Courtney Caputo goes 4-for-6 with a double in game two
SALEM, Va. (March 14, 2014) – The Franklin Pierce
University softball team opened its 2014 campaign on Friday with a
pair of tough losses at the Salem Invitational in Salem, Va. The
Ravens dropped an 8-0 decision to Millersville in the opener on
Friday morning, but rebounded with a spirited effort before coming
up just short in an 11-10 setback to Winston-Salem in extra innings
in the afternoon contest. The Ravens dipped to 0-2 on the
season.
Franklin Pierce got offensive in
the day's second game against Winston-Salem, as each Raven in
the lineup reached base safely, while all but one recorded at least
one hit.
Sophomore Mandi Adee
(Kinderhook, N.Y.), who took to the pitching circle for
Franklin Pierce in the second game, helped her cause at the dish in
top of the sixth inning with a two-run single, while classmate
Erin Wood (Dover, N.Y.) scored on a pass ball.
The game went to extra innings, and
sophomore Tricia Hansen (Mansfield, Mass.), who
came on relief of Adee in the circle, knocked in what appeared to
be the go-ahead run in the eighth on an RBI single to left field
scoring freshman Sydney Despres (Sterling, Mass.)
to make it 10-9.
Winston-Salem, however, tied up the
game once again in the eighth, and pushed the winning tally across
in the bottom of the ninth to take home the one-run victory. Hansen
was tagged with the loss in relief, as she posted a pair of losses
in the circle on the day to fall to 0-2.
Franklin Pierce scratched out at
least one run in six of the game's nine innings, as the
Ravens' offense showed its potential for the season during
the afternoon.
Sophomore Courtney Caputo
(Stony Brook, N.Y.) went 4-for-6 with three singles and a
double, including an RBI in the third inning, while Wood went
3-for-5 with an RBI as well. Junior Alicia Dean (Danvers,
Mass.) stroked a pair of hits, including scoring a run in
the third, which came on Melissa Morgan's (Clifton
Park, N.Y.) RBI triple.
Adee got the start in the circle
and lasted 6.1 innings before being pulled, and not factoring in
the decision.
Franklin Pierce opened its new
season earlier in the day, and dropped an 8-0 decision to
Millersville in five innings. The Marauders no-hit the Ravens to
earn the win, as Brianna Andraos went the distance with five
strikeouts to earn the win and run her record to 2-2 on the
year.
Hansen yielded eight runs on 12
hits over 4.0 innings of work, and was saddled with the loss.
Millersville scored twice in the first, third, fourth, and fifth
innings to cap the win. Gabbie Berry doubled, tripled, and drove in
a pair to highlight the Millersville offensive attack.
Franklin Pierce returns to action
Saturday with two more games at the Salem Invitational. The Ravens
kick things off with a 9 a.m. showdown with Salem Invitational,
followed by an 11 a.m. contest with Seton Hill.
For more information on Franklin
Pierce softball, please visit the team's page at http://athletics.franklinpierce.edu. To follow the program
even further, please visit Franklin Pierce Athletics on YouTube (www.youtube.com/FranklinPierceSports),
Twitter (www.twitter.com/FPUathletics)
and Facebook (www.facebook.com/FranklinPierceRavens).
Fans wishing to purchase Franklin Pierce softball apparel can do so
on the athletic department's online store at http://athletics.franklinpierce.edu/store(.)
