Crusaders
Close Arizona Trip with Comeback Win
March 8, 2007
Site:
Tucson, Arizona
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TUCSON,
Ariz. --
The
Madonna softball team came from behind in game two to sweep their
way out of Arizona 8-7 over William Penn.
Madonna got a game-winning RBI single from
Brittney Scero
(Canton, Mich./Canton HS) in the bottom of
the eighth to come back from a 7-0 second-inning deficit.
The
Crusaders scored five times in the fifth and twice in the seventh to
force extra innings. Using the international tie-breaker rule,
MU escaped the William Penn eighth after watching the bases become
loaded with nobody out.
MU got
out of the inning with a line-out and 1-2-3 double-play then watched
as Scero delivered the game winning single, scoring Kathleen Smiley.
Scero and
Danielle Richardson
(Lapeer, Mich./Lapeer West HS) each extended their team high hitting streak to 11-games.
In game
one, Madonna got off to a good start and built a 5-0 lead heading
into the seventh.
Judson
would come back to tie the game on MU hurler
Liz Ballinger
(St. Johns, Mich./St. Johns HS) who surrendered five runs in the seventh, including a three-run homer.
In the
bottom of the seventh, the Crusaders saw
Heather Richardson
(Plymouth, Mich./Canton HS) reach
base and then score on an errant throw by the shortstop to give MU the 6-5 victory.
Ballinger
(4-2) picked up the win, going the distance. She
surrendered five earned runs while striking out five and scattering
eight hits.
With the
sweep, MU returns to Michigan with a 7-4 record.
Contact:
Tony Baldwin, Sports Information Director
(734) 432-5834
tbaldwin@madonna.edu
