Rutgers-Newark 4, Baruch 3 BOX SCORE
Baruch 7, Rutgers-Newark 1 BOX SCORE
The softball team won their 12th game with a doubleheader split against Rutgers-Newark on Thursday afternoon at Alumni Field in Newark, New Jersey.
In the first game, the Bearcats trailed early, 2-0, but came back against the Scarlet Raiders with a run in the fourth inning and two more in the fifth to take the lead, 3-2.
Unfortunately, the Scarlet Raiders took the lead again for good with two runs on four hits in the bottom of the fifth inning to end their 10-game losing streak with the 4-3 home win.
For Baruch, freshman DH/3B Alexandra Orrico (Bronx, N.Y./Preston) hit her second home run of the season with a solo shot in the fourth inning.
Sophomore SS Melissa Pena (Queens, N.Y./W.C. Bryant) and senior 2B Sonia Sendoya (Queens, N.Y./Murry Bergtraum) each scored via fielding errors in the top of the fifth inning.
Sophomore P Melissa Mejia (Queens, N.Y./W.C. Bryant) pitched a solid game in allowing only two earned runs.
In the second game, Baruch scored the first six runs to cruise to a 6-0 lead after four innings to help clinch the game two road victory.
Freshman P Andrea Tepfer (Staten Island, N.Y./Susan Wagner) recorded her 8th win of the season by pitching another complete game (7IP, 4H, 1ER, 6K).
Melissa Pena was brilliant at the plate by batting a perfect 4-for-4, with three runs scored, including an RBI single to score senior LF Cynthia Duran (New York, N.Y./Murry Bergtraum) in the second inning.
Sophomore C Idelissa Lluveres (Bronx, N.Y./Aquinas) and Cynthia Duran batted 2-for-3 each, as part of Baruch’s total 13-hit attack. Lluveres also added two RBI and one run scored.
The softball team will return to action on Saturday with a conference road doubleheader at the College of Staten Island scheduled for Noon. (Please stay tuned to BaruchAthletics.com or the sports hotline (646-312-5077) this weekend, due to possible weather concerns)
