Albany, N.Y. - Sophomore left fielder Kristen Cericola drove a solo home run over the left field fence in helping Hartford to a 2-1 win over UAlbany in America East Conference softball action on Sunday, April 22 at Albany Field. The teams split the series-opening doubleheader on Saturday.
Cericola knocked her homer in the top of the second inning to give Hartford (18-18, AE 9-4) an early advantage. The Hawks scored what would prove to be the winning run in the top of the fifth, as second baseman Amanda Dilworth recorded a base hit to advance Michelle Mariano, who then scored on a UAlbany error.
UAlbany (21-13, AE 6-7) would have chances in the final two innings, but could only manage one run on a solo homer by shortstop Meagan Butsch. The Great Danes had the go-ahead run on second base in the bottom of the seventh, but strong pitching by Hartford's Brittney Stratton induced a fly out by Michelle Connors to get the final out of the game.
Stratton tossed a complete game, fanning three and walking one in a seven-inning performance. UAlbany's Casey Halloran also went the distance, striking out eight opposing batters and walking three. Left fielder Amber Maisonet finished with three hits for the Great Danes.
UAlbany will host Vermont in an America East doubleheader on Wednesday afternoon with first pitch scheduled for 2 p.m.
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Hartford (18-18, AE 9-4) 010 010 0 - 2 3 2
UAlbany (21-13, AE 6-7) 000 001 0 - 1 6 1
Brittney Stratton and Amanda Thompson.
Casey Halloran and Kat Smith.
Hartford 2, U Albany 1 (Apr 22, 2007)
Box score
The Automated ScoreBook
Hartford at Albany
Apr 22, 2007 at Albany, N.Y. (Albany Field)
Hartford 2 (18-18,9-4 AE)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Dilworth 2b.............. 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 0
Sais rf.................. 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rochette cf.............. 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
Thompson c............... 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1
Simonetty ss............. 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 0
Piacentini dh............ 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Demarest pr............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cericola lf.............. 2 1 1 1 0 1 4 0 0
Kyzer 1b................. 2 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 0
Mariano pr.............. 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Messinger 3b............. 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1
Stratton p............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals................... 22 2 3 2 3 8 21 9 4
Albany 1 (23-13,6-7 AE)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Maisonet, Amber lf....... 4 0 3 0 0 0 5 0 0
Kothe, Nicole cf......... 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Connors, Michelle 2b..... 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
Ogden, Kelly 3b.......... 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
Butsch, Meagan ss........ 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 2
Powell, Marissa dh....... 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Tillman, Leanne 1b....... 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0
Smith, Kat c............. 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0
Van Deest, Bailey rf..... 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Pechacek, Michelle pr/rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Halloran, Casey p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals................... 27 1 6 1 1 3 21 6 8
Score by Innings R H E
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Hartford............ 010 010 0 - 2 3 2
Albany.............. 000 001 0 - 1 6 1
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E - Simonetty; Messinger; Smith, K.. LOB - HARTFORD 4; ALBANY 8. 2B -
Maisonet, A.. HR - Cericola; Butsch, M.. HBP - Smith, K.. SH - Cericola;
Messinger; Kothe, N.. SB - Rochette.
Hartford IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Stratton............ 7.0 6 1 1 1 3 27 30
Albany IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
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Halloran, Casey..... 7.0 3 2 1 3 8 22 27
Win - Stratton (). Loss - Halloran, C. (). Save - None.
HB - Stratton.
Umpires -
Start: 12:00 pm Time: 1:35 Attendance: 75
Game: GAME36
