Cancelled Event: Softball versus Tarleton State
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Providence College Athletics
Sunday, April 30
Syracuse, N.Y.
12:00 PM
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Softball Splits BIG EAST Doubleheader At Syracuse
4/30/2006 12:00:00 AM | Softball
April 30, 2006
Game One Box Score | Game Two Box Score
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The Providence College softball team split a BIG EAST doubleheader against Syracuse University on Sunday, April 30 in Syracuse, N.Y. The Friars (29-16-1, 11-9) won the first game, 4-2, but the Orange (34-20, 15-7) took the second game, 4-1. PC's 11 BIG EAST wins this season marks the most conference victories since the 1995 team posted a 12-8 record in league play.
In the first game, the Friars took a 2-0 lead in the second inning, capped off by senior Michele Bowers (Staten Island, N.Y.) who had an RBI single. The lead increased to 4-0 in the sixth inning as junior Rachel Bartholomew (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) smacked a two-run home run to right center. Bartholomew, who has now hit a home run in nine of the last 13 games, moved her career-high hit streak to 14 games. She leads the team with 12 homers.
The Orange scored single runs in the sixth and seventh inning, but could not get any closer. The game ended when junior Katie Ross (Middleboro, Mass.) threw out a runner at the plate who was trying to score from second on a base hit. PC junior Sara Surosky (Elmira, N.Y.) pitched a complete game, allowing two runs on eight hits and striking out two batters. At the plate, senior Tara Sullivan (Tualatin, Ore.) batted 2-for-3 with one RBI. Syracuse's Erin Downey tossed seven innings and allowed four runs on six hits, while posting six strikeouts.
Syracuse pitcher Alexis Switenko held the Friars to six hits and had two hits and one RBI of her own to lead the Orange to the victory in the second game. The Orange took a 1-0 lead in the first inning, but the Friars tied the game on a RBI single by freshman Gina Rossi (Bakersfield, Calif.) in the second inning. The game remained tied until the fifth inning when Syracuse scored two runs on a sacrifice fly by Cassie Morales and an RBI single by Erin Gray. The Orange added another run in the sixth inning to complete the scoring.
Switenko struck out six batters in seven innings of action. PC freshman Jennifer Maccio (Huntington Station, N.Y.) went six innings, allowed four runs on 10 hits. Rossi and classmate Mary Sheehy (Woodbridge, Conn.) each had two hits. Bartholomew was held without a hit as her hit streak ended at 14 games.
The Friars are back in action on Tuesday, May 2 with a non-conference doubleheader versus Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass.
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