2008 Woodie Awards
Winning streaks snapped
Emerson and WNEC split double-header, end unbeaten marks
Mark Meagher
Issue date: 4/20/06 Section: Sports
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Both the Emerson and Western New England College (WNEC) softball squads saw their winning streaks end last Saturday afternoon. Emerson had won its previous 20 games while WNEC had won 63 straight Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) contests.
In a double-header match-up between the top predators of the GNAC, the first game found the Lions being hunted. In a 1-1 tie after four innings, WNEC scored 10 runs off starting pitcher Heather Drobiarz in the fifth inning.
The Lions had heard of WNEC's hitting ability and it was something Drobiarz experienced first hand.
However, she said she learned from her outing, noting pitching location was vital.
"I wasn't hitting the corners too well [in the fifth inning] and [against] a good hitting team, you can't really do that," Drobiarz said.
Despite a home run by Lindsay DeStefano in the bottom of the fifth inning, the Lions still lost the game 11-2.
Pitcher Sara Collings, like the rest of the squad, said she wasn't too happy with the result of the first contest.
"The first game was horrible and it was embarrassing," Collings said about the first game.
Hitting was the Lions' poacher in game one, as the team only managed to scratch across two runs.
"We didn't hit well in the first game and that's why it [was] so tight," McElroy said. "We have one bad inning and they score 10 runs."
During a break between the two games, McElroy rallied the pack, telling them to forget the first contest and focus on the next.
"We said the same thing. If we go out there and win [the second] game, we can forget about this first game," McElroy said. "That's basically what we did."
But the second game didn't get off to a better start Lions than the first. They fell behind early and trailed by five heading into the bottom half of the third until they rallied for seven runs, highlighted by a grand slam by Mallory Moretti.
Moretti said hitting a home run was the last thing on her mind.
In a double-header match-up between the top predators of the GNAC, the first game found the Lions being hunted. In a 1-1 tie after four innings, WNEC scored 10 runs off starting pitcher Heather Drobiarz in the fifth inning.
The Lions had heard of WNEC's hitting ability and it was something Drobiarz experienced first hand.
However, she said she learned from her outing, noting pitching location was vital.
"I wasn't hitting the corners too well [in the fifth inning] and [against] a good hitting team, you can't really do that," Drobiarz said.
Despite a home run by Lindsay DeStefano in the bottom of the fifth inning, the Lions still lost the game 11-2.
Pitcher Sara Collings, like the rest of the squad, said she wasn't too happy with the result of the first contest.
"The first game was horrible and it was embarrassing," Collings said about the first game.
Hitting was the Lions' poacher in game one, as the team only managed to scratch across two runs.
"We didn't hit well in the first game and that's why it [was] so tight," McElroy said. "We have one bad inning and they score 10 runs."
During a break between the two games, McElroy rallied the pack, telling them to forget the first contest and focus on the next.
"We said the same thing. If we go out there and win [the second] game, we can forget about this first game," McElroy said. "That's basically what we did."
But the second game didn't get off to a better start Lions than the first. They fell behind early and trailed by five heading into the bottom half of the third until they rallied for seven runs, highlighted by a grand slam by Mallory Moretti.
Moretti said hitting a home run was the last thing on her mind.
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