March 30, 2004

Box Score

Stony Brook, N.Y. - The Stony Brook softball team extended its winning streak to eight games with wins of 5-0 and 10-8 over Wagner at University Field on Tuesday afternoon. The second game of the double header was called due to darkness after five innings of play.

With the wins, SB improves to 11-17, while Wagner falls to 7-13 on the season.

In Game 1 Hayley Durham's solo home run to center field broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the fourth inning. Marissa Servello scored on an error later in the inning to put the Seawolves up 2-0.

Stony Brook tacked on three more runs in the bottom of the sixth when Kristen Brust's double to left center plated Jackie Anderson, Jamie Neuner and Rachael Vogl to give the Seawolves a 5-0 lead.

Angela Andrews (7-12) picked up her fourth shutout of the season, allowing just three hits while striking out four in seven innings of work. Kate Refsnyder (0-2) took the loss after allowing five runs, four earned, on nine hits while striking out five and walking four in six innings.

Brust went 3-for-4 with three RBI to lead the Seawolves at the plate. Anderson added a pair of hits and a run.

In Game 2, the Seahawks jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the first after several sloppy defenisve plays by the Seawolves. Refsnyder and Christina Hopkins led off with back-to-back singles. Jessica Van Manen attempted a sacrifice bunt, but two errors on the play allowed both Refsnyder and Hopkins to score. Van Manen came around to score two batters later on a throwing error, while an RBI single by Amanda Bongiorno plated Kim Bruckner to give the visitors a 4-0 advantage.

The Seawolves answered right back in their half of the inning as Laura Bradford drew a lead-off walk and moved to third on a bunt single by Vogl. Vogl stole second and on the throw, Bradford snuck home to make it 4-1. Jane Stein followed with a two-run home run down the left field line to pull SB within one at 4-3. Two batters later, Durham belted a two-run shot of her own, scoring Brust to give Stony Brook a 5-4 lead.

Wagner regained the lead with two runs in the top of the fourth on a RBI double by Hopkins and an RBI single by Bruckner to put the Seahawks back up 6-5, but SB tied it at six in the bottom of the inning on an RBI single by Servello.

Refsnyder two-run single with two outs in the top of the fifth gave the visitors an 8-6 lead. The Seawolves bounced back once again, regaining the lead for good with four runs in the bottom of the inning. Brust smacked a two-run triple down the right field line, scoring Stein and Vogl to tie it at eight. After an intentional walk to Durham, Servello came through with a single through the left side to plate Brust and give SB a 9-8 advantage. Durham later came around to score on a wild pitch to make it 10-8.

Brust went 4-for-4 with three runs and two RBI, while Stein and Durham tallied two hits, two runs and two RBI each.

Andrews (8-12) earned her second victory of the afternoon, this time in relief, after allowing two runs, one earned, on two hits over 1.1 innings of work.

The Seawolves return to action on Thursday when they hit the road to battle Fairleigh Dickinson beginning at 3:00 p.m.