GAME ONE BOX SCORE

GAME TWO BOX SCORE

(BOWIE, Md.) Bowie State University won their fourth straight game, taking a pair from visiting Saint Paul's College by beating the Lady Tigers 23-0 and 13-4 in CIAA softball action. The wins improve Bowie State's record to 10-4 overall, 9-1 CIAA and 2-0 in the Eastern Division.

Game one was total Lady Bulldogs domination from the very beginning. Bowie State jumped on Saint Paul's with a five run first inning and six run second inning to put the Lady Tigers in an 11-0 hole. Freshman pitcher Faline Brown (Inwood, W.Va., Hagerstown C.C.) had a no-hitter going through the first three innings. Brown recorded her fourth win of the season, striking out four and walked one.

Bowie State really broke the game over in the bottom of the third, sending 14 batters to the plate which resulted in 11 runs on 10 hits. The big hits came courtesy of freshman Shanae Smoot (Bel Alton, Md., LaPlata) and senior Ashley Cook (Port Republic, Md., Calvert, College of Southern Maryland). Smoot blasted a three-run homer, her second jack of the game and Cook followed that with a solo homerun.

Cherrell Jones got the first Saint Paul's hit of the afternoon in the top of the fourth inning but was doubled up after Whitney Foster lined out to BSU's Heather Enders (Glen Burnie, MD, Old Mill). Farrah Sells doubled to right center for the second Saint Paul's hit.  However, Tiffany Ball stroke out swinging to kill the Lady Tigers threat.

Junior Annette Makle (Brandywine, MD, Gwynn Park) flew out to left field to start BSU's half of the fourth. Senior Virginia Hockey (Bowie, MD, Mount Saint Mary's University) singled to left and sophomore Danielle McClay (Silver Spring, MD, Montgomery Blair) doubled, scoring Hockey.

Smoot led Bowie State in game one, going 4-for-4 and recorded a game-high six RBI. Hockey was also perfect at the plate, going 3-for-3. Every Bowie State player recorded at least one hit in the opener.

Game two started a whole lot different in game two with the Lady Tigers jumping out to a 3-0 advantage in the first inning. Foster reached on a bunt single then advanced to second on a passed ball. Stephanie Gray sent one over the left field fence, scoring Foster. Ball homered to center field to account for St. Paul's early lead.

Bowie State senior Tricia Corbin (Glen Burnie, MD, Old Mill) singled in the bottom of the first, stole second and advanced to third on the throw. Corbin scored BSU's first run on a passed ball.

A four-run third inning shifted the lead over to Bowie State and the Lady Bulldogs would not relinquish the lead for the rest of the game. Of those four runs, three were a result of Saint Paul's errors.

Bowie State added a pair of runs in the fourth and fifth inning respectively before SPC's Lady Tigers put their final run of the game on the Lady Bulldogs Field scoreboard in the sixth inning. Ball was responsible for the run, hitting her second home run of the nightcap.

BSU's Lady Bulldogs tallied four more runs on three hits in the bottom of the sixth inning to wrap-up the game by way of the 8-run mercy rule. Bowie State held a 13-7 hit advantage over Saint Paul's in game two. Errors continued for Saint Paul's in the nightcap with the Lady Tigers recording seven in the final game.

Foster and Ball led Saint Paul's (8-14, 3-7 CIAA, 3-3 East) in game two with two hits each. Sells suffered the pitching loss, walking four and recorded no strikeouts.

Corbin paced Bowie State in game two, going 4-for-4 at the dish and scored four runs. Makle was Bowie State's leading RBI producer with three. Enders improved her season pitching record to 6-2, striking out seven.

Bowie State will return to action Saturday (4/4) hosting division foe Virginia State in a doubleheader on Senior Day beginning at 1 p.m.