Philadelphia, PA- The Philadelphia University
softball team (16-13, 8-6 CACC) extended their winning streak to
four with a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) sweep of
the Chestnut Hill College Griffins (4-24, 1-11 CACC) on Thursday
afternoon. The Lady Rams won game one 8-2 and the second game
5-1, as freshman pitcher Ali Schmidt (Cordova, MD/
Easton) pitched two complete games and notched 19 strikeouts in the
process.
In game one, freshman third baseman Danielle
Parisi (Teaneck, NJ/ W.Windsor-Plainsboro N.) racked up
four RBI's as she went 1-4 at the plate, singling in two runs in
the first inning through the left side. CHC scored an
unearned run in the inning to make it 2-1.
The second inning featured two more PhilaU runs- as freshman
catcher Katie Renner (Berryville, VA/ Brunswick)
smacked a double up the middle and junior first baseman
Kelly Rauco (Nutley, NJ/ Nutley) followed suit
with an RBI double. Parisi hit a sacrifice fly to right field
to give PhilaU a 4-1 edge.
The Griffins added their final run in the bottom of the fourth
inning with an RBI single, but PhilaU added four more scores as
junior outfield Kristyn Loughery (Phoenixville,
PA/ Phoenixville)tripled to right for an RBI in the sixth and
scored on a passed ball and sophomore outfield Jen
Richard (Millstone Twp., NJ/ Allentown) scored on a
fielder's choice. In the seventh, Renner blasted her second
homer of the year to make the final PhilaU 8, CHC 2.
In game two, both teams were locked in stalemate until PhilaU
broke the game open in the fifth inning as Rauco hit a two-run
double bagger, and Richard tripled to right field to bring in
another run. Parisi singled in another run to make it 4-0 on
five hits.
PhilaU designated hitter junior Kristin
Giamatteo (Bellmore, NY/Wellington Mepham) smacked a
double to left field to score the Lady Ram's final run of the game,
but CHC mounted a short rally in the bottom of the inning with an
RBI double- yet Schmidt struck out the final Griffin batter to
secure the 5-1 victory.
PhilaU returns to action on Saturday (4/11) to host Post
University at 1:00 p.m. at Bucky Harris Field.
