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April 13, 2008
Game One Box Score | Game Two Box Score
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Providence College softball team hit three home runs in two games and swept a BIG EAST double header against St. John's Sunday afternoon at Raymond Field. The Friars (18-17-1, 4-6) posted a 1-0 victory the first game over the Red Storm (15-28, 2-12) and took the second game, 4-3. In the first game, sophomore Danielle Bertolette (Temecula, Calif.) recorded her sixth shutout of the season to lead the Friars to a 1-0 victory. Bertolette struck out seven batters and allowed just three hits to earn her eighth complete game of the season. Freshman Justine Stratton (Fresno, Calif.) provided the lone run of the game when she hit a home run to left field. It marked third home run of the season. St. John's Kat Lawrence also had a strong outing as she pitched six innings and struck out five batters. St. John's jumped out to a 3-0 first inning lead in the second game, but the Friars rallied for a 4-3 win. Junior Mary Rose Sheehy (Woodbridge, Conn.) capped off the comeback as she led off the bottom of the seventh inning with a walk-off home run to left field marking her third home run of the season. The Red Storm's Brandy Reyes and Lisa Geer each had RBI singles to drive in the first two runs and they added another run on a wild pitch to take a three-run cushion after one inning. Sheehy cut the lead to 3-1 in the third inning when she singled up the middle to score sophomore Julie Fowler (Langley, B.C.) who reached on a fielder's choice. The Friars then evened the score (3-3) in the sixth inning when junior Gina Rossi (Bakersfield, Calif.) hit a two-run home run. It marked Rossi's fourth home run of the season.
Junior pitcher Jennifer Maccio (Huntington Station, N.Y.) gave up three runs in the first inning, but then held the Red Storm scoreless in the next four innings. She finished with two strikeouts. Bertolette picked up her 10th win of the season as she pitched the last two innings and did not allow a base runner while striking out one batter. The Friars are back in action on Wednesday, April 16 when travel to New Haven, Conn. to face Yale in a non-conference double header.
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