Utica Continues its Winning Ways
Kissimmee, Fla.
Kissimmee, Fla. (3/17/2011) – The Utica College softball improved its overall record to 6-2 on the season after sweeping a doubleheader at the Rebel Spring Games Thursday. In the first game the Pioneers defeated Wheaton, 10-2 (5 innings). In the second game of the day UC beat Carthage 5-3. Sophomore catcher Mallory Ingalls led the way for Utica going 3-for-7 on the day with four runs scored and two RBIs.
In game one, Wheaton took a 2-0 lead in the top of the third, but Utica came right back in the bottom of the third and tacked on seven runs to take a 7-2 lead. They scored three more runs an inning later for a 10-2 lead.
Junior pitcher Heather Kingsbury pitched a complete game for UC, allowing two runs on two hits and striking out four. Senior outfielder Claire Gerlach led the offensive charge, going 2-for-2 with two RBIs and one run scored. Classmate Kim Martin also went 2-for-2 with one walk and two runs scored.
In game two, Utica took an early 3-0 lead in the top of the first and never relinquished it, going onto to defeat Carthage, 5-3. Ingalls went 2-for-4 in the second game with two runs scored and one RBI. Sophomore infielder Hannah Barton went 1-for-4 with two RBIs.
Junior Haley Butler recorded her first win of the season, pitching four innings while giving up two earned runs and striking out two. Sophomore Stephanie Romanow picked up her first save of the season, pitching three no-hit innings.
Gerlach and Martin had a team-high four hits over the course of two games. Barton drove in four runs on the day. Sophomore Bridgette Plummer scored three runs. Freshman Rebecca Ornstein went 2-for-5 with two RBIs.