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SOFTBALL: Judges open season with two straight losses
by Eli Harrington
Staff writer
Sports | 3/10/09
Posted online at 2:39 AM EST on 3/10/09
/ Last updated at 8:23 PM EST on 3/10/09
In the opening game of a double-header against two different teams to open up its season last Sunday, the softball team was on the verge of beating one of the top-ranked teams in the country.
The Judges trailed No. 18 Ithaca College, which last season finished as the No. 4 team in the nation, 2-1 going into the top half of the sixth inning. Brandeis rallied to score two runs to take the lead at 3-2, but the Bombers put together a three-run rally in the bottom half of the inning to go ahead 5-3 and eventually win 6-3 after adding an insurance run later in the game.
"They just jumped on us, and we didn't [and] weren't able to answer back," said shortstop Chelsea Korp '10 about the late rally.
The Judges followed up the close loss with a lopsided one to Penn State University at Erie-Behrend College, 13-0, putting Brandeis at 0-2 to start the season as they prepare for the first two games of the annual University Athletic Association Softball championship round-robin in Florida that begins today.
Against Ithaca, pitcher Emily Vaillette '10 started the game for the Judges, tallying five strikeouts and three walks through 5 2/3 innings.
"It was a tough game. We didn't really make the offensive adjustments until later on in the game, and we never put them away," Vaillette said. "They turned it on, and we made some errors."
Ithaca later followed the victory with a win over another UAA squad, beating No. 15 Washington University in St. Louis 8-2 to improve to 2-0 on the season.
In the Judges' second game, Penn State Behrend, the defending champions of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference, handled Brandeis in a one-sided affair.
Pitcher Allie Mussen '11 started the game for the Judges, but was knocked out of the contest after 1 1/3 innings, having surrendered four walks and hit one batter.
"Overall it was a group mess," Mussen said. "But we gave up a lot of walks and that hurt us throughout.".
The Judges trailed No. 18 Ithaca College, which last season finished as the No. 4 team in the nation, 2-1 going into the top half of the sixth inning. Brandeis rallied to score two runs to take the lead at 3-2, but the Bombers put together a three-run rally in the bottom half of the inning to go ahead 5-3 and eventually win 6-3 after adding an insurance run later in the game.
"They just jumped on us, and we didn't [and] weren't able to answer back," said shortstop Chelsea Korp '10 about the late rally.
The Judges followed up the close loss with a lopsided one to Penn State University at Erie-Behrend College, 13-0, putting Brandeis at 0-2 to start the season as they prepare for the first two games of the annual University Athletic Association Softball championship round-robin in Florida that begins today.
Against Ithaca, pitcher Emily Vaillette '10 started the game for the Judges, tallying five strikeouts and three walks through 5 2/3 innings.
"It was a tough game. We didn't really make the offensive adjustments until later on in the game, and we never put them away," Vaillette said. "They turned it on, and we made some errors."
Ithaca later followed the victory with a win over another UAA squad, beating No. 15 Washington University in St. Louis 8-2 to improve to 2-0 on the season.
In the Judges' second game, Penn State Behrend, the defending champions of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference, handled Brandeis in a one-sided affair.
Pitcher Allie Mussen '11 started the game for the Judges, but was knocked out of the contest after 1 1/3 innings, having surrendered four walks and hit one batter.
"Overall it was a group mess," Mussen said. "But we gave up a lot of walks and that hurt us throughout.".
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morgan
posted 3/12/09 @ 10:10 PM EST
These baseball players despite the losses have a winning attiude...
Allie
posted 3/20/09 @ 8:29 PM EST
nuts. emily was credited with my awesome quote.
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