BOX SCORE vs. Saint Mary's
BOX SCORE vs. St. Joseph's (Maine)
CAPE CORAL, FL (www.NJCUGothicKnights.com)...Freshman pitcher ASHLEY O'BEIRNE (Wood-ridge, NJ/Immaculate Conception) earned two wins—one in relief—to improve to 3-0 to start her collegiate career and senior pitcher/leftfielder TARA PERRUCCI (Wallington, NJ/Wallington) belted the 11th recorded grand slam in New Jersey City University history as the Gothic Knights won a pair of games at the Gene Cusic Collegiate Classic on March 9, defeating Saint Mary's College (Indiana), 8-5 in the opener, and St. Joseph's College (Maine), 5-2 in the nightcap.
NJCU, which trailed 2-0 heading to the bottom of the sixth inning of game two, scored five times in the inning for the win. The Knights improved to 3-1 to open the trip. It's NJCU's best four-game start to a season since also going 3-1 in 2004.
Perrucci, whose only other career homerun came in 2008, was a combined 3-for-7 with six RBIs in the two games. Junior second baseman DANIELLE DELFINO (Jersey City, NJ/County Prep)'s combined for a 3-for-5, two-run effort which included three stolen bases against SJCME. Freshman third baseman REBECCA SATZ (Morris Plains, NJ/Morristown) was 3-for-7 with three runs in the two games.
O'Beirne tossed a combined 9.1 innings between the two games, allowing five earned runs and 11 hits with three strikeouts and no walks.
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