Walk-Off Home Run Gives Softball Split With Rutgers; Bryant Earns 600th Career Victory
Bryant's 600th win is her 255th with the Seawolves
Game One Box Score
Game Two Box Score
Stony Brook, N.Y. - Senior Kendall Blumenthal (Frederick, Md.) hit a walk-off home run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning to give Stony Brook University's softball team a 2-0 victory over Rutgers on Wednesday afternoon at University Field. The victory was head coach Megan Bryant's 600th career win and number 255 at Stony Brook. The Seawolves dropped the second game of the doubleheader, 3-0, to move to 10-8 on the season.
The winningest coach in school history, Bryant has posted 20 or more wins in each of her nine season at Stony Brook and 19 times overall. She has reached the NCAA tournament twice, most recently with the Seawolves in 2008. Over the last two years, her teams have broken the school record for wins in a season, which currently stands at 36.
Senior Alyssa Struzenberg (Cooper City, Fla.) battled Rutgers' Nicole Lindley pitch-for-pitch in the first game of the day as they both allowed just one hit each over the first six innings of play. In the top of the seventh, following a leadoff walk, Struzenberg allowed her second hit of the day which put runners on first and second. A passed ball moved the runners to second and third with just one out. However, Struzenberg struck out the final two batters of the inning, her ninth and tenth K's of the day, to keep Rutgers off the board.
In the bottom half of the inning, junior Brijette Martin (New York, N.Y.) led off with a bunt single. A sacrifice and a passed ball put her on third with just one out. A suicide squeeze attempt was unsuccessful, though, as Rutgers tagged Martin at the plate for the second out. Blumenthall then took a 1-1 pitch over the center field wall for the walk-off victory. The homer is Blumenthall's first of the season.
In game two, Rutgers' Holly Johnson no-hit the Seawolves to earn the 3-0 victory. Johnson almost threw a perfect game, but committed a throwing error in the first at-bat and hit one batter in the fifth.
Stony Brook opens conference play this weekend with a series at UMBC. The Seawolves will play a pair of games on Saturday, starting at 1:00 p.m. then finish with a single game on Sunday at noon.
Game One Box Score
Game Two Box Score
Stony Brook, N.Y. - Senior Kendall Blumenthal (Frederick, Md.) hit a walk-off home run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning to give Stony Brook University's softball team a 2-0 victory over Rutgers on Wednesday afternoon at University Field. The victory was head coach Megan Bryant's 600th career win and number 255 at Stony Brook. The Seawolves dropped the second game of the doubleheader, 3-0, to move to 10-8 on the season.
The winningest coach in school history, Bryant has posted 20 or more wins in each of her nine season at Stony Brook and 19 times overall. She has reached the NCAA tournament twice, most recently with the Seawolves in 2008. Over the last two years, her teams have broken the school record for wins in a season, which currently stands at 36.
Senior Alyssa Struzenberg (Cooper City, Fla.) battled Rutgers' Nicole Lindley pitch-for-pitch in the first game of the day as they both allowed just one hit each over the first six innings of play. In the top of the seventh, following a leadoff walk, Struzenberg allowed her second hit of the day which put runners on first and second. A passed ball moved the runners to second and third with just one out. However, Struzenberg struck out the final two batters of the inning, her ninth and tenth K's of the day, to keep Rutgers off the board.
In the bottom half of the inning, junior Brijette Martin (New York, N.Y.) led off with a bunt single. A sacrifice and a passed ball put her on third with just one out. A suicide squeeze attempt was unsuccessful, though, as Rutgers tagged Martin at the plate for the second out. Blumenthall then took a 1-1 pitch over the center field wall for the walk-off victory. The homer is Blumenthall's first of the season.
In game two, Rutgers' Holly Johnson no-hit the Seawolves to earn the 3-0 victory. Johnson almost threw a perfect game, but committed a throwing error in the first at-bat and hit one batter in the fifth.
Stony Brook opens conference play this weekend with a series at UMBC. The Seawolves will play a pair of games on Saturday, starting at 1:00 p.m. then finish with a single game on Sunday at noon.
