April 2, 2008
Widener Takes Two From Shorewomen
Pastorino Goes 3-for-3 In Game Two

CHESTERTOWN, MD -- Visiting Widener University swept host Washington College in a non-conference softball doubleheader on Wednesday at the Washington College Softball Field. The Pride (15-7) won game one, 8-0, in six innings, and captured game two, 3-2. The Shorewomen fell to 7-9 with the two losses.

In the opener, Widener took a 1-0 lead in the top of the third when Kim Dougherty scored on a throwing error. The score stayed that way until the top of the fifth when the Pride scored four unearned runs to take a 5-0 lead. The inning was highlighted by Mallory Meyer's two-run home run to left field. The four run inning was capped by an RBI double off the bat of Steph Connolly. The Pride added three more runs in the sixth to provide the final margin. Meyer made it 7-0 with her second home run of the game and Widener made it 8-0 on a RBI double off the bat of Stephanie Caulford.

Meyer was 4-for-4 with four RBI and two runs scored in the game one triumph, while Caulford was 3-for-4 with an RBI. Widener cranked out 12 hits in the opener.

Meyer went five innings to pick up the victory for the visitors and improved to 7-3. She allowed three hits and struck out five. Junior Emily Adams (Bethesda, MD/Bethesda-Chevy Chase) took the loss and falls to 4-3. She allowed seven runs, three earned over 5 2/3 innings.

In the finale, Widner jumped out to a 2-0 lead with single runs in the first and third innings, both coming with two outs. In the first, Caulford tripled down the right field line, plating Krista Cesarine. In the third, Cesarine knocked in Meyer on an RBI double to make it 2-0. Washington trimmed it to 2-1 in the bottom of the third when senior Meg Travers (Huntingtown, MD/Calvert) doubled to left field, driving in senior Irene Pastorino (Swarthmore, PA/Cardinal O'Hara). The Shorewomen evened the game at 2-2 in the bottom of the fourth when Pastorino singled down the right field line to score senior Amanda Campbell (Boothwyn, PA/Garnet Valley). Widener would score the winning run in the top of the fifth. Meyer, who reached on an error, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt and third on a wild pitched. She scored on a groundout off the bat of Cesarine. The hosts got runners on first and second in the bottom of the sixth with two outs, but a strike out ended the threat.

Cesarine was 2-for-4 with two RBI in the nightcap, while Meyer scored a pair of runs for Widener. For Washington, Pastorino went 3-for-3 with an RBI and run scored, while Campbell and senior Tricia Carroll (Owings Mills, MD/Owings Mills) each went 2-for-3.

For the Pride, Dougherty picked up the win in relief, tossing 3 2/3 innings of shutout ball. She struck out three and improves to 5-2. For the Shorewomen, Senior Michelle Laque (Ocean Pines, MD/Stephen Decatur) took the loss and falls to 2-4. She tossed her third complete game of the season, allowing six hits, three runs, two earned and striking out six.

The Shorewomen return to action Saturday with a 1:00 p.m. Centennial Conference double-header versus visiting Muhlenberg.

GAME ONE BOX SCORE

GAME TWO BOX SCORE