PANTHER SOFTBALL SHUTDOWN AGAINST FARMINGDALE STATE IN SKYLINE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT

MAY 2, 2009

Old Westbury-Farmingdale State Boxscore

FARMINGDALE, N.Y.-The second-seeded SUNY College at Old Westbury softball team fell 5-0 to the top-seeded Farmingdale State in the second round of the Skyline Conference Championship Tournament on Saturday morning in Farmingdale.  Old Westbury (21-13) will take on the winner of Saturday's 12:00 p.m. elimination game between Mount Saint Mary-Polytechnic Institute of NYU later in the afternoon at 2:00 p.m. with the winner moving onto the Championship game against Farmingdale State at 12:00 p.m. Sunday.

Panthers at the plate: In a quiet game at the plate for Old Westbury, freshman Ashley Bozzo (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.) singled to right field to ruin freshman Hope Zino's (Bayshore, N.Y.) bid for a no-hitter in the fifth inning.  Sophomore Angela Adamkiewicz (Commack, N.Y.) led off the seventh with a single to hit 1-for-3 at the plate with two strikeouts.

Rams at the plate: Farmingdale State got on the board in the third inning when freshman Aubrey Walker (West Babylon, N.Y.) lifted a doubled to right field to score Kaitlin Keenan (West Islip, N.Y.).  Farmingdale State tacked on three more runs in the fourth inning off a three run blast by Keenan to center field, scoring junior Lauren Poplawski (Levittown, N.Y.) and senior Kristina Cirillo (Brentwood, N.Y.).  Poplawski singled up the middle in the sixth inning to knock home Cirillo from third to put the Rams ahead, 5-0.  Cirillo (2-for-3, 3B, 2 Runs) and Poplawski (2-for-3, RBI, Run) paced the Rams with two hits while Keenan (1-for-3) delivered the big blow and scored two runs.  

Panthers in the circle: Sophomore right-hander Deborah Ciccarelli (St. James, N.Y.) took the loss for Old Westbury.  Ciccarelli allowed seven hits in six innings, surrendering five runs (4 earned) with two walks.

Rams in the circle: Behind Hope Zino, Farmingdale State controlled the game.  Zino handcuffed the Panthers in a complete game outing, giving up just two hits and one walk while striking out seven to move her team to the Championship.

Game Notes: Farmingdale State outhit Old Westbury, 7-2, including 5-0 in extra base hits.  On the base path, Old Westbury stranded three runners while Farmingdale State stole two bags and left five on base.  Defensively, Old Westbury committed two errors and Farmingdale State had one.  In the circle, Old Westbury issued a pair of walks compared to Farmingdale State, which struck out seven and handed out one free pass.

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