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Season Ends for Cougars Softball after Loss to LeMoyne at Northeast Region Tournament

May 16, 2005

Courtesy of Matt McLagan Caldwell Sports Information

Season Ends for Cougars Softball after Loss to LeMoyne at Northeast Region Tournament 5-14-05 SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The Caldwell College softball team lost to Le Moyne College, 3-1 and was eliminated from the NCAA Division II Northeast Region Tournament Saturday afternoon at Le Moyne's Thomas J. Niland Athletic Complex. The second seeded Cougars, who beat Le Moyne on Thursday, finish the season 40-11, their second straight year with 40 or more victories. The Dolphins (41-9) advances to face top-seeded C.W Post later this afternoon for the tournament championship.

Le Moyne took advantage of a pair of two-out errors to score a pair of runs in the top of the third. Jennifer Winters reached on an error, followed by a single by Kristen DesLauriers. A throwing error allowed Winters to score and DesLauriers to advance to second. Sarah Reed singled to plate DesLauriers for a 2-0 Dolphins lead. The Cougars got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the fourth, when junior Gina D'Amico (Turnersville, NJ/Washington Twp) (pictured) singled home freshman Meghan Johnston (Kirkland, WA/Lake Washington), who pinch-ran for junior Katie Jackson (Pennsville, NJ/Pennsville). But Le Moyne got the run back in the top of the fifth on a home run by Lindsay Spaziani.

Junior pitcher Jessica Saunders (Glen Burnie, MD/Archbishop Spaulding), who tossed a two-hitter in the first game with the Dolphins, gave up three hits and walked two while striking out eight in 7.0 innings. Reed improved to 15-4 after allowing three hits and three runs with five strikeouts in 7.0 innings.

The Cougars, ranked 11th in the latest NFCA Division II Top 25 Poll, have won a combined 85 games over the past two seasons and have captured the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference regular-season and tournament crowns two years in a row.