With no balls, two strikes and two outs in the final inning of the second game of a doubleheader against Salve Regina University last Saturday, relief pitcher Natalie Volpe '08 was on the verge of giving the softball team its longest winning streak in 24 years.
After having lost her doubles match last Sunday against New York University, Colleen Donnelly '08 refused to relinquish the final home singles match of her college career.
With the bases loaded and the score tied at four in the sixth inning of the second game of a doubleheader against Worcester Polytechnic Institute last Wednesday, the softball team wasn't able to capitalize and score the go-ahead run.
After beginning the season with 12 straight games on the road, the softball team returned home and made sure to begin last Wednesday's doubleheader against Simmons College with a bang.With one run already in and two outs in the second inning of the first game, second baseman Melisa Cagar '11 sent the ball over the centerfield fence for a three-run home run, the first of her collegiate career, to give the Judges a 4-0 lead in a game they'd eventually win 6-3."It was really exciting, because the first at-bat [in the first inning] I struck out, so coming into the second at-bat, I just wanted to make contact, and luckily it went over the fence," Cagar said.
Despite not officially beginning her tenure at Brandeis until January 2008, first baseman Courtney Kelley '11 commuted to campus during the softball team's "fall ball" season to practice with the squad and attended the team's only "playdate," even though she wasn't eligible to play yet."I really wanted to show that I was committed and wanted to be part of the team so I made the commute for all the practices and the lifts and workouts and [things] like that," Kelley said.Her dedication showed during last Wednesday's doubleheader against Worcester Polytechnic Institute, when Kelley connected for three hits and drove in three runs.
Despite not officially beginning her tenure at Brandeis until January 2008, first baseman Courtney Kelley '11 commuted to campus during the softball team's "fall ball" season to practice with the squad and attended the team's only "playdate," even though she wasn't eligible to play yet."I really wanted to show that I was committed and wanted to be part of the team so I made the commute for all the practices and the lifts and workouts and [things] like that," Kelley said.Her dedication showed during last Wednesday's doubleheader against Worcester Polytechnic Institute, when Kelley connected for three hits and drove in three runs.
When the women's basketball team drove back to Brandeis from a second-round NCAA Tournament loss in Union, N.J., most of the Judges had varsity athletics in their rearview mirror.
Third baseman Danielle Lavallee '11 came through at the plate during the softball team's second game of a doubleheader against Wellesley College Thursday, a 3-3 decision that was called for darkness.While hitless in the first game, Lavallee capitalized with two runners in scoring position and two outs in the fifth inning of game two.
The baseball team already owned a 1-0 lead against No. 5 Emory University in the bottom of the first inning last Saturday, but with two runners on base, third baseman Drake Livada '10 put the exclamation point on an eventual upset win.
Union, N.J.-With just one senior among its members, the women's basketball team's bench entered the year far more inexperienced than the squad's starting corps.
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