CofC Falls to Bobcats

Friday, March 9

Rock Hill, SC

4 p.m.

College of Charleston

Ohio

3/9/2007 5:00:00 AM | Softball

By: CofCSports.com

Eight miscues by the College of Charleston softball team gave Ohio an 11-7 win on the first day of the Winthrop/adidas Tournament in Rock Hill, S.C.

Jennifer Golden plated a run on a fielding error by Ohio's Alicia Catlette to give Charleston (11-12) the 1-0 lead in the fourth inning, but the Bobcats answered with three runs of their own in the fifth on Cougar miscues to give Ohio a 3-1 lead.

CofC retook the lead in the bottom of the fourth with four runs. Izmena Cabrera hit a three-run homer to plate Terri Mesko and Kolby Schooley ? both of whom walked to start the inning. After Kristie Shifflett was hit by a pitch, Shannon Howard singled to right center, followed by another hit batsman as Katie Pesature took first. Golden's RBI-walk would score Shifflett for the final run of the inning to give the Cougars a 5-3 lead.

Four Charleston miscues in the top of the sixth would net five runs ? four unearned ? for the Bobcats, and Ohio (7-8) never trailed again. The Cougars would score two more runs as Schooley hit her second career homer run in less than a week and Amber Shifflett scored on a wild pitch after reaching on a fielder's choice, stealing second and advancing to third on walk.

Three runs on three hits in the seventh gave Ohio the 11-7 lead to seal the win.

Schooley paced the Cougars on 2-for-2 hitting as she scored two runs and batted in one runner.

Kristen Salvatore led the Bobcat on 3-for-5 hitting with three runs scored and an RBI.

Michelle Sauter took the win as she gave up four hits, stuck out three and walked four in 6 1/3 innings of work.

Katie Sansouci took the loss as she gave up four hits and walked two in two innings.

The Cougars will play South Carolina State at 10 a.m. on Saturday, followed by Ohio at 4 p.m.

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