KISSIMMEE, Fla. - The Wittenberg softball team fought but ended up on the wrong side of two games Monday in the Rebel Spring Games, dropping a 6-2 decision to Benedictine and falling 9-3 to Defiance. The Tigers fall to 2-4 with the losses.
Cameron Catalfu (Loveland, Ohio/Loveland) continued her torrid hitting with identical 2-for-3 outings in the two games, each with a run scored and one walk. She leads the Tigers with a .667 batting average, a .941 slugging percentage and a .727 on-base percentage.
Senior Brooke Boswell (Hamilton, Ohio/Fairfield) also posted back-to-back 2-for-3 games with an RBI in each. She started at first base against Benedictine and took to the circle versus Defiance, where as the pitcher of record she took the loss to move to 1-2 on the season. Senior Meghan O'Neill (Springfield, Ohio/Catholic Central) worked from the circle for the first time in 2010 in relief, allowing one run on three hits, two strikeouts and a walk.
Versus Benedictine, senior Melisa Shock (Bellbrook, Ohio/Bellbrook) absorbed the loss in five innings of work.
From the batter's box, sophomore Tori Amicon (Galloway, Ohio/Hilliard Darby) went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored against Defiance while sophomore Jessica Snyder (Northfield, Ohio/New Trier) hit a sacrifice fly for an RBI in the same game and senior Jade Chivington (Bellefontaine, Ohio/Bellefontaine) was 2-for-4. Junior Jessi Allen (Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley) went 2-for-4 against Benedictine.
The Tigers get back at it again on Tuesday, March 9, with a 9 a.m. meeting with Adrian, followed by an 11 a.m. contest versus Webster at the Fortune Road Softball Complex in Kissimmee, Fla.
Written by: John Strawn '07