MEADOWS DRIVES IN TWO AS LE MOYNE EARNS SPLIT IN SECOND DAY OF FLORIDA GULF COAST TOURNAMENT
FORT MYERS, FL - Junior Kortney Meadows (Orchard Park,
N.Y./Orchard Park) double twice and drove in two runs as
Le Moyne defeated Saginaw Valley State University 8-4 in their
final game of the Florida Gulf Coast Tournament. In the Dolphins
first game of the day, Florida Gulf Coast University improved to
20-3 on the season with a 6-0 win.
In the first game, FGCU scored three unearned runs in the top of
the third inning to jump out to a 3-0 lead. The Eagles plated two
more unearned runs in the seventh inning to deliver the 6-0 final
score. Sophomore Caitlin O'Neill (Pittsford, N.Y./Our Lady
of Mercy) recorded two hits to lead the Dolphin offense.
Sophomore Jennifer Farrelly (Latham, N.Y./Shaker)
pitched all seven innings for the Dolphins with five strikeouts and
only yielded one earned run.
In the afternoon game, Le Moyne rallied from a two run deficit in
the final three innings. Senior Lindsay Spaziani
(Horseheads, N.Y./Horseheads) led off the fourth inning
with a home run to right field to cut the Cardinal lead to 2-1. In
the bottom of the fifth, Meadows doubled to center field to lead
off the inning. She advanced to third on a groundout and scored the
tying run on a fielding error by the Cardinals.
Le Moyne plated six runs on five hits in the bottom of the sixth
inning to blow the game open. With runners on first and third,
senior Kristen DesLauriers (Liverpool,
N.Y./Liverpool) drilled a two-run double to right center
to give the Dolphins a 4-2 lead. Two batters later, Meadows blasted
a two-run double to right center, followed by a double by O'Neill
and and a sacrifice fly by Farrelly to deliver Le Moyne an 8-2
lead.
The Cardinals were able to close the gap to 8-4 with a two-run
home run in the top of the seventh inning before Sarah Reed
(DeWitt, N.Y./Jamesville-DeWitt) was able to induce a
game-ending ground out. Reed went the distance in the circle,
recording three strikeouts, in picking up her second win of the
season.
The Dolphins return to action Saturday, March 17 at Holy Family
University at 12 p.m.
Florida Gulf Coast
University 6, Le Moyne 0
Florida Gulf Coast 003 000 3 - 6 9
1 (20-3)
Le Moyne
000 000 0 - 0 5 4 (3-9)
Le Moyne (3-9) - Jennifer Farrelly (L, 0-2) and Kristen
DesLauriers; Kortney Meadows (7).
Florida Gulf Coast (20-3) - Racheal Edinger (W, 10-0) and Roz
Tyre
3B: Rachel Homan (FGCU)
Le Moyne 8,
Saginaw Valley State 4
Saginaw Valley State 100 100 2 - 4 6
2 (0-1)
Le Moyne
000 116 X - 8 8
2 (4-9)
Le Moyne (4-9) - Sarah Reed (W, 2-3) and Kristen DesLauriers.
Saginaw Valley State (0-1)- Kari Bowlby(L, 0-1), Mallory Miller(6)
and Kayla Collins
2B: Meadows 2 (Le Moyne), O'Neill (Le Moyne), DesLauriers (Le
Moyne)
HR: Spaziani (Le Moyne), Kaiser (SVSU)
