Weather conditions fail to keep Minutewomen from 'W'

Softball
Domenic Poli


Neither wind, nor rain, nor sleet nor snow could have prevented the Massachuestts softball team from playing a scheduled game.

The Minutewomen were forced to wait through an hour and a half rain delay before beating the Dayton Flyers 5-2 in the second game of a two-day series in Ohio.

Pitcher Brandice Balschmiter won her second consecutive start, hurling a complete game with three walks six strikeouts and four hits allowed.

The two runs the sophomore gave up were earned.

Stacy Cullington got things going in the top of the first with a two-run blast to left-center that brought in Amanda Morin who had reached base by walking as the first batter of the game.

The Maroon and White got their last three runs a mere inning later when captain Amanda Acampora homered over the left field fence. With two outs in the inning, co-captain Candice Molinari stepped up to the plate. An error by Dayton's shortstop on the succeeding play allowed Amanda Morin and Jessica Serio to come on down.

The remainder of the game was quiet as far as run-scoring goes, as not one more player crossed the plate before when Flyers' left fielder Mollie Schrank grounded back to Balschmiter in the circle with two outs in the bottom of the seventh. Balschmiter threw over to Morin at first base to end the rain-soaked game.