Staten Island improved to 22-14 with the pair of wins and leads the Bayonne Bridge series, 19-15 NJCU (14-24) drops its 10th straight after being 14-14.
******GAME 1: COLLEGE of STATEN ISLAND 4, NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY 3******
In game one, each team scored once in the third inning and twice in the fifth for a 3-3 deadlock before CSI took a one-run lead in the bottom of the sixth and held on for a 4-3 victory. Each team had eight hits in the game.
Satz led NJCU with her 2-for-4, one run, one RBI effort and notched her first career triple. Sophomore shortstop MEGAN GINTER (Nutley, NJ/Nutley) scored twice, going 1-for-4 with a double and two stolen bases. Junior catcher/first baseman TAYLOR LANG (Carteret, NJ/Carteret) drove in one run.
CSI received a 2-for-2 showing with two RBIs and one walk by sophomore third baseman Kaitlyn Flynn (Staten Island, NY), with a triple. Junior shortstop Raechel Strobel (Staten Island, NY) scored twice while batting 2-for-3. Senior first baseman Jillian Graniero (Staten Island, NY) was 2-for-3.
Sophomore pitcher Danielle Ponsiglione (Staten Island, NY) was the winning pitcher in both games to up her record to 18-6. In game one, she allowed three runs and eight hits with three strikeouts without issuing a walk.
Senior left fielder and right-handed pitcher TARA PERRUCCI (East Rutherford, NJ/Wallington) started on the mound for NJCU but received a no decision. In 4.1 innings she allowed three runs and six hits with a strikeout and a walk. NJCU rookie righty ASHLEY O'BEIRNE (Wood-Ridge, NJ/Immaculate Conception) threw the final 1.2 innings and despite allowing just one run and two hits, was charged with the loss (8-13).
NJCU, which stranded eight runners in the game, gained a 1-0 lead in the third inning as Ginter led off by doubling to left field before stealing third and scoring on an error. Lang later had a single which would have scored Ginter had she stayed at third. CSI tied it in the bottom of the inning as Strobel singled with two outs, advanced on a wild pitch and scored on an RBI single by Flynn.
NJCU regained the lead, 3-1 in the fifth inning. Freshman second baseman SAMANTHA RUDICK (Closter, NJ/Northern Valley Regional-Demarest) singled. Ginter reached on a fielder's choice that retired Rudick, but scored when Satz ripped a triple to right field. Lang reached on a fielder's choice that drove in Satz.
CSI tied it in the bottom of the inning. Senior centerfielder Jennifer Volpe (Staten Island, NY) doubled with one out and scored on a double by Strobel. Following a pitching change, Flynn tripled to center to tie the game before being stranded at third.
In the bottom of the sixth, freshman rightfielder Kristy Dillon (Staten Island, NY) led off with a triple and scored when Graniero grounded out. NJCU had a chance to tie it in the top of the seventh when Lang reached on a two out error and junior center fielder STEPHANIE GOMEZ (South Plainfield, NJ/Belleville) also reached on an error, before a fly out ended the game.
******GAME 2: COLLEGE of STATEN ISLAND 11, NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY 3******
In game two, NJCU committed four errors which directly led to 11 unearned runs and the Dolphins scored eight times in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a 3-3 tie. For the second straight game, each team collected eight hits.
Satz tallied her 11th double of the season while batting 2-for-4 with a run and RBI and Perrucci went 2-for-3 with one RBI. Rudick was 2-for-3 and junior right fielder JORDAN POTTER (Jersey City, NJ/County Prep) had one RBI.
For CSI, Flynn was 2-for-3 with three RBIs, two runs, her fifth homerun and one triple. She was a combined 4-for-5 with five RBIs in the doubleheader. Strobel, who combined for a 4-for-7 display with four runs scored in the twinbill, crossed the plate twice while batting 2-for-4 with one RBI.
Ponsiglione improved to 18-6 with the win for CSI. In 7.0 innings she allowed three runs (two earned) and eight hits with one strikeout and one walk. Perrucci took the hard-luck loss (6-11) for NJCU despite not allowing a single earned run. Overall, she was charged with eight hits, with three strikeouts and four walks.
CSI gained a 3-0 lead in the first inning. Flynn doubled after a one-out Strobel single and Dillon reached on an error that forced in the first run. Flynn stole home before Dillon scored on an RBI groundout by Graniero. NJCU got a run back in the second inning on an RBI single by Potter, scoring junior leftfielder/catcher ALEXANDRA DiIORIO (Bloomfield, NJ/Bloomfield) who walked. Rudick advanced Potter to third but was stranded there.
Perrucci held CSI in check in the second through fifth innings, allowing just one hit and three base runners during those four innings. Meanwhile, NJCU tied it at 3-3 in the top of the fifth when it plated two runs. Ginter had a one-out single, stole second, and scored on an RBI double by Satz. Perrucci drove in Satz with a game-tying single up the middle.
But CSI scored eight runs in the sixth inning when 12 batters came to the plate. While the Dolphins had five hits in the inning, they were given extra life by three NJCU errors. Dillon singled with one out, stole second and third, and scored what proved to be the winning run on an error. Later, Flynn, batting for the second time in the inning, had a three-run homer to extend the CSI lead to eight runs, which was the final margin.
NJCU will close the 2010 regular season and its 30th season of NCAA softball, on Saturday, May 1 at 1 p.m. when it visits the first place Lions of The College of New Jersey in a New Jersey Athletic Conference doubleheader in Ewing, NJ. TCNJ is 28-6 (14-2 NJAC) and ranked #7 in Division III by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.
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GAME 1: Thursday, April 29, 2010 | Staten Island, NY
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New Jersey City University (14-23)
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College of Staten Island (21-14)
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WP: Danielle Ponsiglione (17-6). LP: ASHLEY O'BEIRNE (8-13).
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GAME 2: Thursday, April 29, 2010 | Staten Island, NY
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New Jersey City University (14-24)
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WP: Danielle Ponsiglione (18-6). LP: TARA PERRUCCI (6-11). HR: Kaitlyn Flynn (5).
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