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Softball Beats Princeton, 5-0, in Game One of Doubleheader Split
3/24/2018 12:00:00 AM | Softball
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Brown University softball beat Princeton University, 5-0, in game one -- shutting out the Tigers for the first time since 2010 – and fell, 7-1, in game two in an Ivy League softball doubleheader at the Brown Softball Field on Saturday afternoon.
In their first conference and home games of the year, the Bears (6-10, 1-1 Ivy) scored four runs in the top of the first in their game one win before the Tigers (3-15, 1-1 Ivy) plated six runs in the bottom of the second to take game two.
Junior Cat Seitz (Poway, Calif.) went 3-for-5 with a double, RBI, and run between the two games while senior Annie McGregor (Carlsbad, Calif.) hit a three-run triple in game one. Sophomore pitcher Emily Waters (Northridge, Calif.) did not allow a run over 7.0 innings of relief on the day.
Princeton acted as the "home" team in both games as the series was originally slated for the Tigers' Class of 1895 but was moved to Brown due to weather.
Next, Brown concludes its series with Princeton tomorrow, Sunday, Mar. 25, with a single game at 12:30 p.m.
Game 1: Brown 5, Princeton 0
Senior Annie McGregor hit a three-run triple, and sophomore Emily Waters and junior Meghan Wimmer combined for a shutout in the circle as Brown topped Princeton, 5-0, in game one.
In their home opener, the Bears never trailed, tallying four runs in the top of the first and limiting the Tigers to four hits. Brown shut out Princeton for the first time since the 2010 season.
In support of McGregor (Carlsbad, Calif.), junior Cat Seitz (Poway, Calif.) went 2-for-2 with a double and an RBI, and freshman Anya Schmitz (Santa Barbara, Calif.) finished 2-for-3 with a run.
Waters (Northridge, Calif.) earned the win (1-3), tossing 5.0 innings in relief and allowing just three hits with four strikeouts. Wimmer (Boothwyn, Pa.) gave up just one hit in 2.0 innings in the start.
In the top of the first, sophomore Kaitlin Okimoto (Burbank, Calif.) walked to lead off the inning before Schmitz hit a single down the right field line. Wimmer followed with a single to left center to load the bases before McGregor drove her bases-clearing triple down the right field line.
The Bears added an insurance run on a wild pitch in the top of the seventh.
For Princeton, Allie Reynolds took the loss (1-8), hurling 6.0 innings and conceding four runs, all earned, on six hits with one strikeout.
Game 2: Princeton 7, Brown 1
Sophomore Emily Waters threw 2.0 innings of scoreless relief, but Brown fell to Princeton in game two, 7-1.
The Tigers scored six runs in the bottom of the second and added a run in the last of the third before the Bears plated their only run in the top of the fourth.
Junior Cat Seitz (Poway, Calif.) tallied a hit and a run while senior Grayson Metzger (Severna Park, Md.), junior Sofia Venegas (La Mirada, Calif.), and sophomore Kaitlin Okimoto (Burbank, Calif.) each posted one hit.
Princeton's Emily Taggart went 2-for-3 with a double, Mikayla Blaska finished 2-for-3, and Kaitlyn Waslawski hit a three-run triple. Ashley LaGuardia gained the win (2-7), pitching a complete-game 7.0 innings and conceding just one unearned run on four hits with four strikeouts.
The Tigers struck for six runs in the bottom of the second including a three-run triple from Waslawski, an RBI single from Megan Donahey, and a sacrifice fly from Keeley Walsh. Princeton added a run in the last of the third.
Brown plated one run in the top of the fourth as Seitz came home following a throwing error.
Waters (Northridge, Calif.) permitted just two hits in her 2.0 innings of relief. Senior Katie Orona (Pueblo, Colo.) took the loss (1-5), allowing seven runs on six hits with one strikeout.
