right-hander Amie Nickerson (Wrentham, MA/King Philip HS), the first
of three Corsair pitchers, took the loss and fell to 6-3.
“We didn’t hit the
ball well, especially in the second game,” said UMass Dartmouth Head
Coach Holly Morris. “We’ve had a hard time with the bats lately. I’m
hoping that we’ll put the last few games behind us, and get ready
for the post-season.”
UMass Dartmouth
fell to 14-11-1, 4-9-1 in the Little East Conference, while Western
Connecticut improved to 24-14 and 7-5. The Colonials will return to
action when they Little East Conference Tournament begins Thursday,
while the Corsairs hope to join them, depending on the results of
other conference games this weekend. |
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TRINITY SOFTBALL SPLITS WITH WESTERN CONNECTICUT
Hartford, Conn. –
Sophomore DH Laura Cutler (Concord, Mass.) hit an RBI single with
two outs in the bottom of the third inning to drive in tri-captain C
Lindsey Freeman (Lancaster, Mass.) for the game-winning run as the
Trinity College Bantams won the first of two games against the
Western Connecticut State University Colonials 2-1 before dropping
the second game 7-4 in softball action this afternoon. With the
split, Trinity’s record is now 20-8 overall, while the Colonials
move to 22-14 on the season.
In the first game, Trinity scored both of their runs in
the third inning as freshman 1B Ariana Mullin (Woodbridge, Conn.)
hit a homerun to tie the score at 1-1 before Cutler put the Bantams
ahead 2-1 later in the inning. Junior LHP Sara Dougherty (Long
Valley, N.J.) pitched all seven innings, giving up only three hits
and no earned runs while striking out four Colonial batters. Western
Connecticut’s leadoff hitter Meg Cirigliano (Newington, Conn.) had a
hit and scored the only Colonial run in the first inning to put
Western Connecticut up early1-0. Sophomore RHP Cortney Romyns
(Newton, N.J.) pitched three and one-third innings of scoreless
relief for Western Connecticut.
In the second game, Trinity took an early first inning
lead, 3-1 as junior SS Stacy Hills (Menlo Park, Calif.) led off the
game with a double and later scored in the inning. Western
Connecticut came back in the third inning as Romyns used her bat to
hit a grand slam off Trinity senior tri-captain starter Victoria
Moshier (Old Saybrook, Conn.). Romyns also picked up the save, as
she pitched a scoreless seventh inning. Colonial starter Shelby Slie
(Seymour, Conn.) earned the win, pitching six innings, allowing
seven hits, three earned runs, striking out three.
Offensive Highlights
WCSU- Cortney Romyns – two hits, grand slam, one run, four RBI,
Loren Angiolillo – two hits, double, one run, one RBI.
TC- Stacy Hills – two hits, two doubles, one run. |
RILEY SETS RIC
RECORD AS ANCHORWOMEN SWEEP
Junior Pitcher Establishes New RIC Record For Single-Season Wins
Providence, RI—Rhode Island College has now won eight consecutive
games and is unbeaten in its last 16 contests as the Anchorwomen
took two games from Little East Conference rival Western
Connecticut, 6-2 and 1-0, in collegiate softball action on Tuesday
afternoon. RIC is two wins shy of tying the program record for wins
(28) in a season with four regular season games remaining on the
schedule.
In game one, the
Anchorwomen scored three runs in the bottom of the first and never
looked back on the way to a 6-2 victory. That would be all the run
support RIC junior pitcher Nicole Riley (North Providence, RI) would
need to record her 18th (18-2) win of the season. Riley, who has not
lost since Mar. 17 and is the reigning Little East Conference
Softball Pitcher of the Week, threw a complete game, allowing two
runs on eight hits, while striking out six. The 18 wins is a new
program record for victories in a season. Freshman designated player
Justine Burgess (Uxbridge, MA) and Riley each had two-RBI singles to
pace the Anchorwomen’s offense. Burgess and sophomore first baseman
Christie Lotti (Waterford, CT) each recorded two hits in the win.
Western Connecticut sophomore pitcher Courtney Romyns (Newton, NJ)
settled down after a rough first frame, allowing six hits in a
losing effort (6-3).
Game two was a
tight affair as the two LEC rivals played scoreless softball up to
the fifth inning. RIC senior center fielder Megan Ponte (Wakefield,
RI) drew a walk and scored on senior second baseman Casie Lyons’
(Hudson, MA) RBI double. Burgess scattered seven hits and struck out
three to earn her seventh win (7-5) and pick up her second
collegiate shutout. Western Connecticut sophomore pitcher Christina
Scordato (Hillsdale, NJ) took the loss (4-4). |
WESTCONN ROLLS
TO DOUBLEHEADER SWEEP OVER UMASS BOSTON
BOSTON, MA - The Western Connecticut State University softball team
improved to 21-11 on the season with a doubleheader sweep over UMass
Boston at Clark Athletic Center on Saturday.
Junior first baseman Meg Cirigliano went 4 for 6 and scored five
runs in the twinbill as WestConn defeated the Beacons, 10-3 and 9-1
on Saturday.
WestConn, which banged out nine hits and scored five unearned runs
in the opener, got strong performances on the mound by Cortney
Romyns and Christina Scordato. Romyns improved to 6-2 after
allowing three hits and two runs over four innings. She struck
out seven and walked four. Scordato earned her second save of
the season after mopping up the last three innings. She
allowed three hits while striking out two.
In the nightcap, the Colonials scattered 16 hits and never looked
back after scoring six runs in the top of the first inning.
Kristy Swanson and Rachel Hadyka each had a triple for WestConn.
Shelby Slie went the distance to improve to 11-5 on the year.
She had 14 strike outs and walked just two in six inning.
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WESTCONN AND COAST GUARD SPLIT
NON-CONFERENCE DOUBLEHEADER
NEW LONDON, CONN.--Coast Guard’s Colleen Perry fired a five-hitter
with eight strikeouts and she hit her first career home run and
drove in three runs in the opener while Western Connecticut’s Shelby
Slie pitched five innings and allowed three unearned runs and struck
out six in game two as the Bears and Colonials split a
non-conference doubleheader as Coast Guard won the opener 4-0 and
Western Conn. won the nightcap 9-5.
In the opener, Coast Guard (18-18) scored the only run it would need
in the bottom of the first as Jeannie Crump was thrown out stealing
second, but Stephanie Kimmel, who led off with a single scored from
third for a 1-0 lead.
The Bears added an insurance run in the fourth on and RBI single by
Perry before she hit a two-run homer to leftfield in the sixth to
close the scoring.
Christina Scordato (4-3) started and lasted four innings allowing
seven hits and two runs, both earned to take the loss for Western
Conn. (19-11).
Crump had three hits for Coast Guard in game one.
In the second game, Kelley Larsen hit her first career homer, a
three-run shot in the first inning and the Colonials never looked
back.
Western Conn. added two more runs in the third on an RBI double by
Brittany Finkeldey and an RBI single by Kristy Swanson for a 5-0
lead.
Meg Circigliano’s RBI double in the sixth increased the lead to 6-0.
Coast Guard scored three times in the home half of the fifth, all
unearned runs. Karen Love drilled a long RBI single off the
centerfield fence, Kimmel added an RBI ground out and Crump
delivered and RBI double cutting the deficit to 6-3.
The Colonials responded with three runs in the sixth as Finkeldey
and Swanson had back-to-back RBI singles.
Coast Guard scored twice in the seventh on a two-run single by
Meagan Schoenhardt.
Finkeldey had three hits and two RBI’s while Swanson and Cirigliano
each had two hits for Western Conn. in game two.
Love had two hits for the Bears in game two. |
 LITTLE
EAST CONFERENCE
Player
of the Week
(week ending 4/17/06)
Stacey DiMaggio, Sophomore, Infielder, Western Connecticut State
University
In an 8-0 week for the Colonials, DiMaggio batted .560 (14-for-25)
with six runs scored, ten RBI, three doubles, one triple and one
home run. In a doubleheader sweep of Westfield State, DiMaggo was
4-for-6 with one run scored, four RBI and two doubles. In a
doubleheader sweep of LEC foe Plymouth State, DiMaggio was 3-for-7
with one run scored, three RBI and a homer. |
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Tuesday, April 18, 2006
College Softball
At Willimantic, Conn.
First Game
Western Conn. 8, Eastern Conn. 1
Western Conn. (18-9, 3-2 little east) 000 260
0 -- 8 10 1
Eastern Conn. (11-14, 3-2 little east) 100 000
0 -- 1 2 3
Cortney Romyns (5-2), Christina Scordato (5) and Brittany Finkeldey.
Lindsay Savelle (7-7), Lisa Cody (5), Katie Pensiero (5) and Krystle
Denny, Brooke Larsen (6). Save-Scordato (1). 2B-Loren Angiolillo,
Meg Cirigliano (W), Casey Mahoney (E).
GAME 1:
Western won its tenth straight game. Leading 2-1, Western sent 11
batters to the plate in the fifth inning and scored six runs on six
hits and two walks. Loren Angiolillo and Meg Cirigliano drove in
runs with doubles in the inning.Kristen Lugovich, Stacey DiMaggio
and Mallory Zenkus each had two hits in the game and Lugovich and
DiMaggio each scored two runs. After allowing a run on a hit and two
walks in the first, winning pitcher Cortney Romyns and Christina
Scordato combined to hold Eastern without a hit over the final five
innings. Romyns gave up both Eastern hits while fanning three and
walking five through the first four and Scordado retired the final
nine batters after the first batter in the fifth reached on an
error.
Second Game
Eastern Conn. 3, Western Conn. 0
Western Conn. (18-10, 3-3 little east) 000
000 0-- 0 7 0
Eastern Conn. (12-14, 4-2 little east) 001
002 x-- 3 7 0
Shelby Slie (9-5) and Brittany Finkeldey. Brooke Nici (3-4) and
Krystle Denny. 2B-Meg Cirigliano, Kristy Swanson (W), Casey Mahoney
(E); 3B-Karen Taber (E); HR-Nikki Vachon (1), Mahoney (1) (E).
GAME 2:
Brooke Nici pitched her first shutout of the season and Nikki Vachon
and Casey Mahoney hit their first career home runs (solo) in the
sixth. Eastern had taken a 1-0 lead in the third when No. 9 hitter
Mahoney recorded her second double of the day and scored on a
two-out wild pitch. Mahoney was 3-for-3 and Vachon 2-for-2 with a
walk. Karen Taber had two hits and drew a walk in four plate
appearances. Taber tripled after the two sixth-inning home runs but
was left stranded at third. Western’s Shelby Slie fanned 12 while
walking four. Nici fanned one and walked two. Western stranded seven
runners through the first four innings. |
WESTCONN
SOFTBALL ROLLS ON WITH DOUBLEHEADER
SWEEP OVER PLYMOUTH STATE, 4-1, 8-2
DANBURY, CT –
Sophomore third baseman Stacey DiMaggio (Hopewell, Jct., NY) led The
Western Connecticut State University softball team in a doubleheader
sweep of Plymouth State University, 4-1 and 8-2, Saturday afternoon
at Westside Field in Danbury.
The Colonials, now
16-9 overall and 2-2 in the Little East Conference, extend their win
streak to nine games and they have now won 11 of their last 12 games
dating back to April 6.
DiMaggio went 3 for
7 in the twinbill and belted her first home run of the season, a
two-run line drive over the right field fence, in the nightcap. She
had three RBI on the day. She finished the week batting .560 with 14
hits in 25 at bats with 10 RBI.
WestConn scattered
13 hits in the second game with Loren Angiolillo (Wolcott, CT), Meg
Cirigliano (Newington, CT), Mallory Zenkus (Seymour, CT) and
DiMaggio each having two hits.
In the nightcap,
Shelby Slie (Seymour, CT) allowed two runs and four hits while
striking out five and walking three. She improves to 9-4 on the
year.
In the opener,
Christina Scordato (Hillsdale, NJ) improved to 4-2 after allowing
one run on four hits while striking out two and walking one.
Kristen Lugovich
(West Haven, CT) and Julia Wullen (Bergenfield, NJ) led the
Colonials hitting attack with two hits and an RBI apiece.
Plymouth State, now
3-16 overall and 1-3 in the Little East Conference had four hits in
each game.
Kristi Curry
(Nottingham, NH) went 2 for 3 with an RBI in the opener. Devin
Caswell (Wilton, NH) had two hits, including a double and two RBI
for the Panthers in the nightcap.
WestConn travels to
Eastern Connecticut State University in a Little East Conference
doubleheader on Tuesday, April 18. First pitch is slated for 5 p.m.
The Panthers host intra-state rival Keene State College in a pair on
Tuesday at 4 p.m. |
WESTCONN SOFTBALL WINS FIFTH STRAIGHT…
TAKE TWO FROM FRAMINGHAM STATE, 1-0 AND 8-0
DANBURY, CT – The
Western Connecticut State University softball team extended it win
streak to five games with a doubleheader sweep of Framingham State
College, 1-0 and 8-0, Wednesday night at Westside Field in Danbury.
Cortney Romyns
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