CALDWELL, N.J. – The Assumption University softball team lost the first game of the day, 9-8, but rallied to win game two, 7-4, in their doubleheader at Caldwell University Saturday afternoon.
THE BASICS
Game One Score: Caldwell University 9, Assumption University 8
Game Two Score: Assumption University 7, Caldwell University 4
Records: Greyhounds (3-7, 0-0 NE10), Cougars (6-6, 0-0 CACC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
GAME ONE – Caldwell University 9, Assumption University 8
Caldwell controlled the beginning of play, storming out to a 5-0 advantage after three innings. They used three doubles across the first three innings of play to take the lead. Assumption slowly started to find its offense, as
Heather Junjulas forced a fielder's choice, and
Kaitlyn Cahill scored. The Cougars used a four-run fourth inning to break the game open at 9-1, putting the Hounds in a deep hole into the fifth inning.
Assumption began the rally with
Jordan Dwyer, whose double scored two runs before she scored on an error as she stole third base. Assumption would pose a severe threat at a comeback, scoring two runs in the top of the 7th through
Lauren Geremia and Cahill again. However, one run short, the Hounds could not come all the way back, and the Cougars held on for a 9-8 win in game one.
GAME TWO – Assumption University 7, Caldwell University 4
Caldwell grabbed an early lead as they put three runs up in the first two innings. Assumption began to chip away at the deficit as
Lauren Geremia scored on a suicide squeeze in the top of the fourth.
Summer Sheerin crossed the plate in the top of the fifth to cut the Caldwell advantage to 3-2 before the Cougars responded with a run in the bottom of the frame to regain a two-run lead.
Assumption answered with a four-run top of the sixth inning, as
Corin Mahan and
Abigail Larson each hit homeruns.
Kaitlyn Cahill added an insurance run in the top of the seventh as the Greyhounds picked up a 7-4 win in the nightcap.
UP NEXT
- Assumption at Caldwell University, Sunday, March 17, 11:00 am.
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