Softball: Procacci Ties CC Walk Mark; Bulldogs Sweep Garnet
3/19: Procacci Ties CC Walk Mark; Bulldogs Sweep Garnet
CENTER VALLEY, Pa. -- Swarthmore dropped a pair of games to host DeSales 8-2 and 8-6 on Suday afternoon. Christina Procacci '06 tied the Centennial Conference record for career walks (77) with her sixth-frame base on balls in game two.
The Bulldogs jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first on a Jennifer Cybularz RBI triple and extended the lead to 2-0 with an unearned in the fourth as Elise Wilk kept the Garnet bats dormant. Swarthmore starter Emily Walz '08 kept the game close with six strikeouts through the first four frames.
The Bulldogs broke the game open in the fifth while the Garnet defense committed some uncharacteristic miscues, scoring three runs and added three more in the sixth.
Swarthmore's offense came in the fifth inning. first baseman Kelly Siano '07 led off with a single, and scored on an error that allowed Dahlia Perez '08 to reach second. Procacci then brought Perez around with a single.
Walz took the loss, falling to 1-2 on the season.
The hosts jumped out to another early lead in game 2, scoring three in the bottom of the first on a three-run blast by first baseman Danielle Jenson. Swarthmore came back with two in the top of the second on RBI singles by junior Melissa Lavan and freshman Kristin Caspar and tied the game at three in the third when Lauren Walker '09 doubled in fellow freshman Christine Sendelsky.
DeSales took the lead back in their half of the third, though, and forged ahead with three more in the fourth off of starter Marianne Klingaman '07 (3-1). The Bulldogs added one more in the sixth before the Garnet mounted a last-inning comeback.
Senior Danielle Miller and Sendelsky singled to start the innings, Katie Gold '08 brought Miller home with a double, and Siano cleared the bases with a double, cutting the lead to 8-6. But the next three Garnet went down and the rally fell short.