 James
Madison Posts 3-2 Comeback Win Over
Delaware To Earn Fourth Spot In CAA
Tournament
HARRISONBURG,
VA (May 8, 2005) -- The James Madison
University softball team rallied from an
early two-run deficit to post a 3-2
comeback victory over the University of
Delaware Sunday afternoon at the JMU
Softball Complex to earn the fourth spot
in next week's Colonial Athletic
Association Tournament.
The Dukes,
who improved to 27-25 overall and 8-10 in
the league, advance to the CAA Tournament
which will be held on May 12-14 on the
campus of top-seeded Hofstra University.
The Blue Hens, who ended their season
28-25 overall and 6-11 in the conference,
finished in a tie for fifth place in the
league standings and missed the conference
tournament for the first time in the four
seasons in which Delaware has competed in
the CAA.
Delaware
opened the scoring by pushing across two
unearned runs in the top of the first.
With one out senior rightfielder Kelley
Pastic (Centreville, VA/Chantilly), who
tied the school record by appearing in the
195th game of her career, reached on an
error by Dukes second baseman Kelly Ann
Berkemeier.
After
freshman second baseman Allison Borchers
(Fallston, MD/Fallston) singled down the
leftfield line to put runners on the
corners, freshman first baseman Barbara
Traynor (Wheaton, IL/Wheaton Warrenville
South) -above- singled to right to plate
Pastic, and Borchers scored on a throwing
error by JMU rightfielder Liz George on
the play.
Blue Hen
sophomore pitcher Carolynn Sloat (Ballston
Lake, NY/Shenendehowa) threw two scoreless
innings before James Madison got on the
board in the bottom of the third. Briana
Carrera led off the frame with a double to
left, and one out later she advanced to
third on a single to center by Liz George.
After George stole second Katie Jaworskki
singled to left to score Carerra and move
George to third, but Sloat avoided further
damage by getting Sally Smith to foul out
and Berkemeier to ground out to end the
inning.
Delaware
had a chance to increase its lead in the
top of the fifth when with two outs
sophomore shortstop Michelle Plant
(Woodbridge, VA/Woodbridge) reached on an
error by Berkemeier and Pastic doubled to
rightcenter, but Carrera got Borchers to
ground back to the mound to escape the
jam.
In the
bottom of the inning Katie George led off
with a double to right, and after a fly
out, Jaworski walked. After both runners
moved up on a ground out by Smith,
pinch-hitter Jenn Chavez singled to right
to score both George and pinch-runner
Christina Massey as the Dukes took the
lead.
Carrera
then retired Delaware in order in the
sixth and seventh innings to pick up the
win and improve to 12-11 on the season.
She allowed just two unearned runs on
three hits while striking out seven and
not walking a batter. Sloat allowed three
earned runs on eight hits while strikiing
out two and walking a pair as she fell to
16-13 on the year.
Pastic,
Borchers, and Traynor each had a hit for
the Blue Hens, whose 28 wins are the
fourth most in a single season in Delaware
history.
Box score (NCAA)
2005 University of Delaware Softball
Delaware at James Madison
May 08, 2005 at Harrisonburg, Va. (JMU Softball Complex)
Delaware 2 (28-25,6-11 CAA)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
------------------------------------------------------
Plant, Michelle ss....... 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1
Pastic, Kelley rf........ 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Borchers, Allison 2b..... 3 1 1 0 0 0 6 1 2
Traynor, Barbara 1b...... 3 0 1 1 0 0 6 1 0
Ralston, Jessica c....... 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0
Morris, Melissa dh....... 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
Savona, Natalie ph...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gardner, Lauren lf....... 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Stough, Erin 3b.......... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Williams, Kimberly ph... 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Lee, Katie cf............ 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
Sloat, Carolynn p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Totals................... 26 2 3 1 0 7 18 9 4
James Madison 3 (27-25,8-10 CAA)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
------------------------------------------------------
Carrera, B. p............ 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 1
George, K. ss............ 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 1
George, L. rf............ 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jaworski dh.............. 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Smith, S. 1b............. 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 2
Berkemeier 2b............ 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2
Chavez ph............... 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0
Burd 3b.................. 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
Schenk c................. 2 0 1 0 1 0 7 1 0
Galvin pr............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Long cf.................. 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
Massey lf................ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals................... 25 3 8 3 2 2 21 9 8
Score by Innings R H E
-----------------------------------------
Delaware............ 200 000 0 - 2 3 1
James Madison....... 001 020 X - 3 8 4
-----------------------------------------
E - Plant; George, K.(16); George, L.(5); Berkemeier 2(12). LOB - Blue Hens
4; Dukes 8. 2B - Pastic; Carrera, B.(8); George, K.(7). SH - Stough; George,
K.(8); Long(3). SB - George, L.(4).
Delaware IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
-----------------------------------------------
Sloat, Carolynn..... 6.0 8 3 3 2 2 25 29
James Madison IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
-----------------------------------------------
Carrera, B.......... 7.0 3 2 0 0 7 26 27
Win - Carrera, B. (12-11). Loss - Sloat (16-13). Save - None.
Umpires -
Start: 12:00 pm Time: 1:51 Attendance: 167
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Play-by-Play
Score by Innings R H E
-----------------------------------------
Delaware............ 200 000 0 - 2 3 1
James Madison....... 001 020 X - 3 8 4
-----------------------------------------
Delaware starters: 13/ss Plant; 10/rf Pastic; 24/2b Borchers; 11/1b Traynor; 6/c
Ralston; 19/dh Morris; 12/lf Gardner; 8/3b Stough; 4/cf Lee; 25/p Sloat;
James Madison starters: 6/p Carrera, B.; 8/ss George, K.; 3/rf George, L.; 21/dh
Jaworski; 1/1b Smith, S.; 9/2b Berkemeier; 4/3b Burd; 22/c Schenk; 17/cf Long; 11/lf
Massey;
Delaware 1st - Plant grounded out to 1b unassisted. Pastic reached on a
fielding error by 2b. Borchers singled down the lf line, advanced to second on the
throw; Pastic advanced to third. Traynor singled to right field, advanced to second
on a throwing error by rf, RBI; Borchers advanced to third, scored on the error,
unearned; Pastic scored, unearned. Ralston grounded out to 3b. Morris struck out.
2 runs, 2 hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB.
James Madison 1st - Carrera, B. singled to shortstop. George, K. out at first
c to 2b, SAC, bunt; Carrera, B. advanced to second. George, L. reached on a fielding
error by ss. Jaworski reached on a fielder's choice; George, L. out at second 2b to
ss; Carrera, B. advanced to third. Smith, S. grounded out to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1
error, 2 LOB.
Delaware 2nd - Gardner reached on a fielding error by ss. Stough out at first
p to 2b, SAC, bunt; Gardner advanced to second. Lee struck out. Plant grounded out
to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
James Madison 2nd - Berkemeier grounded out to 1b unassisted. Burd out at
first ss to 2b. Schenk walked. Long out at first 3b to 2b, bunt. 0 runs, 0 hits,
0 errors, 1 LOB.
Delaware 3rd - Pastic grounded out to ss. Borchers grounded out to 2b.
Traynor lined out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
James Madison 3rd - Carrera, B. doubled to left field. George, K. grounded
out to ss. George, L. singled to center field; Carrera, B. advanced to third.
George, L. stole second. Jaworski singled to left field, RBI, advanced to second on
the throw; George, L. advanced to third; Carrera, B. scored. Smith, S. fouled out to
c. Berkemeier out at first 1b to 2b. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Delaware 4th - Ralston struck out. Morris struck out. Gardner struck out.
0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
James Madison 4th - Burd grounded out to 2b unassisted. Schenk singled to
center field. Galvin pinch ran for Schenk. Long out at first p to 2b, SAC, bunt;
Galvin advanced to second. Carrera, B. struck out. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
LOB.
Delaware 5th - Schenk to c for Galvin. Stough out at first c to 2b, bunt. Lee
struck out. Plant reached on a throwing error by 2b. Pastic doubled to right center;
Plant advanced to third. Borchers grounded out to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2
LOB.
James Madison 5th - George, K. doubled to right field. George, L. flied out
to rf. Jaworski walked. Smith, S. grounded out to 1b unassisted; Jaworski advanced
to second; George, K. advanced to third. Chavez pinch hit for Berkemeier. Massey to
lf for Jaworski. / for Massey. Chavez singled to right field, 2 RBI; Massey scored;
George, K. scored. Burd flied out to cf. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Delaware 6th - Chavez to 2b. Traynor out at first 1b to 2b to 1b. Ralston
fouled out to 3b. Savona pinch hit for Morris. Savona popped up to ss. 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
James Madison 6th - Schenk grounded out to 1b unassisted. Long singled to
shortstop. Carrera, B. grounded out to p; Long advanced to second. George, K. struck
out. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Delaware 7th - Gardner grounded out to ss. Williams pinch hit for Stough.
Williams struck out looking. Lee popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
LOB.
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