NEWBURGH, N.Y. - The Western Connecticut State University Wolves made it five wins in three days with a 6/10-3/0 doubleheader sweep on the road against the Mount St. Mary College Knights in softball action this afternoon. WestConn which has won four games in a row and five of six games over the last three days improve to 9-13 and will host Little East Conference (LEC) rival Keene State in their fourth doubleheader in as many days tomorrow at 1 p.m. Mount St. Mary drops to 6-12.
WestConn needed an extra inning to take the first game, scoring three times in the top of the eighth to break a 3-3 tie. Wolves sophomore OF
Julia Valukis (Rockville Centre, N.Y.) drove home the game-winning run and one more with a two-run double before scoring the sixth WestConn run on an error. WestConn senior lefty
Olivia Bordenaro (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.) completed her complete-game victory with a perfect bottom of the eighth that left the automatic runner stranded at second base. She improved to 6-4, allowing six runs and one walk with six K's.
The Wolves had trailed, 3-0, after three innings but got two runs back thanks to a two-out, two-run single by rooke Lorelai Stancavage (Bristol, Conn.). WestConn tied the game at 3-3 when senior
Francesca Foster (Mystic, Conn.) led off with a single and scored on a Knights throwing error. WestConn scored its six runs on just six hits. Senior
Alexis Resto (Shelton, Conn.) had a double and a stolen base.
WestConn ended the second game early, scoring ten runs on just eight hits and taking advantage of five Mount St. Mary errors. Stancavage drove home the first run with a single in the second inning. Resto also singled and scored in the second frame. Stancavage added another RBI single in the fourth inning, and the Wolves put up seven runs in the fourth. Sophomore C
Victoria Wiatrak (Cromwell, Conn.) highlighted the fourth inning with an RBI double and a run scored. In the circle, Wolves junior
Lindsay Farinaccio (Red Hook, N.Y.) pitched three scoreless innings to earn the win and sophomore
Madison Mandra (Bethpage, N.Y.) tossed the last two. The pair combined on a five-inning no-hitter, finishing just one walk and one error shy of a perfect game.
