TAMPA, Fla. – The Stony Brook University softball team (9-5) powered past Army (5-15), 10-1, in five innings to close out the USF Tournament on Sunday morning. The Seawolves used a complete team effort en route to their ninth win of the season.
Senior pitcher
Shelbi Denman went the distance for Stony Brook as she surrendered one run (earned) and struck out three in her team-leading fifth win of the season. Denman gave up five hits (three singles, two doubles) and did not walk a batter in 5.0 innings of work.
The Seawolves opened the game up in the bottom of the second inning when they plated six runs. Junior catcher
Corinne Badger got the scoring going as she launched a solo home run to tie the game up at 1-1. Sophomore outfielder
Alicia Orosco drove in a pair of runs with a single to center that scored freshman outfielder
Alyssa Costello and sophomore infielder
Sofia Chambers.
Sophomore infielder
Kyra McFarland brought home a run with a safety squeeze and sophomore utility
Catherine Anne Kupinski followed with an RBI single to center field.
Stony Brook used a four-run bottom of the fourth inning to take a 10-1 lead, a score it would go on to win by. Senior infielder
Nicole McCarvill drove in a run with a double to left center field for her third hit of the ball game.
STATS AND NOTES
- Denman went 5.0 innings and allowed one run (earned) on five hits and struck out three. The senior earned her fifth win of the season as she tossed her fifth complete game of the season. It was Denman's 31st career complete game.
- McCarvill went 3-3 at the dish with three doubles, an RBI, and a run scored. It was her first three-hit game of the season and first since she had three hits against Furman on February 20, 2021.
- Orosco went 2-3 with two RBI and two runs scored. It was her fourth multi-hit game of the season and first multi-RBI game.
- Badger finished 1-3 with a solo home run. The homer was her seventh of the season.
- McFarland was 1-2 with a double, an RBI, and a run scored. The sophomore extended her reached base streak to 13 games in a row.
- Eight of the Seawolves' nine batters recorded at least one RBI in the game.
- The win over Army was Stony Brook's first since it defeated the Black Knights, 12-0, on March 4, 2012.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"We played a complete game today to successfully cap off a very good weekend for our team. Shelbi threw a great game, our defense was solid and we were so productive offensively, scoring in many ways throughout the lineup. We are responding well to our tough schedule and figuring out what it takes for us to win," said head coach
Megan T. Bryant.
NEXT UP
Stony Brook is back on the field on Wednesday, March 16, when they face New York foe Fordham in a doubleheader beginning at 2 p.m., in the Bronx. The Rams picked up a pair of wins over the Seawolves last season. Stony Brook last knocked off Fordham on March 19, 2019, when it picked up a 4-1 win on Long Island.
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