University of Massachusets Athletics
Softball Sweeps Syracuse, 2-0, 7-4
April 02, 2000 | Softball
April 2, 2000
AMHERST, Mass. - Freshman Kaila Holtz (North Vancouver, B.C.) pitched her third career shutout to lead the University of Massachusetts to a 2-0 victory over Syracuse in the first game of a doubleheader today. The Minutewomen went on to sweep the Orangewomen, after defeating Syracuse 7-4 in the second contest of the day. UMass improves to 12-17 with the wins, while the Orangewomen drop to 13-16 this season.
Freshman Emily Robustelli (Stamford, Conn.) tripled to start out the first inning for UMass and went on to score the Minutewomen's first run of the day on an RBI by sophomore Teri Rooney (Visalia, Calif.). Sophomore Cherra Wheeler (Kingsburg, Calif.) doubled to cap off the second inning for UMass, and Holtz then singled, advancing Wheeler to third base. Wheeler went on to score the final run of the day off an RBI by junior Debbie Tomoguchi (Irvine, Calif.) to seal the 2-0 win.
Holtz pitched all seven innings in game one, striking out five batters, while allowing only one hit in the game. She improves to 6-5 on the mound with the win today.
In game two, UMass led 4-1 after the fifth inning, after scoring single runs in the first, third, fourth and fifth innings of the game, including a solo home run by Wheeler in the fifth inning. The Orangewomen scored three runs in the sixth inning to tie the ballgame up at 4-4. But Holtz would put the Minutewomen in the lead for good, though, as she singled to left field in the sixth, bringing in Rooney at the plate. UMass scored two more runs in the inning off two RBIs by senior Nikki Faessler (Milford, Mass.), who now has at 13 RBIs this season. Wheeler went 3-for-4 with two RBIs in the game at the plate, while Rooney also batted 3-for-4 in the game.
Junior Carrie Jeffries (Placentia, Calif.) picked up the win on the mound in the second contest of the day, to improve to 3-7 this season. Jeffries pitched all seven innings, striking out four batters, while allowing seven hits.
The Minutewomen are next in action on April 4 at Central Connecticut at 3 p.m.
