University of Pittsburgh Athletics
Softball Sweeps St. John's In A Big East Doubleheader
4/18/2004 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Softball Sweeps St. John's In A Big East Doubleheader
4/18/2004
PITTSBURGH- In dramatic fashion, University of Pittsburgh (18-26, 3-7 Big East) mounted a seventh inning rally to defeat St. John?s (18-18, Big East 4-4), 2-1, in game one and held on to win in eight innings, 4-3, in the second game of the Big East doubleheader Sunday afternoon at Trees Field.
In the opener,
The Panthers captured the win in the bottom of the seventh as Jen O?Donnell (
On the mound, Laura Belardinelli (Endicott, N.Y./Union-Endicott) pitched the complete game allowing six hits, for one run, while striking out two. At the plate, the Panthers recorded four hits.
The Panthers would be the first to score in the second game of the afternoon. With one run in the first, Beth Gill (
A strong defensive effort by the Panthers and solid pitching by starting freshman Meghan Bostick (
Christina Tucker connected a solo homerun to center field early in the sixth to give
DiMaria walked to lead off the Panthers? half of the eighth inning. The walked would prove costly for the Red Storm as DiMaria would score from second on a RBI single by Hunter to give
At the plate, the Panthers registered seven hits, including a double by Lisa McGregor (Royersford, Pa./Spring-Ford Senior). Casey Pickard (
On the mound, Bostick allowed five hits for one run and striking out six, while walking one in six innings of work. Belardinelli pitched the final two innings allowing four hits for two runs, while walking one.
The Panthers are next in action when they travel to
