Softball Splits With Quinnipiac
4/28/2003 12:00:00 AM | Softball
April 28, 2003
FAIRFIELD, CT - Freshman pitcher Chrissy DeMott (Levittown, NY) fired an eight-hit shutout in the second game to help Sacred Heart University earn a split with Quinnipiac University in a Northeast Conference softball doubleheader on Monday. Quinnipiac (31-14, 13-8) took advantage of four Sacred Heart errors and used a five-run second inning to propel them to a 6-3 win over the Pioneers (15-30, 9-11) in the first game.
In the opener, freshman Nicole Otten got things going for the Bobcats in the second with a lead off single, and she advanced to second when the ball got by the left fielder. A wild pitch advanced her to third, where she was lifted for pinch runner Stephanie Boyer. Boyer came home two hitters later on an RBI single by Elizabeth Moriarty.
Elizabeth Euley (Bristol, CT) followed with a double to center to put runners on second and third. Moriarty scored on an RBI single by freshman Brandi Simon. That ended the day for SHU starter Lauren Lapinski and senior Michele Walker came on in relief. Walker got the first batter to ground to second for the second out, but Sara Blumenthal singled to score Simon and Euley scored on an error by the left fielder. Blumenthal scored the final run of the inning thanks to a single by Sarah Collins.
Quinnipiac starter Alisha Zabel held the Pioneers scoreless until the fifth inning when they would score three times. The floodgates opened when leadoff hitter Heather Gutkes (Newport, RI) reached on an error. RBI singles by Pam Vuijst (Ramsey, NJ), Katie Ross (Arden Hill, MN) and Leslie Konsig (Millburn, NJ) accounted for the three runs.
In game two, the Pioneers scored the only run of the game in the first inning. Vuijst led off with a single to center and was sacrificed to second. Freshman shortstop Jen Place (Latham, NY) the ripped a single to left to score Vuijst.
The best chance for the Bobcats was in the top of the first when they loaded the bases with one out. Otten lined into a double play to Place at short that ended the inning.
DeMott, who upped her record to 4-6, struck out seven and walked just one.
