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Amistade Steals Her Fifth Base of the Season
2/21/2009 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Feb. 21, 2009
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas—Sophomore Ashley Amistade scored Pitt’s lone run, as the University of Pittsburgh softball team dropped its game on the second day of the Islander Invitational at Cabaniss Field. The Panthers slipped to 2-6 on the year with a 4-1 loss to Minnesota.
Amistade was walked in the fourth inning and stole second base. She later moved to third and scored on two, separate, wild pitches. The run was Amistade’s second of the season and she leads the team with five stolen bases.
Minnesota (8-7) jumped on top with three runs off two Pitt errors and a lead-off walk in the second inning. The Golden Gophers added another run in the sixth with a single to left field.
Sophomore Cory Berliner (1-3) gave up seven hits, while striking out six batters in the contest.
Freshman Niki Cognigni recorded two putouts and three assists for Pitt. One of those putouts was a pop up she caught in the fifth inning, stranding two runners on base.
Pitt faces Minnesota again at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 22.
