softball News - April, 2012 Archive

April 29:  The St. Lawrence University softball team split its non-conference doubleheader with St. John Fisher on Sunday afternoon in Rochester, NY.  The Saints dropped the opener, 4-0, before rebounding to win the nightcap by the score of 4-1. 

April 28:  The St. Lawrence University softball team clinched the No. 4 seed in the 2012 Liberty League Tournament as it swept Skidmore College on Saturday.  The Saints battled back from an early 2-0 deficit to earn a 5-2 victory in game one, then blanked the Thoroughbreds in game two with a 7-0 win. 

April 18:  The St. Lawrence University softball team split with Hamilton College in a non-conference doubleheader on Wednesday evening in Clinton, NY. The Saints came out on top of game 1, winning 5-4 through 10 innings, while the Continentals earned a 4-3 victory in game two on a squeeze bunt in the eighth inning.

April 15: The St. Lawrence University softball team handed the University of Rochester its first loss in Liberty League action on Saturday, earning a split in Rochester, NY. The Saints (15-9, 2-6) took the opener, 5-4, recording the program's first win against the Yellowjackets since 2002. A five-run seventh inning in game two knotted the game at 6-6, but Rochester (19-10, 5-1) earned the walk-off win on an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh.

April 14: The St. Lawrence University softball team earned a doubleheader split against host RIT on Saturday in Rochester, NY. After falling 7-4 in game one, the Saints outlasted an RIT rally to win game two in eighth inning by the score of 6-5.

April 8:  The St. Lawrence University softball team dropped two Liberty League games to Union College on Sunday by the scores of 7-3 and 4-1 (9).  The Dutchwomen used a four-run second inning to claim the opener, and then scored three unanswered runs in the ninth inning of game two to earn the sweep.

April 7: The St. Lawrence University softball team lost a pair of Liberty League contests on Saturday to conference foe Rensselaer by the scores of 8-0 (5 innings) and 15-1 (5 innings). RPI's first-year pitcher Kristina Weltzin held the Saints to four hits on the day and had plenty of offense backing her up as the Engineers earned the sweep.

April 3:  The St. Lawrence University softball team improved to 13-3 on the season with a sweep of Potsdam State in a non-conference doubleheader on Tuesday afternoon in Potsdam, NY.  Highlighting the day were impressive pitching performances by junior Liz McGinley and rookie Kyle Plimpton.  McGinley allowed only three hits in a dominating 5-1 victory in game one, while Plimpton established a new University record for strikeouts in a season as she fanned nine in the 9-4 win in game two.