University of Connecticut Athletics
Softball Falls To Boston College, 15-3, In Home Opener
3/22/2006 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Boston College 15, UConn 3 [], []
STORRS, Conn. (March 22, 2006) - The University of Connecticut softball team fell to Boston College, 15-3, on Wednesday evening in their home opener at the Connecticut Softball Stadium. The Huskies are now 8-11 on the season while Boston College improves to 8-10 overall.
The Eagles got on the board first with two runs in the top of the first inning on a home run by Jenna Macchi. The Huskies answered back in the bottom of the second inning when freshman Jillian Ortega (Aberdeen, N.J.) hit a solo home run to put UConn on the scoreboard.
The Huskies scored again in the bottom of the fourth inning, but could not muster more offense in the closing inning. Sophomore Allie Gendron (Amherst, Mass.) and senior Kim Castner (Forked River, N.J.) each scored in the half-inning for the Huskies, but UConn also left three runners on base.
Boston College got five runs in the third and four each in the fourth and fifth innings for the victory. Macchi had another home run for the Eagles, this one a grand slam in the top of the fifth to close out the game.
The Huskies had just five hits in the game. Ortega was the lone Husky to have more than one hit, with a single to knock in Gendron in the fourth inning in addition to her home run.
On the mound, junior Krista Michalczyk (Salem, N.H.) took the loss for the Huskies. She scattered five hits and gave up seven runs in three innings of work. She is now 4-5 on the season. Also pitching for UConn were senior Michelle Caouette (Wyantskill, N.Y.), who gave up six hits in 1.2 innings while striking out two batters, and freshman Rachael Crossin (Fairless Hills, Pa.), who walked one and struck out one in one-third of an inning on the mound. Savana Lloyd had the win for Boston College.
The Huskies will be in action next on Saturday, March 25 when they travel to Piscataway, N.J. to open BIG EAST play in a double header against Rutgers. The first game is scheduled to begin at noon.
