Dielemans No-Hitter Leads Softball To Split at Eastern Conn.
Game 1: ECSU 5, SC 2
Game 2: SC 5, ECSU 1
WILLIMANTIC, Conn. - Springfield College senior Brittany Dielemans (Middlebury, Conn.) threw a no-hitter to lead SC to a split in a softball double-header at Eastern Connecticut State, Wednesday. The Pride fell, 5-2, in the first game, before shutting down the Warriors, 5-1, in the nightcap.
Dielemans struck out five without yielding a walk to pick up her first victory of the spring as a pair of SC (5-6) errors allowed the only ECSU (2-8) run of the game, unearned, in the fourth inning.
SC broke a 1-1 game open In the seventh inning as senior outfielder Laurie Cersosimo (West Hartford, Conn.) hit a two-out opposite field double that scored two runs, followed by a bloop single by junior shortstop Caitlin McGaughey (South Windsor, Conn.) that plated two more to make the score, 5-1.
In game one, SC senior outfielder Lori Baumann (Pittsfield, Mass.) went 2-for-3 with a run scored, while junior firstbasman Keir Stanford (Melrose, Mass.) went 1-for-3 with a run scored with a RBI, but a five-run second inning by ECSU led the hosts to the 5-2 victory.
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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.
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