April 27, 2003

Box Score

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. - The Providence College softball team was defeated by Seton Hall, 1-0, 5-0, in a BIG EAST double header on Sunday, April 27.

Despite a strong pitching performance by PC's Melissa Peterson (Huntington Beach, Calif.), Seton Hall scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning to capture the first game of the double header, 1-0. Katie Pierce's base hit drove in Caitlin White for the lone run of the game. On the mound, the Pirates' Christina Shanko pitched a complete game shutout, as she allowed five hits and struckout six batters to improve to 18-3. Peterson pitched six plus innings for the Friars and posted seven strikeouts to move to 8-3.

In the second game, the Pirates scored the only run they would need in the first inning as they went on to a 5-0 victory. Seton Hall added another run in the fourth inning and three more in the fifth on Laura Taylor's 12th home run of the season. Pirates' pitcher Megan Meyer pitched a four-hit shutout and struck out six batters as she improved to 13-7. Cori Van Dusen took the loss on the mound for PC as she went four plus innings, allowed five runs (four earned) and recorded three strikeouts to move to 6-6 on the season. At the plate, Van Dusen batted two for three. Sophomore Nicole Bartholomew came in relief and posted three strikeouts in over one inning of action.

Providence fell to 16-18 overall and 1-11 in the BIG EAST, while Seton Hall improved to 32-11 overall and 10-6 in league play. Providence returns to action on Tuesday, April 29 at Brown University.

Sunday, April 27, 2003
vs. Seton Hall - South Orange, N.J.

GAME 1
Inning 		               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 	   -  R   H   E
PROVIDENCE (16-17, 1-10)       0 0 0 0 0 0 0	   -  0   5   0
Seton Hall (31-11, 9-6)        0 0 0 0 0 0 1	   -  1	  9   0

WP	-	SHU, Christina Shanko (18-3) - 7 innings
LP	-	PC, Melissa Peterson (8-3) - 6 1/3 innings


GAME 2
Inning 		               1 2 3 4 5 6 7  	   -  R   H   E
PROVIDENCE (16-18, 1-11)       0 0 0 0 0 0 0	   -  0   4   1
Seton Hall (32-11, 10-6)       1 0 0 1 3 0 x	   -  5	  6   2


WP	-	SHU, Megan Meyer (13-7) - 7 innings
LP	-	PC, Cori Van Dusen (6-6) - 4 2/3 innings
HR	-	SHU, D'arcy Djakalovic (2); SHU, Laura Taylor (12)