SALISBURY, Md. - The Salisbury University
softball began the 2009 SU Invitational on Friday with two
victories at Sea Gull Field. Salisbury upset No. 23 Ithaca College
5-2 and no-hit SUNY Plattsburgh 4-0 in an earlier game.
Sophomore pitcher Kelsey Mills tossed her
second no-hitter this season as shutout the Cardinals (4-12) in the
first game of the day for the Sea Gulls (11-4). This was the second
straight win for SU over Plattsburgh as the two schools met on
Thursday as the maroon and gold came away with a 5-1 victory. Mills
pitched the complete game (seven innings) and was one error away
from a perfect game. She tied a season-high with nine strikeouts.
Junior catcher Lauren Brenneman (2-for-3) led the
offense as she scored twice and knocked in one run. Senior second
baseman Stacey Malarkey (two runs, one stolen
base), junior first baseman Ali Ritter (one stolen
base) and Mills all recorded one RBI in the win. Plattsburgh
pitcher Heather Loughran suffered the loss as she pitched five
innings, allowed four runs on four hits and walked three.
In the second game, Salisbury's entire starting line-up recorded
at least one hit in the three-run victory over the
nationally-ranked Bombers from Ithaca. Salisbury scored the game's
first run in the first inning before Ithaca quickly answered with
its own run in the second. The Sea Gulls regained the lead in the
bottom half before SU added a cushion in the fifth inning. Junior
Kelly Waskewicz crushed a two-run home run to left
field, the second in as many days, as the Sea Gulls led 4-1.
Malarkey, Ritter and senior outfielder Meaghan O'Gara all had one
RBI in the win over Ithaca. This is fourth win over a ranked team
for the Sea Gulls this season.
Senior pitcher Stacy Davis (6-2) earned the win
as she went six innings where she allowed two runs on seven hits,
walked three and struck out two. Mills closed out the game in the
seventh to earn her first save of the season.
The second day of the SU Invitational continues tomorrow
(Saturday, March 21) as six more games will be held between Sea
Gull Field and the Henry Parker Athletic Complex. Salisbury will
face SUNY Geneseo at Noon followed by a 2 p.m. contest with The
College of New Jersey.
NOTES: In other 2009 SU Invitational action No.
23 Ithaca College beat SUNY Plattsburgh 6-1...Capital University
went a perfect 2-0 on the first day as it recorded wins over SUNY
Geneseo 3-1 and TCNJ 3-2...The Lions from The College of New Jersey
defeated SUNY Geneseo 5-1.
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