ORANGE, Calif. - The Chapman University softball team
didn't have a ton of hits, but when they came, they bunches and it
was enough to sweep visiting Pomona-Pitzer Colleges in a
home-opening doubleheader at Hart Park on Sunday afternoon. The
Panthers used a three-run second inning to propel them to a 3-1
victory in Game 1 and came from behind with four runs in the fifth
to win Game 2, 5-3.
Game 1: Chapman 3, Pomona-Pitzer 1
The Panthers plated three runs in the second inning and freshman
RHP Lindsey Delamater made the lead standup. The
rookie earned her first collegiate victory with a complete game,
six-hitter. Junior IF SheaLynn Slover led off the
second with a single and scored three batters later on an RBI
single by junior IF Dani Brown. Two more runs came
around on a two-out error off the bat of freshman OF Jojo
Wakabayashi to give Chapman a 3-0 lead.
For Pomona-Pitzer, IF Brianna Marcantoni had an
RBI double in the fourth for the only run. The Sagehens out-hit the
Panthers 6-5 in the game.
Game 2: Chapman 5, Pomona-Pitzer 3
Trailing 3-1 with two outs in the fifth, Chapman (3-3) rallied
for four runs to pull its record even at .500 for the season.
Junior IF Erin DeRycke came to the plate with two
runners on and doubled down the third-base line driving in both
runs and tying the game at 3-3. DeRycke later scored on a wild
pitch to give the Panthers the lead for good. After fouling off
several pitches with two strikes, then working the count full,
Brown then sent her first home run of the season over the fence in
left-center to give Chapman a four-run inning.
The big inning made a winner out of junior RHP Katie
Finley (2-1), who allowed just two hits in five innings,
but walked six and struck out four. Junior RHP Ally
Waffle pitched a pair of hitless innings in relief for her
first career save.
Chapman again had just five hits and is hitting .162 in the
first six games of the season. Slover led the Panthers, going
2-for-3 and driving in the first run of the game.