Young Drives In Four Runs And Sets Single Season Home Run Mark As Softball Reaches 20-Win Plateau For Sixth Time In School History With Northeast-10 Sweep At Saint Rose
May 1, 2006
STONEHILL SOFTBALL
Monday, May 1, 2006
RGSL Complex, Rotterdam, N.Y.
GAME #1 FINAL: STONEHILL 2, SAINT ROSE 0
123 456 7 R H E
Stonehill (20-18-1, 13-13-1 Northeast-10) 000 200 0 - 2 6 1
Saint Rose (10-29, 9-18 Northeast-10) 000 000 0 - 0 4 1
BATTERIES
STO: Katie Mottau and Courtney Young
STR: Kristen Calahan and Dana Herchenroder
WP: Mottau (8-7) LP: Calahan (9-10)
GAME #2 FINAL: STONEHILL 10, SAINT ROSE 6
123 456 7 R H E
Stonehill (21-18-1, 14-13-1 Northeast-10) 330 110 2 - 10 14 3
Saint Rose (10-30, 9-19 Northeast-10) 000 600 0 - 6 4 3
BATTERIES
STO: Danielle Mason, Gina Vivona (4), Mason (4) and Caitlin Flanagan
STR: Nicole Welch, Melissa Salisbury (2) and Dana Herchenroder
WP: Mason (13-6) LP: Welch (0-13) Home Run: STO – Courtney Young (7)
ROTTERDAM, N.Y.-- Freshman Courtney Young (Danvers, Mass.) drove in four runs and set a school single-season record with her seventh homer of the spring as Stonehill closed out its 2006 schedule by sweeping a Northeast-10 Conference softball doubleheader from Saint Rose by scores of 2-0 in the opener and 10-6 in the nightcap in games played Monday afternoon at the RGSL Complex.
Freshman Katie Mottau (Woonsocket, R.I.) tossed a complete-game four-hit shutout in the opener for the visiting Skyhawks, who finish the season at 21-18-1 overall in posting their highest win total in five years as well as the sixth 20-win campaign in school history (the first since 2001), as Stonehill completes Northeast-10 play at 14-13-1 and cannot finish any lower than eighth in the final league standings with their highest conference victory mark in five seasons as well. Sophomore Jaime Ippolito (Chelsea, Mass.) gave Mottau the only run she would need with a fourth inning RBI double, and Young's run scoring single plated Ippolito to account for all of the scoring in the first contest. Ippolito and Young each had two hits as part of six-hit effort by Stonehill, as Mottau fanned five to finish her rookie season at 8-7 overall. Sophomore Kristen Calahan (LaGrange, N.Y.) allowed two runs and struck out five for the host Golden Knights, who finish the year at 10-30 overall and 9-19 in Northeast-10 play, as she drops to 9-10 on the spring.
Stonehill plated three runs in each of its first two at-bats in the nightcap to take a 6-0 second inning advantage, as Young's three-run homer in the first enabled her to pass former Skyhawk standout Jennifer McBride for the top spot on the single-season home run list. An RBI single by sophomore Caitlin Flanagan (Cornwall, N.Y.), coupled with a throwing error and an Ippolito RBI groundout, extended the visitors' edge to 6-0, and Flanagan's RBI double in the fourth gave Stonehill a 7-0 lead. Saint Rose answered back with six unearned runs in the bottom of the fourth, as a two-run single by freshman Kerry Monahan (East Meadow, N.Y.) and a two-run triple off the bat of junior Dominique Colbert (Kingston, N.Y.), coupled with a pair of throwing errors, fueled the Golden Knight rally. The Skyhawks extended their edge to 8-6 in the fifth on sophomore Jamie Ludwig's (Trumbull, Conn.) RBI single, and Stonehill closed out the scoring with two more tallies in the seventh on a two-run triple off the bat of sophomore Stephanie Folan (Glen Cove, N.Y.).
Freshman Yesenia Marrero (Brockton, Mass.) rapped out a career-high three hits to lead a 14-hit attack in the nightcap for Stonehill, which also received two hits each from Folan, Flanagan, Ippolito and freshman Meghan Sheehy (East Islip, N.Y.). Sophomore Danielle Mason (Salisbury, Mass.) allowed one hit and no runs while fanning two in 6 1/3 innings of work for the Skyhawks, finishing the season at 13-6 overall, the highest win total for a Stonehill pitcher in five years. Freshman Nicole Welch (Albany, N.Y.) allowed five hits and three earned runs in suffering the setback on the mound for Saint Rose, which rapped out four hits in the second contest.
Stonehill rapped out 22 home runs as a team this spring, the second highest total in school history, as the Skyhawks' 90 extra base hits sets a school single-season mark in that category.