University of Pittsburgh Athletics
Softball Claims RMU Tournament Title
10/3/2005 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Oct. 3, 2005
MOON, Pa.-The University of Pittsburgh softball team returned to campus with a 4-1 record and the Robert Morris Tournament title, this past weekend. Heather Connor blasted two home runs with runners on, while three different pitchers picked up wins. Pitt concluded its fall ball with a 9-1 record.
The Panthers went on to claim the tournament title after moving past California (Pa.), 7-3, in the championship game on Sunday afternoon. Connor (Reading, Pa./Muhlenberg) hit a two-run home run in the first inning and, then, a three-run homer in the seventh, collecting six RBIs off 3-4 batting in the game. Francesca DiMaria (Pittsburgh, Pa./Montour) scored two runs, while Kaitlyn Schuster (Ellwood City, Pa./Ellwood City) pitched four innings catching three batters and allowing just one hit.
Earlier in the day, Laura Belardinelli (Endicott, N.Y./Union-Endicott) allowed just four hits, as Pitt upended Robert Morris, 8-1. Jessica Dignon (Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin) tallied a three-run bomb in the fifth inning, scored two runs and collected three RBIs in the game.
In the semifinals against Gannon, pitcher Meghan Bostick (Colleyville, Texas/Grapevine) shined from the mound fanning three batters in the 9-1 win. At the plate, Dignon was a perfect 4-4, scored two runs and drove in two runners. Both Jessica Thomas (Southlake, Texas/Carroll) and Sheena Hellon (Sacramento, Calif./Cordova) were 1-2 at-bat, scored twice and collected a RBI.
Action began on Saturday, as the Panthers dropped a 3-0 game to Gannon. Pitt rebounded in the bottom half of the doubleheader and defeated California (Pa.) 4-0. Belardinelli pitched all seven innings in the win and Hellon hit a two-run homer.
Pitt will resume action and open its 2006 schedule in the Florida Atlantic Invitational from Feb. 10-12.
