CCSU Loses 5-2 in Both Games of Northeast Conference Doubleheader at Quinnipiac
Central Connecticut (6-19, 2-4) lost a pair of 5-2 Northeast Conference games at Quinnipiac (8-21, 3-3). Junior Jaclyn Logan and sophomores Kendall Sours and Katherine Knowles all had a hit in the opener. Junior Tiffany Erickson paced the Blue Devils in game two. She had two hits, including a solo home run.
Central Connecticut (6-19, 2-4) lost a pair of 5-2 Northeast Conference games at Quinnipiac (8-21, 3-3). Junior Jaclyn Logan and sophomores Kendall Sours and Katherine Knowles all had a hit in the opener. Junior Tiffany Erickson paced the Blue Devils in game two. She had two hits, including a solo home run.
Quinnipiac put four runs on the scoreboard in the second inning of game one. It proved to be enough for the win. The Blue Devils trimmed the margin in half with two runs in the third inning. Erickson walked to get things started for CCSU. Sours and Knowles singled to load the bases, and Logan drove in a run with a ground out. Sours scored the second run on a passed ball.
Bobcat freshman Heather Schwartzburg relieved junior starter Jaimie Iaquinto with nobody out and the bases loaded in the third. She did not allow a hit - and walked just two - over the final five innings. Quinnipiac added a run in the sixth off Central Connecticut senior starter Rachel Brenneman.
Brenneman surrendered five runs, four earned, on 12 hits. She had two strikeouts. Schwartzburg struck out eight. Freshman Jessica Amenda led the Quinnipiac offense with a 4-for-4, two RBI day at the plate.
Erickson led off the second game with her first career home run, the first by a Blue Devil this season. Central Connecticut extended its lead to 2-0 in the third inning. Erickson had a bunt single to start the third. Sours singled, and Logan followed with a walk to load the bases. Schwartzburg, who started game two, walked freshman Kelli Griffiths to make it 2-0.
Quinnipiac took the lead for good with three runs in the third inning. The Bobcats added two in the fifth for the final margin. Four players had two hits apiece for Quinnipiac. Griffiths and junior Sara Budrick each doubled in the loss.
Sophomore Elizabeth Montemurro gave up five runs, three earned, on 10 hits in the loss. Schwartzburg again struck out eight in the win. She gave up five hits in the complete game effort.
Central Connecticut will be back on the field tomorrow. The Blue Devils travel to Storrs, CT for a doubleheader with UConn. Game one is slated to start at 1 p.m. CCSU will serve as the home team in both games.
