The Colby Echo

Issue date: 4/23/08 Section: Sports

Media Credit: Caroline Dickson Captain Mollie Puskar '08 scored one of Colby's two runs in the Mules' first win over Bates on Friday afternoon.

The softball team had a respectable weekend, taking two out of three games from the Bates College Bobcats. After dropping the game on Thursday 6-1, the Mules swept Friday's games by the scores of 2-0 and 2-1.

Alyssa Crowell '09 and Amanda Roehn '08 pitched fantastically in both games on Saturday and have provided Colby with important momentum for the rest of the regular season and hopefully New England Small College Athletic Conference playoffs.

On Thursday afternoon, Bates ventured up from Lewiston to take on Colby at Crafts Field. Alex Essman '11 had three hits for Colby in one of the best individual offense games of the season, yet Bates was also hot at bat. The Bobcats scored twice in the first inning off of a homerun by Stacia Saniuk, while Colby scored a run in the fifth inning on an Annie Wilson '11 triple down the left field line to start the inning. Essman drove her in with a double but was stranded at second base. Unfortunately, this seemed to take all the life out of the Mules as Bates scored three more runs before the end of the game and won 6-1. Brittany Tasi '10 pitched well for Colby in the loss, giving up five earned runs in six innings of work while striking out one batter. Her record dropped to 2-4 while pitching for the Mules.

On Friday, Colby played a doubleheader against Bates, attempting to notch its first NESCAC victory of the season. Crowell pitched a gem of a game, going all seven innings while giving up no runs on just two hits. Colby prevailed 2-0. This was the best-pitched game by the Mules all year and Crowell looked phenomenal throughout. The game was scoreless until the bottom of the fifth inning when the Mules broke through for two runs. Catcher Lizzi Fort '11 drove home Mollie Puskar '08 and Allyson Cheever '11 on a single to give Colby its only two runs of the game.

In the second game of the doubleheader, Roehn took the mound for the Mules' attempt to sweep Friday play. Roehn performed as well as Crowell had the game before and pitched a spectacular six innings of softball, surrendering one run and keeping Colby in the game. Carlie Minichino '09 came in and received the save for Colby, pitching a solid inning of relief. Both Puskar and Alyssa Lepore '11 had two hits for the Mules in their win.

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