Owls Drop Doubleheader to Rollins

Recap, photo courtesy of Southern Connecticut State University

WINTER PARK, Fla. – The Southern Connecticut State University softball squad dropped two games to Rollins College, 6-0 and 1-0 at MLK Park in Winter Park, Fla. The Owls drop to 1-9 overall, while the Tars improve to 22-5.

For Southern Connecticut, Sara Buscetto (Waterford, Conn.) and Alexa Bacoulis (Monroe, Conn.) were the offense-generators for the Owls as they both went 3-for-7 on the day.

       Game 1 vs. Rollins

• Rollins got on the board early with a solo homerun to left field in the first inning.
• They added three more third-inning runs off three hits before adding their final run in the sixth inning off a double to left center field.
• The Tars steady offense throughout seven innings was the key to their 6-0 game one victory.

       Game Facts

• Bacoulis was one of four Owls to collect hits as she went 2-for-4 in game one.
• Sophomore Jazmyn Martinez (Middletown, N.Y.) pitched six innings with four strikeouts in 32 batters faced.

       Game 2 vs. Rollins

• Rollins opened game two with a run in the first inning off a solo homerun to left field.
• Their first inning homerun was the deciding factor as the Tars captured the 1-0 victory in the final game of the day.

       Game Facts

• Buscetto went 2-for-3 in the second showing of the day with one stolen base.
• Bacoulis and freshman Liz DeRosa (Hudson, N.H.) collected a hit apiece.
• Sophomore Kailey Westington (Ridgefield, Conn.) pitched six innings with one strikeout in 26 batters faced.

        Notes

• Junior Sara Buscetto and freshman Liz DeRosa extended their hitting streak to three games.
• Buscetto's game two stolen base puts her at six on the year. She is currently tied for second in the NE10 in stolen bases.
• In addition to her three-game hitting streak, DeRosa's collegiate career has gotten off to a hot start as she leads the team in RBI (5), third in hits (8) and tied for second with Buscetto in doubles (2).
• Junior Julia Lener is leading the offensive charge through the first ten games with a .313 batting average, .375 slugging average, a team-high four runs and tied for a team-high ten hits including two doubles and four RBI.

Up Next
The Owls will take a five-day hiatus in preparation for their home opener on Tuesday, March 19 when they host LIU Post for a doubleheader starting at 2:30 p.m.

Owls Fall To Elm City Rival New Haven

Recap, photo courtesy of Southern Connecticut State University

WEST HAVEN, Conn. – The Southern Connecticut State University lacrosse squad falls to the University of New Haven, 22-6 at the Kathy Zolad Stadium. With the loss the Owls drop to 0-5 overall and 0-2 in the conference, while the Chargers improve to 3-1 and 2-0 in the NE10.

Samantha Cozzolino (Hamden, Conn.) notched a hat-trick and five draw controls in the loss. Brianna Grande (West Hartford, Conn.) scored the second goal of her career along with three draw controls. Stephanie Seymour (North Branford, Conn.) tallied a goal and two draw controls.

Laura Morton (Somers, Conn.) started the game, tallied six saves and allowed 14 goals in the first half. Alexandra Takacs (Sparta, N.J.) had six saves in relief, had a .429 save percentage and allowed 8 goals.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Chargers offense wasted no time scoring two goals in the first three minutes of play. However, the Owls captains answered with two goals from Cozzolino and one from Grande cutting the New Haven's lead down to one, 4-3. 
• New Haven tallied nine unanswered goals to take a commanding ten goal lead at the 6:25 mark. The Owls were able to put in two more goals before the half ended making the score 14-5. 
• The Owls were held scoreless through most of the second half until Karlie Rowe scored a goal with one-minute remaining in the game.   

FACTS

• Brianna Grande scored the second goal of her collegiate career, the first came on March 3, 2019 against NYIT.
• Cozzolino tallied the eighteenth hat-trick of her career and her third of the season. She leads the Owls with 13 goals and three assists through five games.
• With one goal Rowe increases her goal total to eight on the season while teammate Stephanie Seymour brings her goal total to three on the year.

UP NEXT
The Owls return home to host Saint Anselm on Saturday, Mar. 16 at 1 p.m.

SCSU Field Hockey Receives 2018 ZAG Field Hockey/NFHCA National Academic Team Award

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – For the 12th consecutive-year,  the Southern Connecticut State University field hockey team earned the ZAG Field Hockey/National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) National Academic Team Award.  National Academic Team honors from the National Field Hockey Coaches Association.

The Division II National Academic Team Award recognizes programs that earned a team grade-point average of 3.0 or higher during the fall semester of the 2018-19 school year. In addition, SCSU field hockey previously had 14 student-athletes honored on the 2018 Northeast 10 Fall Academic Honor Roll.

In total, the Owls were one of 30 programs at the Division II level to be recognized with this honor.

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Bears Split Day Three of The Spring Games

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KISSIMMEE, Fla.-- Coast Guard softball split on the third day of The Spring Games in Florida. The Bears started the day with a 11-8 victory over Webster University and then dropped a 9-8 setback against Ohio Wesleyan. The Bears are now 3-3, while Webster falls to 1-8 and Ohio Wesleyan is now 1-2.

The Bears are back in action on Thursday, March 14 at 9:00 AM against Scranton and at 11:15 AM against Ursinus.

GAME ONE-- COAST GUARD 11, WEBSTER 8

The Bears had a season-high 15 hits in the victory, with a team-high 3 coming from junior Claire Hurley. Juniors Courtney McKenna, Kayla Sowers, Carly Hattman, sophomore Charlee Kraiss,and freshman Maggie Perez all added two hits for Coast Guard.

The Bears got on the board first, as they used three hits to plate two runs in the top of the second to take an early 2-0 lead. Webster tied the game in the bottom of the third on a two-run double by Darion Morlan.

Coast Guard had a strong fourth inning as they sent 10 hitters to the plate and scored five runs on six hits. Kraiss and McKenna both had big hits in the inning with two-run singles each as the Bears took a 7-2 lead.

In the bottom of the fifth, Webster got three runs to pull within 7-5.

The Bears responded in the top of the sixth when they had five hits and a passed ball to score four runs and extend the lead 11-5.

Webster score two more in the sixth and one in the seventh to cut their deficit by three but junior Julia Ferris, struck out Taylor Jackson for the final out of the game as the Bears took the 11-8 victory.
Ferris got the win in the circle as she threw the final 2.1 innings and allowed four hits and three runs (one earned), while walking one and striking out three.

GAME TWO-- OHIO WESLEYAN 9, COAST GUARD 8
Junior Audrey Bartz hit a one-run homerun and Hurley was 3 for 5 with three RBI's in the Bears 9-8 setback against Ohio Wesleyan. The Bears had 13 hits in the loss including two from Kraiss, McKenna, and senior Sharayah Simco.

Ohio Wesleyan got on the board first with an RBI single by Erica Buchanan at the top of the fourth. Bartz answered in the bottom of the fourth with her home run to tie it, 1-1. The Bears extended their lead in the bottom of the fourth with four more hits to take a 5-1 advantage.

Hattman hit a one-run double, followed by a two-run single from Hurley to give the Bears an 8-1 lead at the bottom of the fifth.

Ohio Wesleyan rallied in the final two innings as they used five runs in the sixth and three runs in the seventh to comeback and win it 9-8.

Bears Fall to Washington

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CHESTERTOWN, Md.-- Coast Guard women's lacrosse dropped a 17-6 setback against Washington College on Tuesday afternoon. The Bears fall to 1-4 on the season, while Washington improves to 2-2.

Sophomore Haley Howard scored two goals with four ground balls and three caused turnovers. Freshman Maddie Rizzuto and sophomore Etta Davis tallied two goals each and sophomore Mel Goins also scored one goal and Leah Llewellyn caused two turnovers and grabbed one ground ball in the loss.

Washington was led by Cecily Docktor with two goals and five assists, Lauren Brenner had two goals and four assists, Aubrey Robinson put up four goals, and Kristy Grovom scored a hat trick of her own.

Washington opened the game with a four-goal run, with two coming from Robinson. Rizzuto and Howard scored the first two for the Bears, cutting the deficit, 4-2. Brenner scored the next two and extended Washington's lead, 6-2 but Davis and Rizzuto answered, with back-to-back goals to bring the Bears within two, 6-4. Davis scored her second goal at 19:06 to make it 7-5 in favor of Washington, but Washington went on to score the final three goals of the half to take a 10-5 lead at halftime.

Washington opened the second half with three more goals to extend to 13-5. Haley Howard scored at 25:14 on a free position shot, as the Bears trailed 13-6. Mel Goins scored at 6:20, but Washington finished with the 18-7 victory over the Bears.

Sophomore goalkeeper Rebecca Dolan made ten saves in her 36 minutes of action and Mary Budri made four saves in the remaining 24 minutes.

The Bears are back in action on Wednesday, March 20 at 7:00 PM when they travel to Roger Williams.

Bears Run Win Streak to Four in Ft. Myers

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FORT MYERS, Fla. – Reed Jenkins had three hits including a three-run double to highlight a six run eighth leading Coast Guard to its fourth straight win a 12-5 victory over Lakeland at the Gene Cusic Classic.

Jenkins had a pair of doubles and drove in four runs and scored a pair while Jake Behne had a pair of hits and Luke Thompson drove in three runs for the Bears.

Connor Glynn (2-0) picked up his second win of the season in relief as he worked 2 1/3 innings allowing three hits and no earned runs while fanning two. Dan Finn worked the final two innings allowing just one hit to record his first career save.

The Bears took a 3-1 lead in the second on an RBI double by Jenkins and a two-run single by Thompson.

Coast Guard led 4-3 in the sixth when the Bears got sacrifice flies by Nolan Johnson and Thompson to push the lead to 6-3.

Lakeland cut the deficit to 6-5 in the seventh before the Bears huge eighth inning put the game away.

In the eighth, Will Stephens drew a bases loaded walk, Jon Pressley was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and Behne delivered a sacrifice fly before Jenkins ripped the bases clearing double  to right.

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