Pioneer softball closes season 4-1-1

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Jenn Scott improved to 4-3 for the Pioneers. She only allowed six hits with three strikeouts in the team's win against Stockton.

By Lauren Armbruster
Staff Writer

On April 24 against Rutgers-Camden, the Pioneer softball team honored their six seniors who are Morgan Dunlap, Diane Catalano, Pam Migliaccio, Katie Morris, Liz Carroll, and Sam Kszepka.

The Pioneers finished the day with a loss and a tie in the first and second games respectively. In the top of the seventh inning of the first game, Becky Johnson hit a two run homer to put the Scarlet Raptors ahead by the score of 3-1.

In the second segment of the seventh, Mindy Coxe tied the game with an RBI triple. In the eighth, Camden was able to push across three runs to take the lead and the eventual win by the score of 6-5.

In game two, the Pioneers entered the top of the seventh leading by the score of 3-2. However, in the bottom of the seventh, Camden’s Celeste Chinappi hit a sacrifice fly to center field scoring Dana Jenninigs which tied the game at 3 all. In the eighth, both the Pioneers and Scarlet Raptors scored a run apiece, however, the game was stopped after the eighth in a 4-4 tie due to darkness.

On April 28, the Pioneers beat Rutgers-Newark twice by the scores of 6-3 and 8-0. In game one, Newark toke the lead in the bottom of the fourth when Weiss hit a RBI single to score Ortiz.

The Pioneers tied the game up in the top of the sixth. In the top of the ninth, the Pioneers scored 4 runs, which gave the lead for good. Morris crossed the plate on an RBI by McNeill. Browne singled to left field which scored Kelly Harchetts. Migliaccio hit a single to left field and Browne was able to cross the plate on an error by the left fielder. Migliaccio’s single also scored Dunlap.

In game two, the Pioneers scattered 13 hits. The Pioneers toke an early lead; a 3-0 lead after three innings. Migliaccio, Meghan Wagner, Morris, Browne, and Carroll all went 2-3 in game two. On April 29, the Pioneers swept Stockton by the scores of 6-0 and 5-1.

By sweeping Stockton, the Pioneers earned the number two seed in the NJAC Tournament. In game one, Kszepka only allowed one hit, which came off the bat of Gina Abbatemarco. She improved to 8-1. On the other end, Lauren Genovese recorded the loss for the Ospreys; she is now 11-5. The Pioneers’ Morris and Maria Browne each went 2-3 for game one. Browne was 4-6 on the day. In the fourth inning of game two, the Pioneers scored 4 runs.

Up until that point, the Osprey’s Tara Baker had not allowed a run. Erin McNeill and Coxe each went 2-3 for the Pioneers in game two. Stockton scored its only run in the second inning when Constance DeSalvo singled Lorena DeMeo in. Jenn Scott improves to 4-3 for the Pioneers. In the win, she only allowed six hits with three strikeouts.

May 8 , 2003 Issue