Coast Guard Academy Sports Roundup

The Coast Guard Academy softball team spoiled a near win for Castleton State College and went on to defeat the Spartans in a second game of a doubleheader, while the baseball team split a doubleheader with Clark University. The following information was provided by Jason Southard, sports information director at the Coast Guard Academy:

Softball: Coast Guard 5, Castleton 4; Coast Guard 17, Castleton 0

The Coast Guard, ranked 17th nationally, rallied for four runs in the bottom of the seventh, winning the game on an error, to erase a 4-1 deficit in the opener to spoil Castleton’s upset bid with a 5-4 win before beating the Spartans 17-0 in five innings in game two of a non-conference doubleheader.

Castleton was one-out away from a huge upset leading 4-3 with the bases loaded when freshman Stephanie Figgins hit a fly ball to right field that was dropped allowing two runs to score.

The Spartans erupted for four runs in the fourth with senior Shannon Jipner blasted a deep three-run homer to left for a 4-1 lead. The Bears had scored an unearned run in the top of the first.

In the home half of the seventh, senior Jamie Kim led off with a single. Senior Maddie Buchert and freshman Jesse Richardson had back-to-back RBI doubles with one out to cut the deficit to 4-3. Freshman Chloe Harmon walked and sophomore Devin Fellman was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Senior Stacia Sarwinski struck out before Figgins’ fly ball was dropped giving the Bears the walkoff win.

Senior Hayley Feindel (7-4) allowed four runs and four hits while walking three and striking out six to pickup the win.

Junior Taylor Lively (0-6) was the tough luck loser as she allowed just five hits and five runs, just two earned while walking five and striking out seven.
In game two, Sarwinski and sophomore Kaitlin Ward each hit three-run homers as the Bears had 17 hits in the 17-0 win.

Sarwinski’s homer highlighted an eight run second inning while Ward’s three-run shot was part of a five run third as the Bears led 15-0 after three innings.
Junior Catherine Walker, making her first appearance of the year on the mound, fired a her first career shutout, a three-hitter with four walks and four strikeouts.

Buchert and Ward were both 3 for 3 while Harmon added two hits and two RBI’s in the win for Coast Guard, which improved to 8-4 on the season.
Castleton drops to 0-8 on the year.

Baseball: Coast Guard 2, Clark 1; Clark 8, Coast Guard 1

Coast Guard junior Derek Petty scattered six hits and allowed an unearned run in the opener while Clark junior Andrew LeBlanc went the distance in game two allowing a run on nine hits while striking out 12 as the Bears and Cougars split a New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) doubleheader. Coast Guard won the opener 2-1 while Clark won the nightcap 8-1.

In the opener, Petty (1-1) walked two and struck out eight in the seven inning complete game to pickup his first win of the season and the Bears scored a run in the second on a sacrifice fly by junior Ed Sella and one more in the third on an RBI single by Tyler Babkiewich for a 2-0 lead.

Clark got its run in the fourth as senior Matt Bohl led off with a single, stole second and scored on a throwing error.

Sophomore Brian Sullivan (1-2) went the distance for Clark allowing just four hits and two earned run while walking five and striking out three.

Senior Shawn Lamothe had two hits for Clark in the opener, the only player on either team with multiple hits in the opener.

In game two, Clark scored a run in the first and four in the third for a 5-0 lead and the Cougars rode the arm of LeBlanc to the win.

Freshman Ian Farrell had an RBI single in the first before senior Nicholas Kellogg had a two-run single to highlight the four run third.

The Cougars added single runs in both the fourth and sixth innings both times on RBI singles by Lamothe for a 7-0 lead.

Coast Guard scored its only run in the seventh on a sacrifice fly by Babkiewich.
LeBlanc (1-2) walked three and struck out 12 to pickup his first win of the season.

Junior Nate Toll (0-3) took the loss for Coast Guard. He pitched the first six innings and allowed eight hits and seven runs, five earned, while walking three and fanning four.

Junior Curt Barrett allowed just three hits and an unearned run in the final three innings.

Bohl and Lamothe each had three hits in game two for Clark.

Freshman Mike Shannon had three hits for the Bears, the only multiple hitter for Coast Guard in the game two loss.

Coast Guard is now 6-6 overall and 2-1 in league play while Clark is 2-11 overall and 1-2 in NEWMAC play and the Cougars snapped an eight game slide with the win in the nightcap.