CC 9, MSUM 1 (5 inn.)
CC 5, AU 1
KISSIMMEE, Fla. - The Caldwell College softball team won a pair of games at the Rebel Spring Games, held at the Osceola County Softball Complex Wednesday afternoon. The Cougars topped Minnesota State-Moorhead 9-1 in five innings before beating Adelphi University 5-1. With the wins, the Cougars improve to 6-4 on the season. Sophomore outfielder Katie Margiotta (Sewell, NJ/Washington Twp.) had five hits and scored two runs on the day.
In the win over Minnesota State-Moorhead, Caldwell used eight hits, including seven singles, to put eight runs on the board in the bottom of the second. After loading the bases with two outs, the Cougars recorded four singles and a walk to plate seven runs. Sophomore Marisa Tamez (Fountain Valley, CA/Fountain Valley) followed with a triple to score junior Annie Forte (Toms River, NJ/Toms River North) with the inning's eighth run. Forte and Tamez each had two hits in the inning. The Dragons scored a run in the third on a single by Amanda Moore. But Caldwell ended the game in the bottom of the fifth when freshman Kelly Schymanski (Pottstown, PA/Owen Roberts) came home from third on a throwing error.
Freshman Kourtney Wilson (Islip, NY/St. Anthony's) held Moorhead to one run on six hits in five innings, striking out two to improve to 3-1. Alexa D'Onofrio absorbed the loss for the Dragons (1-8).
In the day's second game, Caldwell played Adelphi for the third time in four days. Senior Kyrie Timbrook (Los Gatos, CA/Los Gatos) got the Cougars started with a two-run single in the top of the first for a 2-0 lead. Deandra Leo hit a run-scoring single in the bottom of the first to pull Adelphi to within 2-1. In the top of the sixth, Caldwell extended its lead to 4-1 on RBI singles from freshman Sierra Parker (Chino Hills, CA/Chino Hills) and senior Brittni Frantellizzi (Binghamton, NY/Susquehanna Valley). The Cougars scored another run in the top of the seventh, then held the Panthers scoreless in the bottom of the seventh for the win.
Junior Brittany Pulido (Ojai, CA/Nordhoff) went the distance, allowing one run on 10 hits while striking out four without a walk. Leighann Bell started for Adelphi and gave up four runs, two earned, on six hits and two walks in 5 2/3 innings.
The Cougars wrap up their Florida trip on Thursday, Mar. 18 with games against Franklin Pierce University and St. Michael's College at the National Training Center in Clermont, Fla.
