CC 8, PU 0 (5 inn.)
CC 4, Con 0
LAKEWOOD, N.J. - The Caldwell College softball team advanced through the winner's bracket at the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Tournament on Thursday, defeating Post University 8-0 in five innings before blanking Concordia College 4-0 in the second round. The results give the Cougars a 42-12 record on the season.
 
In the game against Post, sophomore Marisa Tamez (Fountain Valley, CA/Fountain Valley) hit a grounder to third with the bases loaded to plate freshman Dia Cascone (Staten Island, NY/Susan Wagner) with the game's first run. Then in the second, Cascone's bases-loaded single scored senior Brittni Frantellizzi (Binghamton, NY/Susquehanna Valley) for a 2-0 lead. After a strikeout, Timbrook stepped up and blasted a long home run to center for a grand slam and a 6-0 advantage. In the fourth Timbrook followed a double from senior Danielle Genovese (Livingston, NJ/Livingston) with her second home run of the day and 10th of the season. The shot to leftfield tied her with Genovese for the Cougars' single-season record for home runs.

Freshman Kourtney Wilson (Islip, NY/St. Anthony's) dominated the Eagles' batters, allowing two hits and a walk while striking out three for her third shutout in as many starts. The reigning CACC Pitcher of the Week, Wilson is now 17-5 on the season. Stephanie Carrillo lasted 1 2/3 innings for Post and took the loss.

In the day's second game, senior pitcher Brittany Pulido (Ojai, CA/Nordhoff) scattered four hits while striking out five and walking none in a complete-game shutout. With the win, Pulido (20-4) becomes only the second Caldwell pitcher to win 20 games in a season, joining former All-American Corinne Reiser, who won 27 games in 2004. Offensively, junior Patti Garofolo (Collegeville, PA/Springford) hit a two-run single in the first, and Tamez and Timbrook added RBI singles in support of Pulido's pitching effort.

The second-seeded Cougars will take on top-seeded Dominican College in a winner's bracket game on Friday, May 7 at Georgian Court. Caldwell and the Chargers tied for the regular-season CACC crown with identical 23-3 records in conference play.

2010 CACC Softball Tournament, hosted by Georgian Court - May 6-8, Lakewood, N.J.
Thursday, May 6
Game 1: #1 Dominican 6, #8 USP 1
Game 2: #4 Holy Family 3, #5 Philadelphia 2 (11 inn.)
Game 3: #2 Caldwell 8, #7 Post 0 (5 inn.)
Game 4: #6 Concordia 5, #3 Georgian Court 4
Game 5: #1 Dominican 4, #4 Holy Family 3
Game 6: #2 Caldwell 4, #6 Concordia 0
Game 7: #8 USP 7, #5 Philadelphia 2 (Philadelphia eliminated)
Game 8: #3 Georgian Court 17, #7 Post 9 (6 inn.) (Post eliminated)

Friday, May 7
Game 9: #8 USP (15-27) vs. #6 Concordia (21-16), 12:00 p.m.
Game 10: #3 Georgian Court (34-16) vs. #4 Holy Family (24-22), 12:00 p.m.
Game 11: #1 Dominican (35-13) vs. #2 Caldwell (42-12), 2:00 p.m.
Game 12: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 2:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 8
Game 13: Game 12 winner vs. Game 11 loser, 11:00 a.m.
Game 14: Game 11 winner vs. Game 13 winner, 1:00 p.m.
Game 15: Repeat Game 14 if necessary