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Softball Sweeps Bridgewater State, 2-0, 5-4
Springfield 2, Bridgewater State 0 - BoxscoreSpringfield 5, Bridgewater State 4 - Boxscore
BRIDGEWATER, Mass., April 16, 2003 - Springfield College sophomore pitcher Brianne Pearson (Brockton, Mass.) drove in the only two runs of the game and allowed only two hits over seven innings pitched as the Pride downed host Bridgewater State, 2-0, in the first game of a doubleheader this afternoon at Alumni Field.
Pearson, who has not lost since March 27th against Keene State, improves to 11-2 on the season.
The Pride got on the board in the fifth inning when freshman shortstop Caitlin McGaughey (South Windsor, Conn.) roped a leadoff single to left field. Pinch runner Lori Baumann (Pittsfield, Mass.) came on and stole second. Baumann then scored on Pearson's single to left to make the score 1-0. Pearson drove in McGaughey in the seventh to give SC an insurance run.
The second game got off to a quick start with both teams scoring twice in their first at bats. Pearson led off the game by reaching first on an error. She was later drove home on a single to right centerfield from sophomore catcher Missy Edwards (Calverton, N.Y.). After advancing to second on a wild pitch, Edwards scored on sophomore right fielder Laurie Cersosimo's (W. Hartford, Conn.) single to give the Pride an early 2-0 lead.
The Bears answered in the bottom half of the inning when junior catcher Natalie Ardagna tripled to score freshman right fielder Allyson Lipsett. Sophomore second baseman Jenni Brooks followed with a single to score Ardagna knotting the score at 2-2.
SC added two more in the second. Junior left fielder Krisinda Dielmans (Middlebury, Conn.) scored on a Pearson double to right and Pearson was brought home when senior centerfielder Jill Roach (S. Hadley, Mass.) singled to left.
Bridgewater tied the game 4-4 in the bottom of the sixth. SC senior first baseman Ali Gerrish (Plymouth, Mass.) scored the winning run on junior Missy Rupprecht's (Braintree, Mass.) single to right center to clinch the game for the Pride, 5-4.
SC improves its record to 18-6 and have now won 12 of their last 13 games.
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Head Coach Julie Perrelli
Julie Perrelli enters her second season at the helm of the Springfield College softball program and as an assistant professor of physical education. In her first season in the dugout for the Pride, Perelli guided Springfield to the NEWMAC Championship for the third-consecutive season. Read more.
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