Felician Athletics

LODI, N.J. – Felician College redshirt freshman shortstop Lauren DeGrushe (Guttenberg, NJ/High Tech) hit three solo homeruns during her team’s non-conference doubleheader split with visiting Molloy College on Thursday afternoon at Kennedy Park. Felician won Game 1, 3-1, before Molloy took Game 2, 9-2.

The Golden Falcons (7-12) fell behind, 1-0, in the third inning of the opener on a two-out solo homer by the Lions’ Michelle Walsh (Bellerose, NY/Mary Louis Academy). But that was the last baserunner allowed by Felician right-hander Nicole Broecker (Staten Island, NY/Moore Catholic), who finished with a two-hitter. Broecker (2-5) retired her final 13 batters, struck out seven, and walked none, and also went 2 for 3 with a double at the plate.

The Felician College softball doubleheader scheduled for today at Bloomfield College was postponed at the site by the game umpires due to unplayable field conditions. No make-up date has been announced.

3/31/08 SOFTBALL - DeGrushe Homer Gives Felician Split With HFU

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PHILADELPHIA – A three-run third-inning homerun by freshman Lauren DeGrushe (Guttenberg, NJ/High Tech) carried Felician College to a 3-2 Game 2 victory and a split of its Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference softball doubleheader with host Holy Family University on Monday afternoon at Tiger Field. Felician was no-hit in dropping the opener, 3-0.

In the nightcap, senior Katie Spera (Lanoka Harbor, NJ/Lacey Township) led off the visitors’ half of the third with a single. One out later, Heather Van Dyke (West Milford, NJ/West Milford) singled, and DeGrushe then broke a scoreless tie with her second homer of the season. Holy Family reached Felician starter Dara DeSocio (Cliffside Park, NJ/Paramus Catholic) (2-4) for an unearned run in the fifth inning, setting up an exciting seventh.

Dara DeSocio had her first save of 2008 and her first career homerun on March 29.

LODI, N.J. – The Felician College softball team built a 3-0 lead and held on for a 3-2 Game 1 victory over the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia during the teams’ Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference doubleheader on Saturday afternoon at Kennedy Park. USP rebounded for a 3-2 Game 2 victory.

Felician (5-10, 1-3) used successful situational hitting to plate all three of its runs in the opener. Hope Van Dyke (West Milford, NJ/West Milford) delivered a run-scoring groundout in the bottom of the second inning, Amber Doran (Little Ferry, NJ/Ridgefield Park) had a sacrifice fly in the third, and Jenna Krowl (Kearny, NJ/Kearny) drove in a run with a fielder’s choice grounder in the sixth.