Softball Goes 1-3 During Busy Weekend

It was a bit of an up-and-down weekend (April 7-8) for The College of Wooster softball team, as it started out by getting blasted 18-0 by Denison University and then coming back to nearly upset the powerful Denison squad before losing 2-0 on Saturday. Wooster followed that performance on the road with a 3-6, 2-0 split against Carlow College at home on Sunday afternoon.

Against the Big Red, the Scots committed five errors in the opener, which led to a handful of unearned runs that were scored off of freshman starter Nell Schieber, who had her own troubles. Schieber ended up evening her season record at 3-3 after allowing 15 hits and walking five Denison batters.

Offensively, Wooster was not able to do much in game one either, as the Big Red's Courtney Zollars held the Scots to just three hits - a double by freshman outfielder Christy Shadle and two singles.

Game two was a much different story, though, as it was a 0-0 tie after three innings. Then, Denison finally got to freshman starter Angie Barone, scoring a pair of runs in the bottom of the fourth.

Barone pitched well overall, tossing a complete game and giving up just three hits, while striking out eight batters, but she didn't get enough support to prevent her from falling to 3-6 on the year.

The Scots managed three singles, including the second of the day for both freshman Brianne Diorio and junior Kady Krivos, but no runs off of Denison's Robin Shesky.

On Sunday, Wooster grabbed an early 1-0 lead in the opener against Carlow, but went on to watch the Celtics score six unanswered runs and eventually lost by three.

The Scots belted 10 hits off of Carlow's Jen Blumling, but only converted them into three runs. Recording multi-hit games were junior Kerri Horst, who went 2-for-3 with a sacrifice, freshman Kirsten Lucas, who batted 2-for-4 with two runs batted in, sophomore Abby Petrullo, who was 2-for-4, and freshman Lindsay Vargo, who also went 2-for-4.

On the mound, Schieber was credited with the loss, giving up four earned runs on seven hits and four walks with two strikeout victims, while Blumling got the victory.

The nightcap against the Celtics turned out to be a masterpiece by Barone, who tossed her second career shutout, allowing just three hits and striking out 16 of a possible 21 batters.

All the offense came in the bottom of the third when Horst stole home on a double steal play, and Lucas singled in Shadle for one of her game-high three hits.

After a busy weekend, Wooster now owns a 7-12 overall record and 0-2 mark in conference play, and will return to action on Tuesday (April 10), when it travels to league foe Allegheny College (5-14, 0-2 NCAC) for a twin-bill, starting at 3 p.m.