For Immediate Release: May 3, 2008
Contact: David O'Brian (dobrian@binghamton.edu)
Phone: 607-777-6478

Binghamton softball gains doubleheader split against Hartford

Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score

VESTAL, N.Y. -- Junior outfielder Sandy Meadows (Buena, Ariz.) homered and drove in three runs, leading Binghamton (7-36, 2-18 AE) to a doubleheader split against Hartford (20-20, 8-12 AE) in an America East Conference softball doubleheader on Saturday afternoon at the East Gym Field. The Bearcats won the nightcap 2-1 after dropping the first game 9-1 in five innings.

Binghamton trailed 1-0 in the bottom of the fifth inning of the second game when Meadows belted a two-out, two run home run over the left-center field fence. It was her first homer of the season.

Junior Patty Egan (Sierra Vista, Ariz.) held the Hawks to one run on four hits and struck out five batters. She issued just a pair of walks.

In the opener, it was sophomore Brittany Stratton of Hartford who was the dominant pitcher. She held the Bearcats to one run on two hits and also struck out five batters.

Through two innings, Stratton already had a 6-0 lead to work with. Sophomore second baseman Rachel Clonick and sophomore second baseman Amanda Dilworth both had an RBI in each of the first two innings and senior third baseman Alex Morley belted a solo home run to lead off the second inning.

Meadows broke the shutout with a RBI single in the bottom of the third inning but sophomore first baseman Ann Kyzer had a two-run single in the top of the fourth and junior outfielder Amanda Sais scored on a throwing error in the fifth inning.

Stratton, meanwhile retired eight of the nine batters she faced after Meadows run-scoring hit.

The two teams conclude their weekend series with a single game on Sunday at 11 a.m.