MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- The Barry University softball team split its out-of-region doubleheader with East Stroudsburg University on Sunday afternoon at Buccaneer Field in Miami Shores, Florida. After falling behind 2-1 and coming to its last at bat in the top of the 7th, Warrior center fielder Abigail Weirich launched a two-run homer to right field to lift her team to a 3-2 win in the opener. Paige Zigmund (W, 1-1) went the distance allowing just four hits to the Buccaneers, three in the 6th when Barry scored its two runs to take the lead. Haelee Angelico (L, 2-2) took the loss while allowing just three hits (two days after her first career no-hitter). In the nightcap, Cassandra Lee (W, 4-0) pitched - her first complete game of the season - and hit - a single, an RBI, and two runs scored - as the Buccaneers took the nightcap, 5-0, for their sixth shutout of the season (8-3 overall). Warrior starter Maddy Pritchard (L, 1-2) took the loss while allowing just one earned run and three hits. East Stroudsburg returns to Pennsylvania with a 2-4 mark after its Florida trip.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Finals: Barry 2-5, East Stroudsburg 3-0
Records: Barry (8-3, 0-0 SSC), East Stroudsburg (2-4, 0-0 PSAC)
All-Time Series: Similar to its season record, Barry improves to 8-3 all-time in its series with East Stroudsburg. The Warriors had won three of the last four meetings before the Buccaneers salvaged a split today with the 5-0 shutout in Game Two.
SUMMARY:
Game 1
- T3: Kaitlin Houser led off the frame with a walk, but was erased on a fielder's choice grounder by Denva Shaw-Tait to third baseman Sofia Chamorro. After starter Haelee Angelico got the second out on a caught-looking K, Molly Nies tripled to the right field corner. Angelico got Reilly Vicendese to foul out to first baseman Becka Mellor on the next pitch to avoid any further damage. | East Stroudsburg 1, Barry 0
- B6: Top of the order, Taylor Thompson led off with a bunt single and stole second base. Mac Stone-Folmar moved Thompson to third with a sacrifice bunt. Cassandra Lee reached on a fielder's choice RBI grounder to second base and Thompson had a head first slide across the plate for the tying run. Lee stole second and eventually scored the go-ahead run on Chamorro's single to right field. | Barry 2, East Stroudsburg 1
- T7: Jada Smallwood walked on a 3-1 pitch and then Jade Hassler pinch ran for the first baseman. Abigail Weirich put the Warriors back on top with a two-run homer to right with a strong breeze carrying it over a leaping Jordan Ream. | East Stroudsburg 3, Barry 2
- B7: Paige Zigmund got a 1-2-3 bottom 7th with two groundouts and a flyout on seven pitches. | East Stroudsburg 3, Barry 2
Game 2
- B4: Cassandra Lee led off with a walk on five pitches. Rylee Lord followed with a sharp single to shortstop. Sofia Chamorro sacrifice bunted to move both runners up a base. Hayley Pasma's deep drive to right center delivered Lee from third for the sacrifice fly and RBI. | Barry 1, East Stroudsburg 0
- B5: Becka Mellor reached on an error and moved to second on Harper Bunn's sacrifice bunt. Taylor Thompson was hit by a pitch before Mac Stone-Folmar singled up the middle to bring Mellor home with the unearned run. Leigh Ann Jenkins relieved Maddy Pritchard and gave up a single to left field to Cassandra Lee that scored Thompson. Rylee Lord laid down a sacrifice bunt that scored Lee from third and Mellor followed with aggressive baserunning. | Barry 5, East Stroudsburg 0
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING:
NOTEWORTHY:
- In Game One, the Buccaneers left the bases loaded in the 1st and 6th innings, the latter after scoring two runs (6 LOB in the game).
- East Stroudsburg managed just six hits in the doubleheader, three in each game, while half of its base knocks went for extra bases (a double, a triple, and a home run).
- Cassandra Lee (4-0) hurled her first complete game of the season while lowering her ERA to 0.30.
- Taylor Thompson stole her team-leading eighth base of the season in the 6th-inning rally of Game One (8-for-8 SBs).
ON THE HORIZON:
Barry hits the road for the first time in 2023, with a pair of games at Flagler College on Wednesday, February 15, starting at 3 p.m.
