Carbutt Cranks Home Run In First Game

CHESTER, PA – The Washington College softball team dropped a double-header to host Widener University this afternoon in Chester, PA.  The Pride won 2-1 in game one and 6-3 in game two.  The Pride is now 4-6 on the year, while the Shorewomen drop to 1-5.

Washington struck first in the top of the fifth inning when Junior Leigh Carbutt (Collegeville, PA/Perkiomen Valley) parked a solo home run down the left field line to give the Shorewomen a 1-0 lead.  The Pride tied it in the bottom of the fifth when Meg Phillips singled in Shelby Mackintosh. 

In the bottom of the seventh for the Pride, Kelsey Shultz singled and advanced to second on a throwing error by WC with out.  The next batter, Kelly Vogelgesang doubled home Shultz for the game-winning walk-off run.

For Widener, Shultz got the win and is now 3-2 on the year.  She scattered seven hits and struck out seven in the win.  She walked just two and gave up just the home run to Carbutt.

For Washington, junior pitcher Meaghan Kimme (Lumberton, NJ/Holy Cross) took the loss and falls to 0-2.  She relieved sophomore pitcher Brittany Walter (Forest Hill, MD/C. Milton Wright) who went five innings.  Each pitcher allowed an unearned run.  At the plate, freshman Lauren Dockrill (San Diego, CA/Cathedral Catholic) had two hits.  The Shorewomen committed three errors in the first game.

In game two, Dockrill gave WC a 1-0 lead in the top of the first when she scored on a passed ball.  In the bottom of the first, Widener took a 2-1 lead as Phillips and Jody Salvatore both scored on a wild pitches.

The Shorewomen tied it at 2-2 in the top of the second as freshman Kylie Nottingham (Ocean City, MD/Stephen Decatur) scored on a sacrifice bunt off the bat of junior Jill Piasecki (Galena, MD/Kent County).  The Pride responded in their half of the second with four runs to take a 6-2 lead.  Kristina Ostaszewski and Jess Way each scored on a fielding error to put Widener back up 4-2.  Casey Hargadon and Phillips scored on another fielding error to put the hosts up 6-2.

Washington got a run back in the top of the third to cut the Widener lead to 6-3 when Dockrill scored on a sacrifice fly by Carbutt.  The Shorewomen had the tying run at the plate in the top of the sixth, but Widener pitcher Liz Carpino struck out senior Becca Nicely (Baltimore, MD/Institute of Notre Dame) swinging to end the threat.  Washington was retired 1-2-3 in the top of the seventh to end the game.

Carpino picked up the win for Widener in the second game and improves to 1-3 on the year.  She gave up three unearned runs and three hits while striking out four in tossing a complete game victory.  Piasecki took the loss for Washington and drops to 0-1.  She gave up six runs, two earned and five hits while fanning four for the visitors.

At the plate, Dockrill went 2-for-4 with two runs scored for the Shorewomen.  For the Pride, Phillips scored twice in game two.

Washington returns to action on Monday with two games down in Fort Myers, FL.  The Shorewomen play Delaware Valley at 1:00 p.m. and Nichols at 3:00 p.m.