Lady Bears Cruise Past City Tech

BROOKLYN, NY – The St. Joseph's College softball team earned their second sweep of City Tech on combining for 23 hits and 24 runs in 9-0 and 15-1 wins on Tuesday night at National Grid Softball Field.  Lisa Scheer (Bayside, NY/Mary Louis) notched four hits with three RBI in the series and Alyson Chiaramonte (Staten Island, NY/Moore Catholic) tossed a one-hit shutout.

Scheer hit 4-for-5 for the twinbill, with three RBI, three runs and two doubles.  Emily Palmieri (Staten Island, NY/St. John's Villa) went 3-for-4, driving in three runs, scoring twice, with two doubles.  Christina Girardi (Floral Park, NY/St. Francis Prep) and Andrea Sideli (Brooklyn, NY/Bishop Kearney) each collected three hits, three runs, two RBI and two walks.  Amanda Castello (Brooklyn, NY/Bishop Kearney) had a pair of base hits and drove in three runs.  Millicia Malvasio (Brooklyn, NY/Bishop Kearney) and Chiaramonte each knocked a pair of hits.

Chiaramonte (6-3) pitched her third complete game shutout of the season, striking out 11 and walking one in five innings.  Mabel Vargas (Ridgewood, NY/Mary Louis) made her first start of the season in the circle in the nightcap, going the distance, allowing two hits and one run, striking out seven for her first win of the season.

Krista Larotonda picked up a hit and scored the lone run for City Tech (0-11).  Lizzette Sepulveda had a double, the Yellow Jackets only extra-base hit, and an RBI. 

St. Joseph's returns to action on the road this Saturday, April 10 facing USCAA #6 ranked Briarcliffe College in a twinbill starting at noon.  The Lady Bears were ranked one spot behind the Seawolves at #7 in the latest USCAA Softball Coaches Poll released earlier today.

Game 1 – St. Joseph's 9, City Tech 0 (5 innings)

St. Joseph's scored three runs in the opening frame started by leadoff walks by Malvasio and Vargas.  Scheer followed with a single up the middle to bring both of them home.  Palmieri later hit a two-out double to score Scheer.

The Lady Bears knocked five hits in the third, scoring five runs on RBI base knocks from Castello, Malvasio, Scheer, Palmieri and Girardi to reach the eight-run threshold. Melissa Simo (Brooklyn, NY/Midwood) drove in St. Joseph's single run in the fourth.

Chiaramonte remained in complete control in the circle allowing only two base runners.  She issued a walk in the second and a two-out infield hit in the fourth snapped the no-hitter.  Neither runner advanced to second base.

Game 2 – St. Joseph's 15, City Tech 1 (5 innings)

St. Joseph's sent 11 batters to the plate in a wild first inning where the Lady Bears scored six runs on four hits taking advantage of five walks and one hit batter. 

The Yellow Jackets could do little to stop the Lady Bears who combined for 12 hits in the game and plated four runs in the second, two runs in the third and three runs in the fourth. 

Vargas had an impressive outing in her first collegiate start, surrendering only one run on two hits, both coming in the third inning when Larotonda led off with a single and Sepulveda hit a two-out double to deep left field scoring Larotonda from first.  Vargas closed out her first win of the season retiring the Yellow Jackets in order in the final two innings.