Sunday, April 28, 2001

MCDERMOTT LEADS TRINITY TO DOUBLEHEADER
SOFTBALL SWEEP AT BATES

Lewiston, Maine - Sophomore right-hander Kristi McDermott (Barrington, R.I.) pitched a four-hit shutout with four strikeouts to lead the visiting trinity College Bantams to a 4-0 win in the first game and split in the doubleheader against the Bates College Bobcats in the New England Small College Athletic Conference Athletic Conference softball regular season finale for the Bantams. Trinity finishes the season with four wins in the final six games to end at 7-22 and 1-11 in the NESCAC. Bates moves to 14-12 and 3-5 in the league.
Only one Bates runner got as far as third base, in the third inning, when McDermott worked out of a bases-loaded jam. The Bantams took advantage of two Bates errors in the fourth inning to score the game's runs. Leadoff hitter Liz Bontempo (Granby, Mass.) reached on an error and moved to third when Susan Kelly (Millford, Mass.) Reached safely on a one-out bunt attempt. Senior shortstop Tricia Mase (Northford, Conn.) drove in Bontempo just before sophomore outfielder Laura Heath (Windsor, Conn.) cleared the bases with a three-run home run.
Bates jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the second game. The Bobcats scored one run in the second inning when rookie Amanda Beck (Pleasantville, N.Y.) rapped a single to right field that went through the legs of Trinity's rightfielder, allowing Beck to circle the bases. The Bobcats tacked on three more runs in the third when sophomore pitcher Krissie Whiting (Contoocook, N.H.) singled, stole second and scored on successive passed balls. After the Bantams got two outs, three straight Bates batters reached, capped by a two-run double from first-year DP Sarah Levine (Leeds, Mass.). Trinity scored two unearned runs in the fourth inning and another in the fifth to cut the lead to 4-3, but could not bring home the equalizer.

LINE SCORES

Team Record 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Trinity, Conn. 7-21 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 2 1
Bates 13-13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3

B: Ginger Walsh and Brooke Tardiff.

TC: Kristi McDermott and Clare Bullock.

WP: McDermott (6-12)

LP: Walsh (5-8)

HR: TC- Laura Heath (2)

OFFENSIVE HIGHLIGHTS

B- Brooke Tardiff (Wells, Maine) two hits

Team Record 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Trinity, Conn. 8-22 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 7 1
Bates 13-14 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 5 5

B: Krissie Whiting and Cami Dyson.

TC: Lauren McDowell, McDermott (4) and Clare Bullock.

WP: Whiting (8-4)

LP: McDowell (0-10)

HR: TC- Laura Heath (2)

OFFENSIVE HIGHLIGHTS

B- Krissie Whiting (Contoocook, N.H.) three hits.

TC- Liz Bontempo (Granby, Mass.) two hits