Post by Homer Hawks Site Administrator on Apr 24, 2008 12:41:02 GMT -5
Hawk batterymates Malacina/Rupsis combine for perfect game day after no-hitter - and don't forget HAWK manager Jamie Redman's hot bat!
Perfect day for USF
April 23, 2008
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from staff reports
JOLIET -- University of St. Francis freshman pitcher Kim Malacina was perfect on Tuesday afternoon, and she and her Saint teammates were perfectly happy with the end result of a doubleheader sweep of Cardinal Stritch at the Inwood Softball Complex.
The two wins clinched second place in the CCAC standings for USF (25-16, 14-4) and will give the Saints a first-round bye in next week's conference tournament at Olivet Nazarene.
Malacina, a Lockport grad, retired all 21 batters she faced in Game 1, including 12 via strikeouts, and completed her second no-hitter in as many days with a 6-0 win. Malacina fired a 5-inning no-hitter in USF's 9-0 win in the second game of a Monday sweep at Trinity Christian.
Malacina (12-7) was never really threatened by Cardinal Stritch. None of the nine hitters that put the ball in play forced USF fielders to make difficult defensive plays.
The Saints got the only run they eventually needed in the third inning on doubles by freshman catcher Carolyn Rupsis of Bolingbrook and senior third baseman Jamie Redman of Lincoln-Way Central.
Lincoln-Way East's Caitlin Dolan drove home the final run in the fifth and was the lone Saint with two hits in the game.
USF jumped on Stritch quickly in Game 2, notching a pair of first-inning runs and adding four in the third and three more in the fourth.
Freshman catcher Brittany Arrington had the biggest game at the plate, going 3-for-3 with a run scored and four RBIs.
Lincoln-Way East's Beth Boezeman (6-2) got the pitching win, allowing just two hits in four innings. Stritch did not get a runner on base until there was one out in the third, as Malacina and Boezeman retired the first 28 batters in the doubleheader. USF's streak of no-hit innings was halted at 15.
Perfect day for USF
April 23, 2008
Recommend
from staff reports
JOLIET -- University of St. Francis freshman pitcher Kim Malacina was perfect on Tuesday afternoon, and she and her Saint teammates were perfectly happy with the end result of a doubleheader sweep of Cardinal Stritch at the Inwood Softball Complex.
The two wins clinched second place in the CCAC standings for USF (25-16, 14-4) and will give the Saints a first-round bye in next week's conference tournament at Olivet Nazarene.
Malacina, a Lockport grad, retired all 21 batters she faced in Game 1, including 12 via strikeouts, and completed her second no-hitter in as many days with a 6-0 win. Malacina fired a 5-inning no-hitter in USF's 9-0 win in the second game of a Monday sweep at Trinity Christian.
Malacina (12-7) was never really threatened by Cardinal Stritch. None of the nine hitters that put the ball in play forced USF fielders to make difficult defensive plays.
The Saints got the only run they eventually needed in the third inning on doubles by freshman catcher Carolyn Rupsis of Bolingbrook and senior third baseman Jamie Redman of Lincoln-Way Central.
Lincoln-Way East's Caitlin Dolan drove home the final run in the fifth and was the lone Saint with two hits in the game.
USF jumped on Stritch quickly in Game 2, notching a pair of first-inning runs and adding four in the third and three more in the fourth.
Freshman catcher Brittany Arrington had the biggest game at the plate, going 3-for-3 with a run scored and four RBIs.
Lincoln-Way East's Beth Boezeman (6-2) got the pitching win, allowing just two hits in four innings. Stritch did not get a runner on base until there was one out in the third, as Malacina and Boezeman retired the first 28 batters in the doubleheader. USF's streak of no-hit innings was halted at 15.