Softball Returns To The Diamond Tuesday At Stony Brook
3/30/2015 12:51:00 PM | Softball
Season Stats | Game One Live Stats | Game Two Live Stats
NEW YORK – After opening up Ivy League play this past weekend, the Columbia softball team will take a break from conference play in a doubleheader at Stony Brook on Tuesday.
LAST TIME OUT
The Lions earned their first conference win of the season last Friday, when Columbia topped Harvard in the second half of a home doubleheader.
Tessa Kroll earned the win in game two during a complete game shutout, surrendering just two hits in the contest.
Columbia broke a scoreless tie in the bottom half of the fourth inning, when Alix Cook came in on a Tonia Wu sac fly. The Lions added an insurance run in the sixth inning, when Wu scored on a Taylor Troutt double to center field, making it a 2-0 ballgame. Despite a leadoff walk for Harvard, Kroll was able to get out of the seventh when Troutt ended the game on a 4-3 double play.
The win came after a 3-2 loss in the game one, a contest that Columbia led up until the fifth inning.
Kerry Cook knocked in Alix Cook in the first inning on an RBI double to right center, putting the home team up, 1-0. Wu put up zeroes in the circle over the first four innings before Harvard was able to crack the scoreboard in the fifth. Giana Panariello touched them all with a solo shot to right, making it a 1-1 tie.
Harvard increased the lead to 3-1 in the top half of the sixth, adding two unearned runs in the inning. The Lions got one back in the bottom half, when Kerry Cook scored right before Wu was tagged out at second for the last out of the inning. Columbia was unable to add anything in the seventh, dropping the first game.
The following day against Dartmouth, pitcher Kristen Rumley helped the returning Ivy League champions to a two-game sweep of Columbia. Rumley posted two complete-game shutouts, surrendering just two hits in 12 innings.
The Lions now sit at 4-15 on the season, and 1-3 in the Ivy League.
SEASON LEADERS
Aided by a 3-for-5 outing against Harvard, Kerry Cook is now hitting .351 through 19 games. The sophomore leads the team with 20 hits in 57 at-bats, while posting a team high nine RBI.
Kroll and Wu are leading the team in the circle, with both pitchers earning two wins in 2015. Wu has posted a team best 2.74 ERA this season, while Kroll recently posted seven scoreless innings in a shutout of Harvard.
ABOUT STONY BROOK
The Seawolves come into the matchup with Columbia at 9-8 on the season, and 2-0 in home games. Winners of five-straight, Stony Brook most recently won two one-run games against Central Connecticut on March 25.
At the plate, senior Bria Green has 23 hits in 54 at-bats for a .426 batting average. Always a threat to go deep, Green has seven home runs in 17 games, and also leads the team with 18 RBI. Shayla Giosia is second on the team in hitting at .382 with five home runs and 15 RBI.
Jane Sallen has been the most used pitcher for Stony Brook, posting a 3.03 ERA in 13 appearances. The junior has a 5-6 record this season, with six complete games in 10 starts.
ALL-TIME AGAINST
Columbia last met Stony Brook on April 8 of last year in a home doubleheader. The Lions took game one, as Wu earned her first career save in a 1-0 win.
All-time against the Seawolves, the Lions sit at 5-8.
UP NEXT
After the pair with Stony Brook, Columbia gets two days off before a Friday 2 p.m. doubleheader at Yale. The Lions will travel from New Haven to Providence for the second Ivy League doubleheader of the weekend, a 12:30 p.m. pair at Brown on Saturday.
