SU 2, CC 1 (8 inn.)
CC 4, AU 3
KISSIMMEE, Fla. - The Caldwell College softball team split a pair of games at the Rebel Spring Games, held at the Osceola County Softball Complex Sunday morning. The Cougars (2-2) fell to Shepherd University 2-1 in eight innings, then came back to beat Adelphi University 4-3.
Shepherd took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third on a solo home run by Tiffany Farmer. The lead held up until the top of the sixth. With freshman Dia Cascone (Staten Island, NY/Susan Wagner) on second and two outs, senior Kyrie Timbrook (Los Gatos, CA/Los Gatos) doubled off the left centerfield fence to plate Cascone and tie the game at 1-1. Neither team scored in their remaining at-bats, resulting in Caldwell's third consecutive extra-inning game. The Cougars played 21 innings over two games on Saturday.
After Caldwell was held scoreless in the top of the eighth, Tricia Bettura hit the first pitch deep to center, scoring Amber Dudek, who was placed on second per the international tie-break rule, with the game-winning run. Bettura pitched all eight innings, allowing a run on four hits while striking out six for Shepherd (7-0). Freshman Kourtney Wilson (Islip, NY/St. Anthony's) took the loss, giving up the final hit in 1 1/3 innings of relief. Sophomore Juliette Wilson (Dallas, OR/West Salem) also pitched well, yielding a run on two hits and four walks in 5 2/3 innings.
Against Adelphi, Caldwell fell behind 3-0 after the Panthers scored three times in the top of the third. The Cougars rallied in the bottom of the third with two outs. Senior Danielle Genovese (Livingston, NJ/Livingston) singled home junior Patti Garofolo (Collegeville, PA/Springford), then scored on Timbrook's two-run single that tied the game at 3-3. Caldwell continued to deliver with two outs, as junior Annie Forte (Toms River, NJ/Toms River North) singled home Genovese with two down in the fifth to put Caldwell on top 4-3. Adelphi loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the seventh with two singles and a walk. But Kourtney Wilson struck out the next batter and induced an infield popup to end the game and earn her first collegiate victory.
Wilson gave up three hits in four innings of relief of junior Brittany Pulido (Ojai, CA/Nordhoff), who allowed three runs on five hits in three innings. Timbrook and Genovese each had two hits for Caldwell, while Amanda Dolan and Rochelle Noren had a pair of hits apiece for the Panthers (3-1).
The Cougars play the University of Bridgeport and Minnesota-Duluth on Monday, Mar. 15 at the Rebel Spring Games.
