Hartford, Conn. - Freshman RHP Katherine Poulos (Wilton,
Conn.) pitched 12 total innings and allowed just a single
unearned run while recording two wins, and sophomore OF
Melanie Orphanos (Norton, Mass.) drove home the
game-winning run with a ninth-inning single in the second game to
lead the Trinity College Bantams to a 9/4-1/3 doubleheader sweep
against the visiting Bowdoin College Polar Bears in New England
Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) East Division softball
action this afternoon. Trinity improves to 9-7 overall and
2-1 in the division, taking the weekend's three-game series,
2-1. Bowdoin falls to 12-7 overall and 1-2 in the
division.
Trinity scored in every inning of the first game, as junior OF
Jessica Tait (North Salem, N.Y.) led the way with
two doubles, two runs, and two RBI. Poulos allowed five hits
and three walks with four strikeouts in a five-inning,
complete-game effort.
In the second game, Orphanos ripped a single between shortstop
and third base to score junior SS Patricia Cipicchio
(Southmont, N.C.), who had singled to open the bottom of
the ninth, from second base for the clinching run. Poulos,
who had entered the game to start the third frame with Trinity
trailing, 3-1, held the Polar Bears scoreless for seven innings to
post her second win of the afternoon.
Bowdoin led, 3-1, after two frames, as junior SS
Shavonne Lord (Shrewsbury, Mass.) highlighted a
two-run second with an RBI double to right field. Trinity
sophomore 1B Nicole Nardella (Beverly, Mass.)
roped a two-run homer to left-center field to tie the score at 3-3
in the bottom of the fourth inning, and the game remained that way
for the next four frames. Bowdoin sophomore RHP Kara
Nilan (Pittsfield, Mass.) took the loss in relief despite
allowing one run in five innings pitched, while Lord and freshman
Caroline Dewar (Katonah, N.Y.) paced the Polar
Bear offense with two hits apiece. Bantam sophomore 2B
Katherine Stoltenberg (Montgomery, N.J.) went
3-for-5, Nardella went 2-for-5, and Orphanos finished 2-for-4 for
the Bantams.
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