Softball Splits Tuesday in Florida; Defeats Rutgers-Camden Again
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- March 19, 2008 -- The Springfield College softball team split a pair of games yesterday in Kissimee, Florida. In game #1, the Pride scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh for the second day in a row to defeat Rutgers-Camden by a run. This time the score was 8-7. In game #2, the Pride lost to Spring Arbor of Spring Arbor, Mich., 5-1.In the first game, Springfield scored at least one run in every inning but the fourth. It was 3-2 , SC, after three innings. Then the Pride tallied two more in the fifth to go up, 5-2. Rutgers-Camden came back with two in the sixth to close it to 5-4. But Springfield equalled that with two in its half of the sixth. Rutgers-Camden then scored three in the top of the seventh to tie it at 7-all. SC then pushed one run across in the bottom of the seventh to win it. Two days ago, SC had scored three times in the bottom of the seventh to win, 6-5. Rutgers-Camden won the NCAA Division III title in softball in 2006.
Senior second baseman Denise Fumicello (Brockton, Mass.) went 3-for-5, with 2 RBI's and a triple. Junior outfielder Amanda Lyons (Eastchester, N.Y.) went 3-for-4 with 1 RBI. Sophomore outfielder Bryn Worrilow (North Babylon, N.Y.) went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI's. Junior 3B Shanda Kogut (Preston, Conn.) went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI, and freshman shortstop Jaimie Moran (Manchester, Conn.) went 2-for-5 with a double. Junior lefthander Samantha Rhodes (Mendon, Mass.) pitched a complete game, picking up the win, striking out four and walking one.
In game #2, Springfield found itself down to Spring Arbor, 2-0, after one inning. The Pride battled back, scoring its lone run in the top of the third. But Spring Arbor added two in the bottom of that frame. Spring Arbor added one more in the fifth. For Springfield, junior DP Danielle Spiro (South Windsor, Conn.) went 2-for-4 and knocked in the run. Junior outfielder Angela Atkins (East Haddam, Conn.) and Worrilow each went 2-for-4. Junior outfielder Kasey Calderone (Pipersville, Pa.) went 2-for-3 with a run scored. Freshman right-hander Katie Anderson (Andover, Mass.) hurled the first three innings and picked up the loss. She walked four and struck out one. As a team, Springfield outhit Spring Arbor, 11-7.
Springfield is off today (March 19). On Thursday (March 20), the Pride will play Framingham State at 3:00 pm, then Suffolk at 5:00 pm in Kissimee.
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Head Coach Julie Perrelli
Julie Perrelli was been named an Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Head Softball Coach at Springfield College in June of 2009. The head softball coach at Smith for the past three years, Perrelli received both her doctorate (this past May) and her masters in 2004 from Springfield College, where she served as a graduate assistant for the Pride from the 2003 through 2006 seasons. Read more.