George Washington University
17-7
Brown
4-7
Softball Stays Perfect at Home
3/16/2018 12:00:00 AM | Softball
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WASHINGTON - George Washington softball stayed perfect on its home field with another doubleheader sweep Friday to begin its Buff and Blue Challenge.
Sarah Costlow tossed a one-hit shutout to help the Colonials drop Lafayette, 9-0, in five innings to start the day at GW Softball Field on the Mount Vernon Campus before they used a 10-run fourth inning to come from behind and beat Brown, 14-9, in the nightcap.
Alessandra Ponce hit for the cycle over the doubleheader with a triple against Lafayette and a single, double and home run against Brown, while Jenna Cone continued her recent tear with three hits and five RBIs between the two victories.
GW (17-7) has won eight straight games to stretch its home record to 10-0 for the season.
GW 9, Lafayette 0 Costlow tossed another gem to take down the Leopards (1-15), allowing only a fourth-inning single en route to her seventh win of the season.
The senior right-hander struck out two and walked one in lowering her ERA to 1.76 in 51 2/3 innings this season.
GW staked her to an early lead with three runs in the opening inning. Marta Fuentes led off with a triple and scored before Jenna Cone added an RBI double and later scored, too.
The Colonials added on with four in the fourth, highlighted by two-run doubles for Fuentes and Priscilla Martinez. They ended it by run rule in the fifth with Rochelle Draper's two-run single up the middle scoring Riley Tejcek and Jessica Linquist. It was the seventh time this season they have ended a victory early.
Nine different Colonials recorded hits in the victory with two apiece for Fuentes and Criza Bulanadi.
GW 14, Brown 9 The Colonials trailed the Bears, 7-2, before exploding in front with their huge fourth inning.
After a leadoff fly out, nine straight hitters reached safely as they turned a five-run deficit into a five-run lead. They recorded nine hits in the frame, including two apiece for Ponce and Morgan Rinehart.
Rinehart provided the spark at the beginning of the inning with her third home run of the season. Her two-run shot cleared the right field fence.
Cone broke a 7-7 tie with her three-run double into the left field corner. The reigning Atlantic 10 Player of the Week scored on Rinehart's double two batters later to extend the lead.
Ponce capped another impressive offensive performance off in style with her sixth-inning home run. The solo shot was her second of the season and upped her batting average to .528 (19-of-36).
Kaitlin Buff picked up the victory with 3 2/3 innings of solid relief. The sophomore from California worked around five walks, allowing one earned run.
ON DECK: GW continues the Buff & Blue Challenge on Saturday at 11:15 a.m. against Siena. After round-robin play finishes in the morning, the teams will be seeded into a four-team tournament. The semifinals are set for Saturday afternoon with the final round on Sunday afternoon.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Buff, Kaitlin (3-1)
L: Waters, Emily (0-2)
Batting:
2B: Okimoto, Kaitlin 1 ; Cranford, Madi 1 ; Lotz, Ashli 1
3B: Schmitz, Anya 1 ; Cranford, Madi 1
HR: Wimmer, Meghan 1 ; McGregor, Annie 1
RBI: Okimoto, Kaitlin 2 ; Schmitz, Anya 2 ; Wimmer, Meghan 2 ; Seitz, Cat 1 ; McGregor, Annie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Okimoto, Kaitlin 1 ; Wimmer, Meghan 1 ; Cranford, Madi 1 ; Seitz, Cat 1 ; Lotz, Ashli 2 ; McGregor, Annie 2 ; Metzger, Grayson 1
Batting:
2B: Cone, Jenna 1 ; Rinehart, Morgan 1 ; Ponce, Alessandra 1
HR: Rinehart, Morgan 1 ; Ponce, Alessandra 1
RBI: Fuentes, Marta 1 ; Weber, Faith 1 ; Cone, Jenna 4 ; Shelepak, Elena 1 ; Rinehart, Morgan 3 ; Ponce, Alessandra 2 ; Martinez, Priscilla 1
SF: Cone, Jenna 1 ; Shelepak, Elena 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Fuentes, Marta 2 ; Bloomfield, Sidney 2 ; Cone, Jenna 1 ; Shelepak, Elena 1 ; Rinehart, Morgan 2 ; Ponce, Alessandra 1 ; Tejcek, Riley 1 ; Linquist, Jessica 1 ; Draper, Rochelle 1 ; Bulanadi, Criza 2
SB: Fuentes, Marta 1 ; Bulanadi, Criza 1
