Rob Palardy, Sports Information Director
WALTHAM, Mass. – The Endicott softball
team visited UAA foe Brandeis on Friday afternoon and fell twice
the Judges and dropped to 12-9 overall on the 2012 season.
The Gulls will take the weekend off and return to action at home on
Tuesday, April 10th against North Shore rival Salem
State starting at 3:00 pm.
Game One: Endicott 1, Brandeis 4
Three runs over the first three innings and a six-inning,
eight-strikeout effort by Judges pitcher Caroline Miller
(Bala Cynwyd, Pa.) were enough to hand Endicott a game one
loss. The Gulls managed to plate one runner on the top of the
seventh on a RBI double by junior third baseman Jocelyn
Russo (Middletown, Conn.), her eighth RBI of the
season.
In the top of the first, Brandeis leadoff hitter Amanda
Genovese (Sammamish, Wash.) singled, stole second and got
to third on a Marianne Specker (South Windsor,
Conn.). A fielder's choice grounder by
Lauren Porcaro (Shrewsbury, Mass.) brought home
Genovese to put Brandeis ahead 1-0.
The Judges tacked on another run in the bottom half of the second
inning as Genovese slapped a single to left to plate senior
Megan DeNubila (Princeton, Mass.) making it 2-0 in
favor of the home team.
Brandeis put Endicott in a 4-0 hole after a third inning that saw
the Judges get a two-run blast to centerfield by Miller, her fourth
long ball of the season.
Endicott managed just four hits in the game while Brandeis had 10
against three different pitchers. Endicott's Kayla
Carignan (Laconia, N.H.) took the loss to drop to 3-2 on
the season.
Game Two: Endicott 3, Brandeis 12 (5 inn.)
In game two, the Gulls trailed 9-0 heading into the top of the
fifth but an RBI single by junior Krista
Fales (Melrose, Mass.) followed by a two-RBI hit
to left center by junior Byrne
Katz (Trumbull, Conn.) finally got Endicott on
the board.
Brandeis, however, got those runs right back and ended the game on
a three-run, walk-off homerun by DeNubila. The Judges won the
game 12-3 in five innings to sweep the twin bill.
Brandeis hurler Melissa Nolan (Windsor, Conn.)
improved to 5-1 after going five innings, allowing three runs on
five hits and three walks while striking out five. Gulls
sophomore Nell
O'Connor (Harwich, Mass.) took the loss, falling
to 3-2 on the year.
Brandeis senior Brittany Grimm (Perkiomenville,
Pa.) recorded seven RBI including four on one swing as she
hit a grand slam homerun over the centerfield wall in a six-run,
bottom of the third for the Judges. Genevese continued her
strong play with a 4-for-4 performance at the plate with two runs
and a RBI.