NEW LONDON, Conn. – The Roger Williams University Softball team could not get its first true road win of the season as Coast Guard, ranked 21st nationally and first in New England, swept the Hawks 4-0 and 11-3 in a non-conference doubleheader.
Sophomore Hayley Feindel fired a one-hitter with nine strikeouts in the opener and senior Courtney Wolf had two hits and three RBI's including a two-run homer in the bottom of the fifth, which ended the game because of the eight-run rule.
Feindel (9-3) faced just one batter over the minimum in the opener, allowing a two-out single to senior Kerry Burke (Old Saybrook, Conn.) in the fifth.
Coast Guard broke the scoreless tie in the bottom of the fifth on an RBI single by sophomore Maddie Buchert, the Bears added a run on an error for a 2-0 lead. Coast Guard then scored two insurance runs in the sixth with Buchert again doing the damage with a two-run double.
Buchert was 3 for 4 with thee RBI's in the opener.
The Bears (11-3) jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the nightcap taking advantage of 10 unearned runs in the game. Coast Guard plated three runs in the first and a pair in the second. Wolf had an RBI single in the first and the Bears added two more runs on errors and in the third and junior Becky Miller had an RBI ground out in the second.
Senior Samantha Teves (Somerset, Mass.) got the Hawks on the board with an RBI double in the fourth and classmate Melissa Sereti (Shrewsbury, Mass.) added an RBI groundout to cut the deficit to 5-2.
Coast Guard responded with three unearned runs in the bottom of the fourth to take an 8-2 lead. Freshman Lauren Tierney (Middleboro, Mass.) hit a solo homer in the fifth for Roger Williams (8-6).
In the home half of the fifth, Frederick had an RBI single before Wolf's walk off homer.
Freshman Catherine Walker (2-0) scattered five hits over the five innings allowing three earned runs while walking three and striking out three to pickup the win.
Frederick, Wolf and freshman Holli Bastinck each had a pair of hits in the game two win as the Bears pushed their winning streak to six.
- Release courtesy of the Coast Guard Academy Sports Information Department
