Jessica Megill held NYU scoreless until the top of the 5th when NYU scored 3 runs. Amanda Petroceli came in the 6th inning and held NYU scoreless. Stevens tied the score at 3 in the bottom on the 6th when Krista Sticca hit a sac fly to score Kate Vaupel. In an exciting bottom the 7th, Stevens won the game. Julie Wilkerson and Kate Vaupel hit back to back singles with 1 out. Mechelle Buonacoure reached first on field choice with adanved Vaupel to 3rd. Krista Sticco stepped to the plate with 2 outs and drove in the winning run with a single up the middle.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Stevens 5 Mt. St. Vincent (varsity) 2, Winning at Home
Stevens 4 Mt. St. Vincent 5, Losing at Home
Stevens scored 4 runs in the top of the 1st and controlled the game through 7 innings.Leadoff batter Krista Sticco was 3-3 with a stolen base.Naomi Sacks, Maggie Weigel, Julie Wilkerson, and Gabby Gornelli all had a hit apiece.Petrocelli earned the win going the distance. She had 9 strikeouts while giving up only 6 hits.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Stevens 3 NYU 8, Losing at Home
Krista Sticco went 2 for 4 with a double.Maggiel Weigel went 2 for 3 with double and 1 run scored. Stevens 16 UMass 4, Winning at Home Stevens 1 UMass 3, Losing at Home
Jessica Megill pitched the first game giving up 3 runs on 5 hits.She had 13 strike outs while only giving up 1 walk. Amanda Petrocelli earned the win the game 2 of the day.She gave up 5 hits and had 3 strikeouts.The offense also came alive to score 16 runs in 5 innings.Naomi Sacks was 3-4 with 2 doubles and a run scored. Gabby Gornelli was 2-3 with 2 runs scored and a stolen base.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Freshman Julie Wilkerson went 5-9 on the weekend with 1 stolen base, 1 run scored and 2 RBIs. She had a big triple in Friday night's game but we couldn't get her home. Jessica Megill earned the 8-1 victory in game 2 of Saturday's doubleheader. She had 4 strikeouts while giving up only 2 walks and 4 hits.
Stevens won a doubleheader against NYU Sunday. The first game was played in 5 innings with a score of 16-5. Amanda Petrocelli earned the win with 3 K’s and giving up 6 hits. Stevens took the second game in 7 innings with a score of 8-7. Jessica McGill got the win going the distance with 4 K’s. Other highlights include Naomi Sacks going 4-5 with 2 RBI, 2BB, 2SB AND 4 runs scored, Maggie Weigel (frosh) went 4-7 with 4RBI, 1BB and 1SB and Jessica Megill went 3-4 with one of those hits being a double, 2BB, 1SB, 1RBI and 4 runs scored.
During the first 2 games Denise Wagner went a combined 5-9 with 4RBIs and 3 runs scored. 1 of this hits was a double. Everyone got at least 1 hit in each of the first 2 games. Our bats were on fire but unfortunately so were UConn's. Jessica Megill and Amanda Petrocelli combined for the 1-0 loss Sunday. The only run scored was unearned.
Game 1: SIT 13 @ UConn 23
Game 2: SIT 8 @ UConn 15
Game 3: SIT 0 @ UConn 1
Stevens to Welcome Softball as a Varsity
Sport for 2009-10 School Year
HOBOKEN, N.J. (September 15, 2008) – Stevens Institute of Technology Director of Athletics Russell Rogers (Branchburg, N.J.) announced Friday that softball will be added as a varsity sport for the 2009-10 school year. Stevens, who currently has a club softball team that competes in the National Club Softball Association, will compete in the Empire 8 effective for the 2010 softball season. Softball will be the 26th varsity program that Stevens offers.
Erica Mehalick (Hoboken, N.J.), the current coach of the club squad, will be the first head coach in the history of the Stevens softball program.
“I am extremely excited to have the opportunity to pioneer the softball program from a club team to the varsity sport,” said Mehalick. “This was my exact intention and goal when I came to Stevens three years ago.The athletes have worked hard and proved their dedication to the sport and I know they are ready to compete at the next level.”
The Ducks home field will be located at Weehawken High School in Weehawken, N.J. The surface is Field Turf and the field itself takes on an appearance much like Dobbelar Baseball Field at the De Baun Athletic Complex on the Stevens campus. The facility, which is just one year old, has lights, batting cages and a great deal of practice space outside of the playing field itself.
The Empire 8 will be a very competitive conference for softball as St. John Fisher College won the conference tournament in 2008 and Ithaca College earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament. Ithaca finished fourth overall a year ago and had won six-straight conference titles before last season.
“I want this team to continue to love playing the game and to be competitive,” added Mehalick. “Our goal for the first season is to improve each time we step on the field and finish in the top half of the Empire 8.”
Stevens currently has a roster of 15 players and will be led by junior shortstop Naomi Sacks (Schnecksville, Pa.). Sacks moved to shortstop last season and has great physical and mental skills. Sarah Parker (Stafford, Va.) and Denise Wagner (Franklin Lakes, N.J.), presently sophomores, will be looked upon to lead the Ducks in 2009-10. Senior Jessica Megill (Clark, N.J.) won’t be on the team next year but has been a two-year captain and club president since 2006.
“Softball is a sport in which I feel we can make significant strides quickly,” said Rogers. “The club team has been together for some time, we offer outstanding facilities, and Stevens is located right in the middle of a very strong region for the sport. I have great confidence in Coach Mehalick to lead the team in its transition to varsity status in the years to come.”
The Ducks’ 2008-09 schedule will feature club squads from the University of Connecticut, The College of New Jersey, Rutgers University, Princeton University, Lafayette College and New York University. The Ducks only home game this fall is versus NYU on October 26. They will open their fall slate at NYU on October 4.
