Seawolves face Holy Cross on Saturday
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Stony Brook, N.Y. - Junior Colleen Matthes (Severn, Md.) and senior Alyssa Struzenberg (Cooper City, Fla.) both recorded complete-game shutouts as Stony Brook's softball team defeated Yale, 3-0, and Quinnipiac, 1-0, during the Stony Brook Invitational on Friday afternoon. Struzenberg allowed just one hit and both pitchers recorded six strikeouts. Stony Brook is now 7-7 on the season.
In the first game of the day, Yale loaded the bases with one out, but Matthes recorded back-to-back strikeouts to end the threat. She allowed just three more hits over the next six innings while retiring the side in order on four occasions.
Stony Brook's offense managed eight hits against the Bulldogs, but all three runs came in the second inning. With the bases loaded and one out, senior Vicki Kavitsky (Cherry Hill, N.J.) drove a 1-0 pitch to the right centerfield gap to score two. The next batter, junior Brijette Martin (New York, N.Y.), would then ground out to short, scoring the Seawolves' third run of the inning. Kavitsky went 3-for-4 in the game.
The second game of the day was an absolute pitchers' duel, as neither team recorded a hit before the sixth inning. Quinnipiac's Mina Duffy opened the bottom half of the sixth with a hard hit ball to left center, but she was caught trying to stretch a single into a double as Martin quickly relayed the ball into second for the first out. A pair of walks put runners on first and second, but Struzenberg got the next hitter to fly to left for the final out.
Kavitsky then led off the top of the seventh by lining a double down the left field line. After a sacrifice moved Kavitsky to third, senior Casey Jacobs (Davie, Fla.) came to the plate with two outs. Sitting in an 0-2 count, Jacobs fouled off a pair and watched three balls go by to fill the count. She then hit the eighth pitch of the at-bat through the right side of the infield for the eventual game-winning RBI.
Struzenberg, who already set the school record for career strikeouts this season, tied a pair of records today, recording her 58th career win and her 18th career shutout.
Stony Brook will play one game tomorrow, facing Holy Cross at 12:00 p.m.
Box Score
Stony Brook, N.Y. - Junior Colleen Matthes (Severn, Md.) and senior Alyssa Struzenberg (Cooper City, Fla.) both recorded complete-game shutouts as Stony Brook's softball team defeated Yale, 3-0, and Quinnipiac, 1-0, during the Stony Brook Invitational on Friday afternoon. Struzenberg allowed just one hit and both pitchers recorded six strikeouts. Stony Brook is now 7-7 on the season.
In the first game of the day, Yale loaded the bases with one out, but Matthes recorded back-to-back strikeouts to end the threat. She allowed just three more hits over the next six innings while retiring the side in order on four occasions.
Stony Brook's offense managed eight hits against the Bulldogs, but all three runs came in the second inning. With the bases loaded and one out, senior Vicki Kavitsky (Cherry Hill, N.J.) drove a 1-0 pitch to the right centerfield gap to score two. The next batter, junior Brijette Martin (New York, N.Y.), would then ground out to short, scoring the Seawolves' third run of the inning. Kavitsky went 3-for-4 in the game.
The second game of the day was an absolute pitchers' duel, as neither team recorded a hit before the sixth inning. Quinnipiac's Mina Duffy opened the bottom half of the sixth with a hard hit ball to left center, but she was caught trying to stretch a single into a double as Martin quickly relayed the ball into second for the first out. A pair of walks put runners on first and second, but Struzenberg got the next hitter to fly to left for the final out.
Kavitsky then led off the top of the seventh by lining a double down the left field line. After a sacrifice moved Kavitsky to third, senior Casey Jacobs (Davie, Fla.) came to the plate with two outs. Sitting in an 0-2 count, Jacobs fouled off a pair and watched three balls go by to fill the count. She then hit the eighth pitch of the at-bat through the right side of the infield for the eventual game-winning RBI.
Struzenberg, who already set the school record for career strikeouts this season, tied a pair of records today, recording her 58th career win and her 18th career shutout.
Stony Brook will play one game tomorrow, facing Holy Cross at 12:00 p.m.
