April 18, 2002

Final Stats

Stony Brook, N.Y. - The Stony Brook softball team (18-21) used solid pitching to limit Sacred Heart (15-24) to just six hits on the afternoon as the Seawolves earned two 2-0 victories for a sweep at University Field on Thursday afternoon.

Stephanie Poetzsch (14-11) allowed just four hits, no runs and no walks while striking out 12 in game one, which remained scoreless until the bottom of the seventh. Kristen Brust led off the inning by crushing a double to right center field, and she was sacrificed to third by Amanda Staschuk. Jane Stein followed with her fourth homerun of the year to give the Seawolves the 2-0 victory.

Stein had two of the Seawolves' four hits, while Sacred Heart's Pam Vuijst was a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate.

The win for Poetzsch marked the 30th in her career, which equals the Stony Brook record.

Both teams combined for just five hits in the second game, but the Seawolves capitalized on some glaring errors by the Pioneers to pull ahead in the fourth inning. Stephanie DiBiase led off the bottom of the inning with a double to right center field, and she advanced to third on Colleen McCarthy's groundout. Brust followed with a shot to right field that fell out of the glove of Pioneer Erin Caveney. With Brust safe at first, Caveney compounded the error by misfiring a throw to home plate, and DiBiase scored an unearned run for the 1-0 lead.

Shea Carpenter extended the lead to 2-0 with a two-out solo homerun in the fifth, her second dinger of the year, and the Seawolves held Sacred Heart at bay to earn their third shutout win in four outings.

Lindsey DeLaRosa (4-10) was solid on the mound, allowing just two hits, no runs and no walks with two strikeouts.

The Seawolves hope to extend their four-game winning streak as they hit the road for a doubleheader at Marist on Sunday. First pitch is 1 p.m.