Syracuse University
Miami (OH)
3/13/2002 10:39:41 AM | Softball
Game 1 Box Score
Game 2 Box Score
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Syracuse pitchers Heather Brown (Farmington, N.M./Farmington) and Tara DiMaggio (Hopewell Junction, N.Y./John Jay) a pair of shutouts to lead the Orangewomen softball team to a 5-0, 8-0 sweep of the Miami Redhawks on Tuesday, Mar. 12 at San Jose State Field.
The Orangewomen have won three consecutive games to improve their record to 6-7. Miami is now 3-14.
The duo of DiMaggio and Brown allowed only six hits and struck out 14 in the sweep. DiMaggio allowed only one hit and struck out eight in her five-inning complete game in the nightcap. Brown whiffed six hitters and gave up five hits in the opener.
Redshirt sophomore Cheryl Julicher (Williamsville, N.Y./Williamsville North) started both games with home runs in her first at-bat. Julicher now has three home runs in 13 games this season. She went 3-for-5 with three runs driven in for the day. Junior Kristen Collins (Stow, Mass./Nashoba Regional) continued to swing SU's hottest bat. The leftfielder went 3-for-5, including a two-RBI triple, with four runs batted in during the doubleheader. Collins leads the team with a .513 batting average. Her 20 hits through 13 games is only three shy of her season total from 2001.
Junior shortstop Jennifer Read (Vancouver, B.C./Terry Fox) also had a big day at the plate with three hits and two runs batted in.
Syracuse used big innings to put each game away. The Orangewomen plated four runs in the fourth inning of the first game and five runs in the second inning of game two.
SU has now defeated Miami three times this season, all shutouts.
The Orangewomen finish their spring break trip to California this weekend, participating at the Captial Classic hosted by Sacramento State University. SU is scheduled to face Kansas, Miami (OH), California and San Jose State in the pool portion of the tournament.
