KISSIMMEE, FL – The Rowan University softball team won two more games at the Rebel Spring Games on Sunday. Rowan defeated Smith College (MA), 11-3 in six innings and shut out Bridgewater State College (MA), 10-0 in five innings.
Rowan totaled 16 hits in the first game against Smith. Center fielder Kristina Brenner (jr. Vineland, NJ/Vineland) went three for four with two runs scored. Right fielder Heidi Smith (so. Hainesport, NJ/Rancocas Valley Reg.) contributed with three hits (four at bats), one RBI and one run scored.
PHOTO….Pitcher Jackie Sasko
Third baseman Kristin Wallace (sr. Glassboro, NJ/Washington Twp.) recorded three RBIs. First baseman Sara Carangelo (sr. Sewell, NJ/Washington Twp.), second baseman Lauren Navarro (sr. West Milford, NJ/West Milford) and left fielder Amanda Brown (sr. Audubon, NJ/Audubon) each added two hits.
Amanda Riegel (sr Millville, NJ/Sacred Heart) and Brianna Seckinger (fr. Churchville, PA/Council Rock S.) shared the pitching duties. In three innings, Riegel did not give up a run or a hit. Seckinger was on the mound for three innings. She scattered six hits and had three strikeouts.
The Profs got on the scoreboard with three runs in the first inning. Wallace singled in Brenner and Smith scored on a sacrifice bunt. Navarro had a RBI single that scored Wallace. Rowan went up 5-0 with two runs in the third. Designated player Stephanie Taraschi (so. Mt. Ephraim, NJ/Audubon) crossed home plate on an error and Carangelo scored on a single by shortstop Jenna DiDonato (so. Hamilton, NJ/Steinert).
Smith came back with two runs in the fourth inning and one in the fifth. Rowan had three runs in the bottom of the fifth and sixth innings. In the fifth, Smith singled in Brown and Wallace drove in DiDonato and Brenner with a single. Catcher Melanie Sura (jr. Linden, NJ/Linden) double in two runs in the sixth and she came home on Brown’s single.
Pitcher Jackie Sasko (PHOTO ….jr. Hamilton, NJ/Steinert) had the shutout against Bridgewater State. Sasko (4-0) only allowed two hits and struck out seven batters. She was two for three at the plate with a triple, two RBIs and one run scored. Carangelo had two hits (two at bats), two RBIs and one run scored. DiDonata went two for three at the plate with one RBI.
Rowan went ahead 4-0 in the second inning. Carangelo singled in Taraschi for the first run. Navarro doubled in Sasko and Carangelo scored on DiDonato’s sac fly. Brenner had a RBI single that brought home Navarro.
The Profs put the game out of reach with six runs in the top of the fifth. Smith crossed the plate on a fielder’s choice. Sasko tripled in two runs and scored on Carangelo’s single. Brenner drove in Carangelo with a single and Smith doubled in a run.
Rowan (7-1) plays again on Tuesday, March 18 against Wis.-River Falls at 9 a.m. and Fontbonne University at 1 p.m.
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