Sarah Stumper

Stonehill and Wilmington Held by Rain, 3-3 (6 innings)

Skyhawks have potential game-winning run taken off the board
when third rain stoppage puts an end to game in top of seventh

Boxscore

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (March 11, 2010) – The weather dominated today's play at the 2010 Rebel Spring Games as Stonehill College's matchup with Wilmington (Del.) University that started just prior to 9 a.m., was halted due to inclement weather nearly seven hours later after a third rain delay, resulting in a 3-3 tie at Osceola County Softball Complex today. The Skyhawks second scheduled game of the day against New York Institute of Technology was also cancelled due to rain.

Stonehill had a go-ahead run in the seventh pulled off the board with the final rainout as under NCAA rules an inning in which a go-ahead run is scored much be completed in full. With the rain stopping play after sophomore Lindsay Bock (Amherst, N.H./Souhegan) scored on a wild pitch with none out.

Stonehill opened the scoring in the second when sophomore Sarah Stumper (St. James, N.Y./Smithtown East) drove in freshman Nicole Eisenmann (East Bridgewater, Mass./East Bridgewater), who singled, on a ground out. The Skyhawks added a pair in the fifth as senior Kristen Clark (Brockton, Mass./Brockton) led off with a single and later scored when sophomore Chelsea Stryker (Baldwin, N.Y./Kellenberg Memorial) was hit by a pitch with the based loaded. Freshman Kelsey Wilcox (Canterbury, Conn./Griswold) followed with an RBI single to score Bock, who reached on an error.

Wilmington knotted the score in in the home half of the fifth in a half inning which saw two lengthy rain delays. Junior Kristin Tomlinson (Millsboro, Del./Sussex Central) delivered a two-run double before the game was delayed by over an hour. When play resumed, junior Amanda Cordey (Millsboro, Del./Sussex Central) drove in Tomlinson with an RBI single, bringing on a two and a half hour rain delay.

Sophomore Kaitlin Andrews (Hudson, Mass./Hudson) started for Stonehill in the circle and allowed three runs, two earned, on four hits with a strikeout and four walks over 4.2 innings, Classmate Samantha Krantz (Hampton Bays, N.Y./Hampton Bays) went the final 1.1 innings, allowing just a hit and a walk.

Stonehill (3-3-1, 0-0 NE-10) closes out its spring break trip tomorrow against the University of Indianapolis (1 p.m.) and the University of Minnesota-Duluth (5 p.m.). The Skyhawks return north following tomorrow's game and their first home doubleheader is scheduled for Tuesday, March 30, against the University of Massachusetts Lowell starting at 3 p.m.