Softball Splits Twinbill in Florida
3/4/2003 12:00:00 AM | Softball
March 4, 2003
ORLANDO, FL - Senior pitcher Michele Walker (Paramus, NJ) had a pair of hits and went the distance on the mound, striking out three, to lead Sacred Heart to a 2-1 win over Holy Cross in the first of two games in Florida Tuesday morning. The Pioneers lost the second game of the day to Valparaiso, 3-2 in nine innings.
In the first contest, the Pioneers took a 1-0 lead in the fourth when Walker doubled with one out. Senior Katie Bowen ran for her, and two batters later scored on a single by Tiffanie Cross-Monzo.
Senior third baseman Pam Vuijst drove home what would be the winning run with a single in the fifth, scoring junior Leslie Konsig who had led off the inning with a double.
Valparaiso, 2-1, scored first in the second game and took a 1-0 lead into the bottom of the fourth. The Pioneers evened it with Vuijst drew a bases-loaded walk in the fourth that scored Bowen, who entered the game as a pinch runner for Cross-Monzo who had led off the inning with a single.
The teams would take the tie into the eighth and Valpo would get the go-ahead run in the top of the inning. The Pioneers managed to send it to the ninth when Leslie Konsig scored in the bottom of the eighth on a wild pitch.
Valparaiso would win it in the ninth on a pinch-hit RBI single by Karen Constein. The Pioneers went down in order in the bottom.
At Orlando, FLSacred Heart (1-2) 000 110 0 - 2 7 1 Holy Cross (0-4) 000 010 0 - 1 3 0 Michele Walker and Katie Ross; Nicole Vitti and Alysia Fitzpatrick
WP- Walker (1-1) LP - Vitti (0-2)
At Orlando, FL
Valparaiso (1-1) 010 000 011 - 3 6 0 Sacred Heart (1-3) 000 100 010 - 2 7 2 Chrissy DeMott, Lauren Lapinski (4) Michele Walker (7), and Katie Ross; Jessica Radtke, Erica Dahlmeier (5) and Monica Rowan.
WP-Dahlmeier (1-0) LP - Walker (1-2)
