March 23, 2006
Final Stats
The Stony Brook University softball team swept a pair of games against Columbia this afternoon in non-conference action at Baker Field. The Seawolves scored a pair of runs in three different innings to claim victory in the first contest, 6-3. Behind another outstanding performance on the mound by Sarah Hoffman, Stony Brook shutout the Lions, 8-0.
With the two wins, the Seawolves improve to 11-8 this year.
In the first game of the day, Columbia jumped on the board first in the second inning off an RBI double. Stony Brook would respond scoring two runs in fourth, fifth, and sixth inning to take a commanding 6-1 lead.
In the fourth, Suzanne Turek led off the inning with a double to left which was followed by Hayley Durham's eighth homer of the year to plate two runs. The Seawolves would add two runs in the fifth when Kelsi Fanelli bashed a two run shot scoring Samantha Posey. In the sixth, Laura Bradford's two-RBI single to left center scored Sarah Hoffman and Marissa Fleury to finish the scoring for Stony Brook. Columbia's rally fell short as they added two runs in the seventh but it was not enough.
Six Seawolves recorded a hit in the game while Fanelli, Durham, and Bradford each knocked in two runs in the contest. Samantha Posey drew three walks on the afternoon.
Angela Andrews earned the victory, allowing three runs off seven hits while striking out a pair.
In the nightcap, each teams went scoreless through the first two innings before the Seawolves tacked on the first two runs of the contest in the top of the third. Kelly Oberto led off the inning with a single and advanced to third after to groundouts by Laura Bradford and Kelsi Fanelli. Sara Cerrone then drove in Oberto after she belted a double to right center. Suzanne Turek then walked and both her and Cerrone would score on consecutive wild pitches.
The Seawolves added another run in the third as Bradford would come around to score on a Fanelli groundout.
The flood gates would open in the top of the seventh when Stony Brook would take advantage of four Columbia errors to plate four runs. The inning was highlited by Durham's two-RBI double down the left field line to score Cerrone and Fanelli. Oberto and Turek also crossed the plate in the inning.
Fanelli and Durham each finished the game with two RBI while Cerrone and Oberto each crossed the plate twice.
Sarah Hoffman picked up the win as she cruised past the Lions, allowing just six hits while striking out seven.
The Seawolves will play their home-opener on Saturday morning when they take on Fairfield at 9:30 in the first game of the Stony Brook Invitational.
