MAY 11, 2002
BOB ZIADIEKING’S SOFTBALL ELIMINATED FROM NCAA EAST REGION CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Lady Monarchs Conclude Their Second Winningest Season Ever)ITHACA, NY -- The King’s College softball team saw it season come to an end Saturday as the Lady Monarchs went 1-1 on the second day of the NCAA East Regional Championships at Ithaca College.
King’s concluded the double-elimination tournament with a 2-2 record and finished in third place in the regional. The Lady Monarchs ended their outstanding season at 36-10-1 and produced the second highest victory total in the program’s history. The 2000 team was 38-6.
In the first game, King’s defeated Manhattanville 1-0, but was eliminated by top-seeded Geneseo State 1-0 in the next game. Geneseo advanced out of the loser’s bracket into Sunday’s championship game against second-seeded Ithaca, which was 2-0 and owned as first-round 2-0 win over King’s on Friday.
In the first game, Christen Piccola scored the game winning run on a wild pitch in the bottom half of the seventh inning as the King’s survived a scare from fourth seeded Manhattanville.
Sarah Genewski started off the inning for King’s by reaching first base on an error and Piccola entered the game as pinch runner. Kim Ball then moved Piccola to second on a bunt, followed by another bunt by Linda Manarchuck which advanced the Lady Monarch sophomore to third base. On the second pitch, Manhattanville pitcher Candice D’Andrea’s offering sailed over the head of
catcher Lu Bono, allowing Piccola to scored the deciding run.
Offensively, King’s managed just four hits but Lady Monarch hurler Karen Ball tossed a three-hitter to pick up the complete game victory
In the second game, Geneseo (36-5) broke open a scoreless game with a run in the sixth inning when Jill Almansberger drew a walk and moved to second on a
bunt by Katie Hovey. After a pop out, Jen Seitter delivered an RBI double to bring home Almansberger with what proved to be the winning run
King’s missed out on a chance in the first inning when Michele Dlugosz singled and moved to second on a bunt by Lisa Rizzo. But winning pitcher Sarah Taub struck out the next two batter to pitch out of the jam.
In the second inning, King’s stranded another runner when Genewski singled with two outs by Taub struck out Christen Piccola to end the inning.
The Lady Monarchs missed out on another opportunity in the fifth when Genewski and Manarchuck with two outs, but Michele Dlugosz grounded to second to end the inning.
In the bottom of the sixth, King’s had its final chance when Jess Harvey singled with two outs but Stacey Preambo flied out to first base to end the frame.
In its final at-bat Taub retired the Lady Monarchs in order to improve her season log to 21-3. The Geneseo junior struck out nine batters and allowed five King’s hits in picking up the win.
Genewski led King’s with two hits offensively and tossed a strong complete-game five-hitter in a losing effort.
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