(03-30-08)
Box Score Game 1
Box Score Game 2
WEST HAVEN, Conn. -- Freshman Courtney Garland finished 2-for-3 with 4 RBI's including her first collegiate homer, a 3-run shot that broke open a tied second game as the University of New Haven softball team salvaged a split with New York Institute of Technology on Sunday. NYIT took the opener, 5-3 in eight innings, while UNH won the nightcap, 5-2.
Garland's blast in the bottom of the fourth inning in game two broke open a 1-1 contest and helped UNH (8-10, 2-4 ECC) earn a split with NYIT (15-5, 3-3). She later added an insurance run for the Chargers with an RBI single in the bottom of the sixth inning.
UNH hosts American International College on Tuesday at 3:00 p.m. before traveling to ECC foe St. Thomas Aquinas on Saturday and non-conference opponent Caldwell College on Sunday.
GAME TWO - UNH 5, NYIT 2
Breanne Gleason finished the game 3-for-3 with a pair of runs and her fifth home run of the season - and second of the day.
Garland's four RBI's carried the Chargers to the victory, as her home run cleared the fence in dead center field in the bottom of the fourth inning. Gleason singled up the middle to lead off, and after a pair of outs at third base, Gabby Cruz drew a walk. That set the table for Garland to break open the game.
Gleason doubled to lead off the sixth inning and later scored on a Garland single. Gleason had started the game's scoring with an RBI single in the first, driving in leadoff hitter Jordanna Borska (double).
Meg Brown pitched a complete game, striking out eight while allowing a pair of unearned runs thanks to three Charger errors.
GAME ONE - NYIT 5, UNH 3 (8 innings)
A pair of unearned runs in the top of the eighth inning won the game for NYIT, ruining a game-tying home run by UNH's Jordanna Borska in the bottom of the seventh.
NYIT led 3-0 after one-half inning, getting a two-run homer from Lauren Sabia and a solo shot from Lisa Boystak.
UNH's Gleason hit a two-run homer in the bottom half of the first to cut the deficit to one, and she then settled down in the circle to hold NYIT scoreless over the next six innings.
That allowed UNH to mount a comeback in the bottom of the seventh inning. With one out, Borska launched a solo home run over the left field fence to tie the game. UNH put two more runners on base with two outs, but a flyout to center field sent the game into extra innings.
With one out in the top of the eighth, Boystek singled to center. But when Rebecca Stein attempted to sacrifice her to second, UNH second baseman Amber Tolifero dropped the throw at first base to leave two runners on. Two batters later, Marissa Brucculeri singled hard to second to plate the go-ahead run, and Annel Sanchez singled in the hole at short stop to plate the fifth run.
Chelsea Harold singled through the left side with two outs in the bottom half of the eighth, but a pop out on the infield ended the game.
