Softball

Eagles Sweep Inferno On Senior Day

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MILWAUKEE -- The visiting Edgewood College Eagles spoiled Alverno College's Senior Day with a 7-4 and 6-2 sweep of the Inferno Saturday afternoon at Alverno Field.

Alverno (19-15, 8-8 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference) held leads in both games, but couldn't hold off the visiting Eagles (13-21, 7-9 NACC).

After Kristin Holub plated Alexis Botsford in the bottom of the first in the opening game, the Rossi sisters combined to score three more in the second inning.

Ashlie Rossi scored a pair on a single up the middle and Megan Rossi followed with an RBI-double the next at bat.

The Inferno would go the next four innings without recording a hit, while the Eagles scored seven runs on eight hits over the fourth and fifth innings.

Megan Rossi's two-out single in the seventh inning gave the senior her 100th-carrer hit. The third baseman becomes just the 10th player in Alverno history to reach the batting milestone.

Erin Dulek went 4.1 innings and suffered the loss, while Edgewood's Shannon Whitmus (2-1) earned the win in 5.1 innings of relief.

In game two Holub gave Alverno a 2-1 lead in the third inning as her double to left-center field scored Botsford and Sam Kasprzak.

However the Inferno wouldn't score again and the Eagles tagged Alverno relief pitchers for five runs. The senior right-hander Dulek (8-8) pitched just a third of an inning, but was tagged for her second loss of the day.

Edgewood's Rachel DeJongh (6-9) earned the complete-game victory scattering five hits in the contest.

Dulek and Rossi were honored between games for their four-year careers with the Inferno.

Alverno hits the road for one last time this season Sunday for a doubleheader at Rockford University, before finishing up the season with a pair of series at home next week.

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Players Mentioned

Alexis Botsford

#13 Alexis Botsford

2B/SS
5' 0"
Sophomore
R/R
Erin Dulek

#4 Erin Dulek

P/1B
5' 11"
Senior
R/R
Kristin Holub

#9 Kristin Holub

OF/C
5' 5"
Sophomore
R/R
Sam Kasprzak

#28 Sam Kasprzak

OF
5' 8"
Junior
L/L
Ashlie Rossi

#19 Ashlie Rossi

1B/P
5' 7"
Freshman
R/R
Megan Rossi

#16 Megan Rossi

P/3B
5' 3"
Senior
R/R

Players Mentioned

Alexis Botsford

#13 Alexis Botsford

5' 0"
Sophomore
R/R
2B/SS
Erin Dulek

#4 Erin Dulek

5' 11"
Senior
R/R
P/1B
Kristin Holub

#9 Kristin Holub

5' 5"
Sophomore
R/R
OF/C
Sam Kasprzak

#28 Sam Kasprzak

5' 8"
Junior
L/L
OF
Ashlie Rossi

#19 Ashlie Rossi

5' 7"
Freshman
R/R
1B/P
Megan Rossi

#16 Megan Rossi

5' 3"
Senior
R/R
P/3B