Softball Wins Two Over WPI, 6-5, 2-1
Game 1: SC 6, WPI 5 (8 inn.)
Game 2: SC 2, WPI 1
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., April 16, 2005 – Springfield College senior catcher Missy Edwards (Calverton, N.Y.) drove in the game-winning run as the Pride defeated WPI, 2-1 for a sweep of the Engineers in a New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) doubleheader this afternoon at Potter Field. The Pride also defeated WPI in the opening game, 6-5 in eight innings.
Trailing 2-0 in the third inning of the first game, senior outfielder Laurie Cersosimo (West Hartford, Conn.) led a four-run Pride rally hitting a two-run single to make the score 4-2.
SC senior Amy Brucker (Westerly, R.I.) added a RBI triple in the fourth inning to increase the lead to 5-2, but the Engineers tied the game with three runs in the next frame.
SC freshman pitcher Stephanie Blackman (Stamford, Conn.) scored the game-winning run off a WPI throwing-error while picking up her second victory of the season in relief.
In the second game, SC senior pitcher Brittany Dielemans (Middlebury, Conn.) threw a complete-game two hitter, struck out seven, and allowed just one earned run. The one earned run came off a solo homer by WPI freshman Nicole DeCampo (Stoneham, Mass.) in the second inning.
SC junior designated player Amanda Johansson (Leominster, Mass.) hit an RBI single to the tie game, 1-1, in the seventh inning before SC freshman Lauren D’Arrigo (Lexington, Mass.) scored the winning run off an Edwards sacrifice fly.
Sophomore pitcher Jennifer Parker (Rochester, Mass.) tossed a solid six innings for the Engineers, allowing just one Pride hit before being taken out with a 1-0 lead.
SC will travel to WNEC, Wednesday (April 20) for a double-header beginning at 3:30 pm.
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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.
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