Spring Break
SOFTBALL: Judges rally to tie Wellesley
by Melissa Siegel
Staff writer
Sports | 3/25/08
Posted online at 2:23 AM EST on 3/25/08
After committing a combined three errors in a 4-2 loss during the first game of a doubleheader at Wellesley College last Thursday, shortstop Chelsea Korp '10 and third baseman Danielle Lavallee '11 wanted to make up for their mistakes in the second game.
"Personally I don't think I played greatly in the first game, so I just did my best on the opposite side of the field to try and help produce runs … and try not to get any more errors than I already had," Korp said.
The two put that contest behind them, driving in all three runs in a fifth-inning rally that saved the Judges from being swept in the doubleheader. After losing the first game 4-2, the second game was stopped due to darkness with the score tied at three.
The Judges are now 5-6-1 on the season after games at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology last Wednesday and at home against Bates College were canceled. The game against MIT will now be played April 16 or 17, while the contest against Bates has yet to be rescheduled. The doubleheader against Wellesley was originally scheduled to be played at Brandeis, but poor field conditions called for it to be moved to Wellesley.
Though they did salvage a tie in the second game last Thursday, the Judges were not able to pick up a victory and maintain the momentum they gained when defeating University Athletic Association champion Washington University in St. Louis March 15.
"It's a different environment; it's a different situation," pitcher Emily Vaillette '10 said. "We had to play for the entire week [in Florida] and then we come back to the cold weather, and [after] not having played in a few days, you have to get back to the swing of things."
Wellesley took a 1-0 lead off Vaillette in the top of the second inning and added another run in the fourth inning, but Brandeis came storming back in the bottom of the fifth. Catcher Amelia Schimmel '08 walked to lead off the inning, and outfielder Erin Thorn '11 singled, sending Schimmel to second. One batter later, Korp hit an RBI double to pull Brandeis within one run, and Lavallee followed with another double that drove in two runners and gave the Judges a 3-2 lead.
"Personally I don't think I played greatly in the first game, so I just did my best on the opposite side of the field to try and help produce runs … and try not to get any more errors than I already had," Korp said.
The two put that contest behind them, driving in all three runs in a fifth-inning rally that saved the Judges from being swept in the doubleheader. After losing the first game 4-2, the second game was stopped due to darkness with the score tied at three.
The Judges are now 5-6-1 on the season after games at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology last Wednesday and at home against Bates College were canceled. The game against MIT will now be played April 16 or 17, while the contest against Bates has yet to be rescheduled. The doubleheader against Wellesley was originally scheduled to be played at Brandeis, but poor field conditions called for it to be moved to Wellesley.
Though they did salvage a tie in the second game last Thursday, the Judges were not able to pick up a victory and maintain the momentum they gained when defeating University Athletic Association champion Washington University in St. Louis March 15.
"It's a different environment; it's a different situation," pitcher Emily Vaillette '10 said. "We had to play for the entire week [in Florida] and then we come back to the cold weather, and [after] not having played in a few days, you have to get back to the swing of things."
Wellesley took a 1-0 lead off Vaillette in the top of the second inning and added another run in the fourth inning, but Brandeis came storming back in the bottom of the fifth. Catcher Amelia Schimmel '08 walked to lead off the inning, and outfielder Erin Thorn '11 singled, sending Schimmel to second. One batter later, Korp hit an RBI double to pull Brandeis within one run, and Lavallee followed with another double that drove in two runners and gave the Judges a 3-2 lead.
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