Northwestern University Athletics
Northwestern
21-27
DePaul
31-18
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: VERDUN, Kirsten (23-11)
L: Lamberth, Meghan (9-12)
Batting:
HR: Albanese, Sammy 1
RBI: Albanese, Sammy 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Albanese, Sammy 1
Batting:
HR: PETERSON, Paige 1
RBI: DODD, Samantha 1 ; BRADEN, Allie 1 ; PETERSON, Paige 1
SH: BRAGET, Katelyn 1 ; BRADEN, Allie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: CIEZKI, Lynsey 1 ; DODD, Samantha 1 ; CONNOLLY, Mary 1 ; BRADEN, Allie 1 ; PETERSON, Paige 1 ; BONEZEK, Staci 1
CS: BRADEN, Allie 1
Game Leaders
Players Mentioned
Early Errors Doom Wildcats Against Blue Demons, 6-1
5/2/2012 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Northwestern now is 21-27 on the season after its loss while DePaul improves to 32-18 with its victory.
DePaul scored first in the bottom of the initial inning, loading the bases with no outs on a trio of singles, the final two of the infield variety after Anna Edwards (La Canada, Calif./La Canada) did well to keep the ball on the dirt. A passed ball brought in one run before Northwestern starter Meghan Lamberth (Wildwood, Mo./Lafayette) got a comebacker and an infield fly for the first two outs. Another infield single make it a 2-0 game before Paige Tonz (Peoria, Ariz./Centennial) threw out a runner trying to steal to end the frame.
The Blue Demons added two more runs in the bottom of the second on a leadoff solo home run and a two-out single that followed a Wildcats' error.
In the top of the third, Edwards worked a lengthy leadoff walk before moving to second one out later when Emily Allard (Antioch, Calif./Deer Valley) slapped a single to right. Adrienne Monka (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif./Rancho Cucamonga) loaded the bases with a two-out walk, but DePaul was able to escape the threat.
The leadoff Demon to the plate in the bottom of the third walked, leading to Amy Letourneau (Laguna Niguel, Calif./Santa Margarita Catholic) taking over in the circle. Two more errors in the frame allowed two more unearned runs and resulted in a 6-0 deficit after three complete innings.
Northwestern got on the board in the top of the fourth courtesy of a two-out pinch hit solo home run from Sammy Albanese (Belmont, Calif./Castilleja). The shot was her second of the season.
Letourneau worked through a 1-2-3 bottom of the fourth and a scoreless fifth before leading off the top of the sixth with a leadoff walk at the plate. She gave way to pinch runner Jessica Guffey (Scottsdale, Ariz./Desert Mountain), but three-straight flyouts (including one to deep center by Olivia Duehr (Antioch, Ill./Antioch) spelled the end of the inning).
Letourneau worked around two sixth-inning singles to keep the NU deficit at five runs, but the Wildcats were unable to mount a complete comeback in the seventh.
Lamberth (9-12) took the loss, going two-plus innings and allowing five runs (two earned) on six hits and a walk. Letourneau gave up one unearned run in 4.0 innings of relief, giving up three hits while fanning three.
Northwestern returns to action May 5-6 at Michigan State in its final B1G road series of season.
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