George Washington University
6-9
San Diego
8-9
Softball Falls on Day 2 of California Trip
3/11/2017 12:00:00 AM | Softball
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The George Washington softball team fell in a pair of games on Saturday in the UC Santa Barbara Gaucho Classic.
Freshman Jenna Cone blasted her team-best eighth home run of the season on Saturday, but the Colonials (6-10) dropped the day's opener to San Diego, 6-4, before falling to the host Gauchos, 8-1, in the nightcap.
The Colonials scored early against San Diego to begin the day. Two singles and an error loaded the bases for GW in the second inning. A double down the left field line by senior Megan Linn plated two to put the Colonials ahead, 2-0.
Junior starter Sarah Costlow held San Diego scoreless until the fifth inning when a solo home run put the Toreros on the board. Freshman Kaitlin Buff came on in relief and the Colonials escaped the inning without further damage, holding on to a 2-1 advantage.
The sixth inning proved troublesome for the Colonials as San Diego tallied five runs on five hits with two walks to move ahead, 6-2.
GW attempted a comeback in the seventh as juniors Rochelle Draper and Morgan Rinehart and freshman pinch hitter Faith Weber each singled to start off the frame to score one. Linn then singled up the middle to tally her third RBI of the game, but San Diego promptly retired the side to take the comeback win, 6-4.
In the nightcap against host UC Santa Barbara, freshman starter Faith Weber was locked in a pitcher's duel until the bottom of the fourth. A leadoff double went on to score after a pair of singles. Two more singles increased the lead to 3-0 at the end of the frame, with one run unearned.
Cone got the Colonials on the board in the top of the sixth with a solo homer to center.
The hosts put the game out of reach in the sixth as an error to begin the inning proved costly. UC Santa Barbara would go on to score five unearned runs with the help of five hits. The Colonials were unable to rally in the seventh and fell, 8-1.
GW closes the UC Santa Barbara Gaucho Classic on Sunday with a 12 p.m. game against Sacred Heart.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: BERRIATUA, Lauren (2-2)
L: Buff, Kaitlin (2-3)
S: HELLER, Delaney (2)
Batting:
2B: Linn, Megan 1
RBI: Linn, Megan 3 ; Weber, Faith 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Shelepak, Elena 1 ; Draper, Rochelle 2 ; Rinehart, Morgan 1
CS: Schnarrs, Ashley 1 ; Draper, Rochelle 1
Batting:
2B: CASIANO, Madison 2
HR: STONE, Sarah 1
RBI: HILL, Kailey 1 ; SANDUSKY, Olivia 2 ; CASIANO, Madison 1 ; STONE, Sarah 1 ; McKEON, Shannon 1
Base Running:
RUNS: SPENCE, Taylor 1 ; SILVEYRA, Sara 1 ; COLEMAN, Kaity 1 ; PERALES, Frankie 1 ; STONE, Sarah 1 ; McKEON, Shannon 1
SB: SILVEYRA, Sara 1
CS: McKEON, Shannon 1
HBP: SPENCE, Taylor 1
