Softball Drops First Conference Game of Season after Rallying For Win in Game One at St. Rose

April 19, 2008          Game 1 Box / Game 2 Box

Albany, NY - Senior Janine Enos (Wareham, Mass.) captured her twelfth victory of the year and continued her stellar pitching in game one at St. Rose Saturday 3-1. The Golden Knights were able to fight back in game two, emerging in the ninth inning to capture a 1-0 win.

Junior Anne Dobmeier (Buffalo, NY) knocked ahead the go-ahead runs with a two-out single to cap a three run Bulldogs' seventh in game one. The Bulldogs had been held in check by Knights' starter Kristen Calahan until the seventh. But a Stephanie Mirando (North Haven, CT) double to open the frame set the table for the Bulldogs' rally. Mirando was driven in by Ali Chouinard (Swansea, Mass.) to open the scoring for the Bulldogs. Chouinard was on base three times (two walks) for the Bulldogs on the afternoon.

Enos (12-3) was magnificent in the circle again. The senior struck out four in seven full innings, only surrendering three hits and one unearned run. Enos tossed her first career no-hitter on Thursday and has three wins and two saves this week.

Game two was a tense pitchers duel between Bulldog starter Samantha Houseal (Mount Joy, PA) and Tracy Chesebrough. Chesebrough went nine scoreless innings, striking out 13 and scattered two hits.

Houseal (8-5) took the tough luck loss when Lauren Ruggeiro singled in Amanda Morano with the winning run in the bottom of the ninth. Morano reached on a walk and advanced to third on an error by Dobmeier before scoring on the single.

Houseal allowed just four hits in 8 innings and allowed just the one unearned run. Bulldog pitchers combined for just two unearned runs allowed in 15.0 innings. The Bulldogs will return to action tomorrow at Le Moyne. The doubleheader is scheduled to start at 12pm.