Lady Deacons Sweep
Dominican
Courtesy of Bloomfield College Sports
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Bloomfield, NJ (4/24/07) The
Bloomfield College softball team (18-16, 12-8) swept a CACC
doubleheader against Dominican College (16-18, 8-10) by the scores
of 6-2 and 14-6.
In game one Bloomfield right-hander Erin Covell
(Milstone, NJ.) continued to dominate from inside the
circle as she tossed her fourth consecutive complete game
victory. Covell went seven innings allowing
two earned runs on seven its with one strike out, improving her
record to 5-2 overall and 3-0 in the CACC.
The Chargers scored first in game one, in the top of the
second Melanie Hestermann's (Lacey Township, NJ)
sac-fly drove in Jackie Terpstra (Middletown, NJ)
and gave the Chargers a 1-0 lead. Bloomfield tied the game in
the bottom half of the inning with a sac-fly by Amanda
Byrnes (Ringwood, NJ) that drove in Brianne Mooore
(Clifton, NJ). The game remained tied till the
bottom of the fifth when BC struck for five runs on four
hits. The scoring began with a RBI single up the middle by
Mallorie Mathews (Fair Lawn,
NJ).
Fauna Ryerson (West Milford, NJ) drove
in two more runs with a single down the left field line.
Dominique Russo (Clifton, NJ) tacked on the fourth
run of the innings with a single through third base, then
Byrnes got credit for her second RBI of the game
after drawing a bases loaded walk, capping off the BC scoring and
giving the Lady Deacons a commanding 6-1 lead. Dominican
threatened in the top of the seven with back to back doubles by
Jamie Ollari (Hopatcong, NJ) and
Hesterman with two outs; but
Covell shut the door getting Cara Piasecki
(Port Monmouth, NJ) to ground out to end the
game.
Christine Stathes (Cornwall, NY) took
the loss for Dominican working five full innings allowing six runs
(three earned) on six hits with six strike
outs. Hestermann finished game
one 2-for-2 with two RBI.
Offensively for Bloomfield Mathews went
2-for-3 with a RBI; Ryerson was 1-for-3 with two
RBI and Moore went 2-for-3 with two runs
scored.
Between games Bloomfield Honored its two seniors,
Amanda Byrnes and Krystal Gonzalez (Jersey
City, NJ). It was Byrnes who carried the festivities
over into game two with a leadoff home run in the bottom of the
first that sparked a six run rally, which also included a solo home
run by Vickie Berardi (Linden, NJ) and a two run
blast by Moore.
Dominican cut the lead in half at 6-3 with a three run
second inning. But Bloomfield rallied answered in the
bottom half of the inning with three more runs, highlighted by
Mallorie Mathews two run home run to center
field. Ollari's (Hopatcong, NJ) two run home
run in the top of the third cut the lead to 9-5, then made it 9-6
in the top of the fourth on a solo homerun by
Piasecki. But the Bloomfield offense proved
to be too much a quartet of Charger pitches as BC continued scored
three times in the bottom of the fourth and twice in the bottom of
the sixth.
Danielle Garrison (Coatesville, PA) took
the loss for Dominican working just one and one-third innings
allowing five earned runs on six hits.
Piasecki went 2-for-3 with a home run;
Ollari went 1-for-2 with a home run and
Sarah Beck (Milton, NY) went 2-for-4 with a run
scored.
Fauna Ryerson (8-8) got the win for
Bloomfield working five innings, allwoing six runs (four earned) on
eight hits with two strike outs. Byrnes
went 2-for-2 with a home run, and two RBI.
Berardi and Mathews both went
2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI and Dominique
Russo went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and a
RBI.