Boston College Athletics
Softball Splits Day Two Of Bronco Stampede
March 01, 2008 | Softball
March 1, 2008
Santa Clara, Calif. - The Boston College softball team (6-8, 0-0 ACC) collected a win against Drexel (4-5) by a score of 8-5 and dropped a game to Santa Clara (1-17) by a score of 2-1 in nine innings on the second day of action at the Bronco Stampede Saturday.
BC-8, Drexel-5-- Sophomore Taylor Peyton (3-3) tossed her first complete game of the season, striking out a season-high six batters, helping lift the Eagles over the Drexel Dragons. BC took an early 1-0 in the bottom of the first, capitalizing on an error by the third baseman. Senior Amanda Booth scored on the play. Drexel came back to score a run in the top of the third, fourth and then three runs in the top of the sixth to put the score at 5-1. The Eagles then rallied for seven runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, earning the come-from-behind victory. Taylor Peyton then doubled, scoring sophomore Amy Tunstall. Ramos scored on a passed ball and Peyton advanced to third. She then scored on a groundout Blair Destito. After Dragon pitcher Gaudier loaded the bases again, Booth singled, driving in senior Angela Pandolfo for the fifth run. The rally continued off another Drexel error, which allowed freshman Alison Kooistra to score. Tunstall singled for the second time, driving in Dani Weir. Ramos grounded out to the second baseman, scoring Booth. The Eagles finished the inning with seven runs on seven hits, registering the final score of 8-5.
Santa Clara-2, BC 1-- Going into extra innings with the score tied at 0-0, Boston College scored their first run off a single by freshman Irene Delagrammaticas, picking up her third RBI of the season. In the top of the eighth inning, freshman Carolyn Jones was placed on second and senior Amanda Booth bunted, allowing Jones to move to third. Jones scored off the Delagrammaticas single, putting BC up 1-0. Freshman Allison Gage (2-5), who allowed just four hits through seven innings, couldn't keep the Broncos from scoring, letting up an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning, tying the score 1-1. The Eagles weren't able to pull ahead in the top of the ninth. In the bottom of the inning, Santa Clara scored on a fielder's choice, picking up the 2-1 win. Gage faced 33 batters in the loss, allowing six hits and striking out two.
The Bronco Stampede concludes Sunday when the Eagles take on Sacramento State in a rematch at 1 p.m. EST.
