Lakewood, NJ- The Philadelphia University
softball team (24-20, 13-11 CACC) advanced to the second day of
CACC Softball Tournament play with a 5-4 win over Wilmington
University after falling to the Bloomfield College Deacons in the
first game.
The Lady Rams will face the loser of #1 Dominican/#4 Georgian
Court at 12:00 p.m. tomorrow (5/1) on Field 2.
"This is a historic day for our program, the team showed a lot
of character to come back from one deficit and then win it in the
seventh inning," said Head Coach John Kelly.
I'm looking forward to tomorrow; the team will go as far as they
want to."
In the first game vs. Bloomfield, junior outfield Maggie
Desmond (Bayport, NY/ St. John the Baptist) blasted a
lead-off homer to open the top of the second inning and give the
Rams a 1-0 boost.
In the bottom of the sixth BC junior third baseman Kira Wagar
hit a two-run homer to edge the Deacons ahead 2-1, the final score.
Freshman pitcher Ali Schmidt (Cordova, MD/
Easton) had nine strikeouts in six innings, while BC hurler Brianne
Moore had seven strikeouts in the win.
In the second game vs. Wilmington the Wildcats took an early 2-0
lead in the first inning on a homer by Amanda Cordrey. The
Lady Rams responded in the second with an RBI single from
junior first baseman Kelly Rauco (Nutley, NJ/
Nutley) to close the gap 2-1.
The Wildcats got another run on the board in the top of the
third inning on a hit by Lindsay Friye.
PhilaU got hot in the bottom of the third inning as freshman
catcher Katie Renner (Berryville, VA/ Brunswick)
lined a double to the left field fence to score junior outfielder
Kristyn Loughery (Phoenixville, PA/ Phoenixville)
and M. Desmond smacked a double to score two more runs and give the
Lady Rams their first lead of the day at 4-3.
WU tied it up in the seventh on a single to center field, but
Rauco brought in the winning run on an error by the Wildcat second
baseman to take the 5-4 win and advance to the second day of CACC
Softball Tournament.
Schmidt went seven complete innings and sat down nine batters in
the win.
