LAKEWOOD, N.J. - The Holy Family University softball lost 6-3 to #3 Caldwell University on day two of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Softball Championships Friday. The game was in the elimination bracket of the double-elimination tournament. The loss concludes the 2021-22 season for the Tigers.
Score: Caldwell 6, Holy Family 3
Records: Holy Family (17-33, 11-13 CACC), Caldwell (36-14, 19-5 CACC)
Location: Lakewood, N.J. (GCU Softball Complex)
How It Happened
* Caldwell capitalized on a wild pitch from senior
Ashley Remington (Collegeville, Pa./Pope John Paul II) to take a 1-0 lead in the first. The Cougars made it 2-0 when they scored on a Holy Family throwing error in the second.
* Maya Rodriguez and Allison Winters each sent shots over the fence to make it 4-0 in favor of Caldwell in the third.
* Freshman
Carlie Miller (Hermitage, Pa./Hickory) recorded her first career homerun in the fifth for two RBI. Three batters later, senior
Elaina Hansen (Mullica Hill, N.J./Clearview Regional) tripled for an RBI to make it a one-run game at 4-3.
* The long ball proved to be kryptonite for Holy Family as both Ashleigh Tavaska and Paige Sandoval each knocked one over the fence in the sixth to seal the 6-3 victory.
Inside the Box Score (Game 1)
* In the nine-hit effort by the Tigers both Miller and senior
Jasmine Martinez (Riverside, Calif./Riverside Polytechnic) finished 2-for-3.
* Senior
Ashley Remington (Collegeville, Pa./Pope John Paul II) recorded the loss in the circle allowing five earned runs off of six hits in six innings of work. She struck out four.
* Mariah Culver earned the win for Caldwell allowing three earned runs in seven innings allowing nine hits while striking out four.