Softball Sweeps Doubleheader at Home vs. St. Francis (PA) on Sunday
The Central Connecticut softball team won a pair of one-run games on Sunday and swept a Northeast Conference doubleheader vs. St. Francis (PA) on Sunday. Central won the first game 6-5 and held on for a 5-4 win in the second game. With the wins the Blue Devils are now 10-9-1 overall and 2-0 in NEC play.
The Central Connecticut softball team won a pair of one-run
games on Sunday and swept a Northeast Conference doubleheader vs.
St. Francis (PA) on Sunday. Central won the first game 6-5 and
held on for a 5-4 win in the second game. With the wins the Blue
Devils are now 10-9-1 overall and 2-0 in NEC play.
In game one, the Blue Devils took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on
an RBI single from sophomore Kelsey
Barlow. The Red Flash tied it up with a single run in the top
of the second inning. Central took a 2-1 lead in the second on an
RBI double from catcher Kat Knowles.
The Red Flash took a 4-2 lead with three runs in the fourth
inning. Central committed a pair of errors in the inning, only two
of the runs were earned. They led 5-2 after an unearned run in
the top of the fifth.
The Blue Devils cut the lead to one, 5-4, when Barlow hit a two-run
home run to right center with two outs in the bottom of the
fifth.
Central scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth to take a 6-5
lead. With the bases loaded and two outs, junior Rebecca
Mussatti singled to center to score both runs and give the Blue
Devils back the lead.
Sophomore Jordan
Tingleypicked her fourth win on the mound for CCSU, pitching a
complete game and allowing just three earned runs on nine hits
while striking out three. After the Red Flash took a 5-2 lead, she
retired seven of the final eight batters she faced, including five
straight to end the game.
In the second game the Blue Devils took the lead with an RBI single
in the first inning from Knowles. Freshman Tessa
Browns's RBI groundout in the bottom of the third upped the
lead to 2-0.
The lead reached 5-0 in the fifth inning. With one out, Brown
doubled to deep right center to score two runs. She scored on an
RBI double from Barlow.
The Red Flash scored four unearned runs in the top of the sixth
inning to cut the lead to 5-4. Central made a pair of errors in
the frame to help the Red Flash cut the lead to one.
Senior Elizabeth
Montemurro pitched the complete a complete game for the Blue
Devils to win her second game of the season. She did not allow an
earned run and struck out three in the victory.
