May 15, 2010

Game One Box Score
Game Two Box Score

Orono, Maine - Stony Brook University's softball team staved off elimination for three-straight games before losing to Boston University, 4-1, in the America East Championship final on Saturday afternoon. The Seawolves forced the deciding game by defeating the Terriers, 2-0, earlier in the day. Stony Brook finishes the season with a 32-21-1 record, its third consecutive season with 30 or more wins.

Seniors Alyssa Struzenberg (Cooper City, Fla.), Crista Cerrone (Floral Park, N.Y.) and Katelyn O'Donnell (Kingston, Mass.) were named to All-Tournament team. Struzenberg started all fives games for the Seawolves, recording three complete game shutouts while posting a 1.43 ERA. Cerrone went 3-for-13 with a pair of clutch home runs and O'Donnell went 5-for-13 with a pair of RBI.

Facing elimination for the third-straight game, Stony Brook University's softball team defeated Boston University, 2-0, in the first game of the day. Pitching her fourth game in three days, Struzenberg shutout the top-seeded Terriers while recording three strikeouts. Senior Vicki Kavitsky (Cherry Hill, N.J.) drove in the Seawolves first run of the game in the third inning with a sac bunt which scored senior Katelyn O'Donnell (Kingston, Mass.) from third base. Cerrone added an insurance run in the fourth with a solo homer to left field.

In the second game, Boston University took a 2-0 lead after scoring runs in the first and fourth innings. The Seawolves cut the lead in half in the fifth inning when sophomore Bernadette Tenuto (Audubon, N.J.) drove in sophomore Suzanne Karath (Fishkill, N.Y.) from third with a grounder to first.

That would be the lone run of the game for the Seawolves, however, as Cassidi Hardy recorded six strikeouts for the Terriers.