April 8, 2001
Box Score
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (www.lafayette.edu) - Junior third baseman Amanda Paolucci hit the 10th home run of her career and drove in four runs as Colgate defeated Lafayette 8-1 in the opening game of a softball doubleheader at the BAGSAI Complex in Binghamton, N.Y. In the nightcap, Adrienne O'Keeffe's suicide squeeze bunt drove in the winning run for Colgate in a 4-3Red Raider win.
In the opener, Colgate (16-14, 4-4) jumped on top 2-0 in the first inning on Paolucci's two-run single to centerfield. The Red Raiders scored again in the third inning on Frances Boone's RBI single.
Lafayette scored its only run of the game in the fourth inning. Kelly Wise (Whitestone, N.Y./St. Francis Prep) led off the inning with a single. Wise moved to third on Elizabeth Siliato's (San Francisco, Calif./Andover Academy) single and a subsequent error on the play. Wise scored on an RBI fielder's choice when Erin Allison (Brewster, N.Y./Brewster) hit a ball to rightfield but was cut down at first.
Colgate responded with three runs in the fifth. Wright scored on a wild pitch, and Paolucci belted a two-run homer over the left center fence. The Red Raiders added two more runs in the sixth inning.
Freshman Elena Isaac (5-5) was the winning pitcher for the Red Raiders. She allowed seven hits, one unearned run, walked one and struck out two.
Offensively for the Leopards, Laura Schrager (Montclair, N.J./Montclair-Kimberly Academy) led the way with a 3-for-4 day
In the nightcap, Colgate held a 3-0 lead entering the sixth inning before Lafayette rallied to tie the score 3-3. Schrager, who led off the inning with a bunt single, scored on a Becky Foley (Jamison, Pa./Villa Joseph Marie) single up the middle. Colgate pitcher Katie Konrad plated the next Leopard run with a bases-loaded walk. Lafayette used a bases-loaded walk to score its next run. The Leopards' third and final run of the inning came when Stacy Brewer (Bay Shore, N.Y./Bay Shore) was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.
In the Colgate sixth, Chaussee led off with a bunt single and moved to second on a passed ball. After Tina Scharf sacrificed her to third, pinch hitter O'Keeffe brought her in with a squeeze bunt.
The Red Raiders had scored their first run in the second inning on a wild pitch before Rawson gave Colgate a 2-0 lead in the third inning with her seventh home run of the season. Paolucci drove in Colgate's third inning with a RBI single in the fifth.
Schrager and Foley led the Lafayette offense with 2-for-3 days. Rawson and Paolucci had two hits apiece for Colgate. Konrad (2-1) picked up the victory.
Lafayette (4-22, 0-8) returns to action on Tuesday in a doubleheader at Villanova.
