March 21, 2008

Box Score

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - The University of Rhode Island softball team split its doubleheader with La Salle University Friday afternoon, winning game one 5-1 before dropping game two, 6-2. Due to poor weather conditions, the games were played at Holy Family University.

Junior Stefani Poedubicky sparked the Rams' three-run first inning in game one with a two-run single. Sophomore Darci Borden laced an RBI double in the second to push the lead to 4-0, and senior Danielle Quimby drove in the URI's fifth run with a single in the third. La Salle pushed across its only run in the fifth.

Senior Jill Anderson earned the win, allowing eight hits and one run over seven innings while striking out six.

In game two, sophomore Leah DiBussolo belted a two-run home run in the first to stake URI to a 2-0 lead. La Salle starting pitcher Laura Beth McCreesh punched an RBI single in the second to cut its deficit to 2-1, and Michelle Sullivan recorded an RBI single in the fourth and a two-run single in the fifth to put La Salle in front for good, 6-2.

Freshman Stacey Stanovich suffered the loss for the Rams, allowing eight hits and six runs (five earned) with five strikeouts in six innings. McCreesh, meanwhile, struck out four to earn the win.

The Rams (7-14, 1-1 A-10) return to action Saturday afternoon when they play a pair of games at Fordham. Game one begins at noon.