Felician Athletics - 4/5/07 SOFTBALL - Softball Splits With Molloy

ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. -- A seven-run sixth inning led the Felician softball team to a 7-1 Game 1 victory during its non-conference doubleheader with host Molloy College on Thursday afternoon at Lady Lions Field. The Golden Falcons settled for a split after a 7-2 Game 2 loss.

Molloy Game 1 starter Amanda Havdoglous (North Babylon, NY) carried a perfect game and a 1-0 lead into the top of the sixth, but Felician (7-6) exploded for six hits, and took advantage of two Lion errors to score five unearned runs. Golden Falcon shortstop Nicole Degenhardt (Secaucus, NJ) had two doubles in the inning.

Heather Van Dyke (West Milford, NJ), Jenna Krowl (Kearny, NJ) and Brittany Taylor (Saddle Brook, NJ) added RBI singles. Pitcher Nicole Broecker (Staten Island, NY) (3-1) scattered nine hits in a complete-game victory, striking out five and walking none. Michelle Walsh had a double and a triple and scored a run for Molloy (15-9).

The Lions used a 14-hit attack to take the nightcap. After the Golden Falcons scored in the top of the sixth inning to trim a two-run deficit to 3-2, Molloy put the game away with a four runs in the bottom of the inning, highlighted by a Grazielle Minnici (Commack, NY) three-run homerun. Katie Scotko (Glendale, NY) yielded one earned run in a complete-game win and Nicole Losito (Ozone Park, NY) was 3 for 3.

Taylor was 2 for 3 for Felician.