Softball

Spartans Sweep Blazer Softball, 3-0 and 3-2

FREDERICK, Md.--The Hood College softball team (7-11, 2-4 CAC) dropped both games of a Capital Athletic Conference doubleheader to the visiting York College (Pa.) Spartans (24-2, 5-1 CAC) Wednesday by margins of 3-0 in the opener and 3-2 in the nightcap.

Heather Bormann and Brittany Therres launched solo homeruns in the opener and Therres pitched a three-hit shutout for the Spartans. Borman also drove in York's first run of the ballgame on a base hit to left.

Hood's Bridgette Ringley was 2-for-3 with a pair of singles while pinch-hitter Taylor Grimmell collected a single to center in the bottom of the seventh. Casey Dunn was the only Blazer to advance to third base after reaching on a Spartan fielding error, but was stranded there after Therres retired Brittini Jones on a strikeout and Jordan Wolford on a groundout.

In game two, Erin McNally put the Blazers up early when she drove in Bridgette Ringley in the bottom of the second inning. Ringley led off the frame with a double to the gap in left-center. The Spartans responded though in the top of the third with a pair of runs on three base hits. Meg Van Meter and Therres contributed run-scoring hits in the rally. York tacked on another run in the top of the fourth on an RBI-single up the middle by Michelle Barwick.

Hood cut the deficit to one in the bottom of the sixth. Kelly Gafner reached on a throwing error by Barwick to start things off. Jacquie LeMar bunted Gafner over to second and after a groundout by Erin McNally, Casey Dunn beat out a throw from second baseman Brittany Schlorff, who bobbled the line drive. As Gafner rounded third and headed for home, Schlorff fired home to try and cut off the run but Gafner alertly slid under the tag for the Blazers' second run of the game.

After keeping the Spartans off the board in the top of the seventh, Hood had one final chance in the bottom of the frame. Wolford laced a one-out base hit to left, and the potential game-winning run stepped up in Grimmell. Wolford was forced at second after Grimmell grounded into a fielder's choice, and Corinne Majczan struck out Ringley to clinch the victory for York.

Dunn, McNally and Ringley all had multi-hit games for the Blazers. Ringley took the loss, her fifth of the season, allowing two earned runs on nine hits with two strikeouts and three walks.

Hood looks to get back on the winning track Saturday at Gallaudet University. The Bison and Blazers square off in a CAC doubleheader beginning at noon.

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Players Mentioned

Casey Dunn

#4 Casey Dunn

SS
5' 6"
First Year
Taylor Grimmell

#14 Taylor Grimmell

UT
5' 6"
First Year
Jacquie LeMar

#6 Jacquie LeMar

OF/UT
5' 2"
Sophomore
Erin McNally

#9 Erin McNally

P/OF
5' 8"
First Year
Bridgette Ringley

#7 Bridgette Ringley

P/2B
5' 5"
Sophomore
Jordan Wolford

#15 Jordan Wolford

P/IF
6' 0"
First Year

Players Mentioned

Casey Dunn

#4 Casey Dunn

5' 6"
First Year
SS
Taylor Grimmell

#14 Taylor Grimmell

5' 6"
First Year
UT
Jacquie LeMar

#6 Jacquie LeMar

5' 2"
Sophomore
OF/UT
Erin McNally

#9 Erin McNally

5' 8"
First Year
P/OF
Bridgette Ringley

#7 Bridgette Ringley

5' 5"
Sophomore
P/2B
Jordan Wolford

#15 Jordan Wolford

6' 0"
First Year
P/IF