May 7, 2005
WAC Drops Pair at CC Tournament
Shorewomen Finish 2005 with 11 More Wins Than 2004

GETTYSBURG, PA -- The Washington College softball team was eliminated from the Centennial Conference Championship Tournament with a pair of losses today in Gettysburg, PA. The Shorewomen dropped their first game, 3-0, to host Gettysburg, and then lost their second game, 5-2, to McDaniel.

Junior Diane Green (Milford, DE/Milford) doubled to record Washington's only extra base hit against Gettysburg. Sophomore Beth Anne Hartman (Ellicott City, MD/Baltimore Lutheran), junior Laura Mozzer (Tolland, CT/Tolland), freshman Amanda Campbell (Boothwyn, PA/Garnet Valley), and freshman Bailey Manuel (Goldvein, VA/Liberty) each had a single against the Bullets. Freshman Michelle Laque (Ocean Pines, MD/Stephen Decatur) held Gettysburg to six hits and no walks in the loss.

Heather Sagaities went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored for Gettysburg, while Shannon Kiry pitched a five-hit shutout.

Against McDaniel Washington took a 2-1 lead on a two-run double by senior Laura Scimeca (Cream Ridge, NJ/Allentown) in the bottom of the fifth, but the Green Terror rallied to win the game with four runs in the seventh. Scimeca finished 2-for-3 at the plate, while Hartman had a hit, a walk, and a run scored and Mozzer had a hit, a sacrifice bunt, and a run scored. Freshman Kim Proctor (Ferndale, MD/Institute of Notre Dame) doubled and walked. Campbell added a hit and a walk for the Shorewomen, while senior Andrea Braverman (Yorktown Heights, NY/Yorktown) added a base hit of her own. Green took the loss, allowing eight hits and five walks.

Mary Abrams went 2-for-3 with a walk, an RBI, and a run scored for the Green Terror and also picked up the win while allowing seven hits and four walks.

The Shorewomen finish the 2005 season with a 19-17 record. Washington's 19 wins this season were second-most in team history and were 11 more than the Shorewomen's victory total of a year ago. This year's berth in the Centennial Conference Tournament was the first postseason berth in 21 the varsity seasons of softball at Washington College.

BOX SCORE v. GETTYSBURG

BOX SCORE v. MCDANIEL