Drexel University Athletics
Sunday, March 28
Drexel Field
12:00 p.m.
Drexel University
5
vs
2
Towson
Dragons Grab First CAA Win, 5-2, Over Towson in Series Finale
3/28/2010 2:04:01 PM | Softball
Box Score
Philadelphia – Drexel picked up its first conference win of the season, 5-2 over Towson (17-8, 1-2) on Sunday. Rookie Amanda Bachmann went 2-for-4 with four RBIs and her first career homer to lead the Dragons (7-9, 1-2). Katrina Gaudier struck out five batters and pitched well through five innings to earn the win.
Ashley Botelho went 2-for-3 with a pair of singles and Hanna Parrish drove in a run with her first double of the season.
Shannon Johnston took the loss for Towson. She allowed five runs, only one of them earned, on eight hits and a walk, dropping her record to 4-4 on the season.
Towson took a 1-0 lead in the second on a solo home run to left field by Sammi DiPompo.
Drexel had a good chance to return the run in the bottom of the inning with runners on second and third and one out. But Towson starter Shannon Johnston got Kelly Downes to pop out to third base and Devon Metcalf to ground out to first, ending the inning.
Amanda Bachmann led the Drexel rally for three runs in the fourth inning when she took an outside pitch to right center with the bases loaded for a three-run double. The rookie's clutch knock gave Drexel its first runs of the weekend against Johnston. Hanna Parrish brought Bachmann in from second base with a well-place double down the left field line to give Drexel a 4-1 lead.
Gaudier turned in one of her best efforts of the season, working an efficient five innings and allowing just one run on four hits and two walks and striking out a season-best five batters.
Hillary Allen relieved her in the sixth inning and surrendered a run on a walk and back-to-back singles by Stef Streets and Joyce Delp. She escaped with a 4-2 lead after getting a ground back up the middle for the ender.
Bachmann offered Drexel's answer in the bottom of the sixth when she cracked her first career home run on an 0-1 pitch that lingered over the plate. The solo shot pushed Drexel's lead to 5-2.
After walking the lead-off batter in the top of the seventh, Allen settled down to retire the next three batters and earn her first save of the season.
The Dragons will close out their eight-game homestand with a doubleheader against Bucknell on Wednesday, March 31.
Philadelphia – Drexel picked up its first conference win of the season, 5-2 over Towson (17-8, 1-2) on Sunday. Rookie Amanda Bachmann went 2-for-4 with four RBIs and her first career homer to lead the Dragons (7-9, 1-2). Katrina Gaudier struck out five batters and pitched well through five innings to earn the win.
Ashley Botelho went 2-for-3 with a pair of singles and Hanna Parrish drove in a run with her first double of the season.
Shannon Johnston took the loss for Towson. She allowed five runs, only one of them earned, on eight hits and a walk, dropping her record to 4-4 on the season.
Towson took a 1-0 lead in the second on a solo home run to left field by Sammi DiPompo.
Drexel had a good chance to return the run in the bottom of the inning with runners on second and third and one out. But Towson starter Shannon Johnston got Kelly Downes to pop out to third base and Devon Metcalf to ground out to first, ending the inning.
Amanda Bachmann led the Drexel rally for three runs in the fourth inning when she took an outside pitch to right center with the bases loaded for a three-run double. The rookie's clutch knock gave Drexel its first runs of the weekend against Johnston. Hanna Parrish brought Bachmann in from second base with a well-place double down the left field line to give Drexel a 4-1 lead.
Gaudier turned in one of her best efforts of the season, working an efficient five innings and allowing just one run on four hits and two walks and striking out a season-best five batters.
Hillary Allen relieved her in the sixth inning and surrendered a run on a walk and back-to-back singles by Stef Streets and Joyce Delp. She escaped with a 4-2 lead after getting a ground back up the middle for the ender.
Bachmann offered Drexel's answer in the bottom of the sixth when she cracked her first career home run on an 0-1 pitch that lingered over the plate. The solo shot pushed Drexel's lead to 5-2.
After walking the lead-off batter in the top of the seventh, Allen settled down to retire the next three batters and earn her first save of the season.
The Dragons will close out their eight-game homestand with a doubleheader against Bucknell on Wednesday, March 31.
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