Sports update, softball at Bowdoin (2), 4/15/00

TRINITY SOFTBALL SWEEPS BOWDOIN AS MCDERMOTT WINS BOTH GAMES

Brunswick, ME - Trinity College freshman Kristi McDermott (Barrington, RI)
picked up the victory in game one oand came on in relief for ther second win
of the day to lead the visiting Trinity College Bantams to a sweep of a
doubleheader against the Bowdoin College Polar Bears in New England Small
College Athletic Conference softball action this afternoon. 
	The victories improves Trinity, which has won three in a row, to
8-15 overall and 3-5 in the NESCAC on the season while Bowdoin drops to
10-12 and 5-4 in the league.
	In the opener, senior catcher Caitlin Luz (Woburn, MA) mashed a
homer over the leftfield fence in the second inning for a 1-0 lead, but
sophomore first baseman Kristie Miller (North Canaan, CT) delivered a
three-run shot in the fourth off McDermott for a 3-1 lead for the Polar
Bears. 
	In the top of the fifth, the Bantams took control of the game as
they plated four runs in a 5-3 triumph. Freshman rightfielder Kelly Kempner
(Amherst, NY) and sophomore second baseman Liz Boutempo (Granby, MA) both
provided RBI singles in the inning. McDermott allowed just one hit over the
next three innings to keep the Polar Bears at bay. Sophomore pitcher Gina
Laugelli (Long Branch, NJ) took the loss for Bowdoin to drop to 6-2.
	In the nightcap, the Bantams built a comfortable 8-2 lead after
three innings for sophomore starter Heather Standring (Spencer, MA) but
Bowdoin battled back. Bowdoin scored two in the bottom of the third and a
two-RBI double by Miller capped a three-run fourth to cut the gap to 8-7.
Bowdoin chased Standring in the seventh with a run to tie the game, but
McDermott came in to silence the Polar Bears as the game went to extra
frames. In the eighth, Trinity started with freshman centerfielder Laura
Heath (Windsor, CT) on second and she came home on error to provide the
winning margin in the 9-8 triumph.
	McDermott improves to 7-7 with the pair of wins while sophomore
pitcher Jessie Poulin (Hamden, ME) took the loss in game two to drop to 2-4.


Game 1			1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   		R	H   	E	
Trinity, CT (7-15)	0   0   1   0   4   0   0			5  	7  	0
Bowdoin (10-11)	0   0   0   3   0   0   0 			3	7  	3

T: Kristi McDermott and Caitlin Luz.
B: Gina Laugelli and Kristen Marshall
WP: McDermott (6-7)
LP: Laugelli (6-2)

HR: T- Luz (1), B- Kristie Miller (3)

Offensive Highlights
T- Susan Kelly (two hits)
B- Kristi Miller (three hits)

Game 1			1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   		R	H   	E	
Trinity, CT (8-15)	3   2   3   0   0   0   0   1 		9	8  	2
Bowdoin (10-12)	2   0   2   3   0   0   1   0 		8 	10	5


T: Heather Standring, Kristi McDermott (7) and Caitlin Luz, Clare Bullock
(5).
B: Jessie Poulin and Katie Sheridan.
WP: McDermott (7-7)
LP: Poulin (2-4)

Offensive Highlights
T- Liz Bontempo (two hits), Laura Heath (two hits)
B- Kristi Miller (three hits), McDonough (two hits), Gina Laugelli (two
hits)