The Albertus Magnus softball team has gotten back to .500 with three straight wins, including a weekend sweep of Mass Maritime over the weekend.
The Falcons next six games are all at home, as well.
Albertus Magnus is bolstered in their lineup by three freshmen who are sitting atop the statistical list for the team.
Gabby Rubino (Southington), Mikaela Scwhippert and Karla Carangelo (Cheshire) are making a huge impact as first years.
Rubino is hitting .444 (12-for-27) with four doubles and two RBIs; Scwhippert is hitting .405 (15-for-37) with three doubles and a team-high 9 RBIs; and Carangelo is hitting .371 (13-for-35) with three doubles, a triple, a home run and seven RBIs.
On Monday, it was announced that Carangelo and Schippert were named to the GNAC Weekly Honor Roll, as well.
Skylar Arent (Ridgefield) has been carrying most of the load in the circle for Albertus Magnus, too. She has pitched 33.2 innings this season and has a 2.70 ERA while going 4-2 for the Falcons. She has 24 strikeouts against 9 walks.
The Falcons host Manhattanville for a doubleheader at home on Wednesday with game one starting at 3 p.m.
(Editor’s Note-Pictured as the cover photo today are Albertus Magnus players’ Karla Carangelo, left, and Mikaela Scwhippert. Photos courtesy of Albertus Magnus Athletics)
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UConn Sweeps Seton Hall; Breslin Named Big East POTW
Things are looking good up in Storrs as the UConn Huskies improved to 16-11 overall and 5-1 in Big East play by sweeping Seton Hall over the weekend.
UConn won the games 7-0 on Friday, 6-2 on Saturday and then 17-9 on Sunday.
The 17 runs, coming on 17 hits, were both season highs for UConn.
And what a weekend it was for Huskies sophomore outfielder Kaitlyn Breslin, who was named Big East Player of the Week. Breslin hit .727, going 8-for-11 with a home run, two doubles, three runs scored and six runs batted in. Four of those RBIs came in the 17-run game on Sunday.
In addition, UConn’s Payton Kinney was named to the Big East Softball Honor Roll. She went 2-0, including a complete-game shutout, and had a 0.68 ERA this weekend. She struck out seven in 10.1 innings of work, giving up five hits and just one earned run.
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Stags Sweep Mount St. Mary’s
It was a good weekend for the Fairfield Stags, as well.
Coming into the weekend with just five wins, the Stags swept Mount St. Mary’s by scores of 5-1, 13-5 and 7-0 to open the league portion of the season undefeated at 3-0.
In Sunday’s 7-0 win, Alyssa Weinberg, who has 7 of the Stags 8 wins this season, improved to 7-4 by giving up a single hit. She struck out seven and walked none.
She had also beaten Mount St. Mary’s in Saturday’s opening, going six innings and giving up an earned run while striking out eight and walking one.
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Yale Gives Up 17 Runs In One Inning While Suffering First Ivy League Loss
The Yale softball team suffered its first Ivy League loss on Saturday and did so in jaw-dropping fashion.
In the bottom of the third inning at Cornell University’s Niemand-Robison Field, the Bulldogs gave up 17 runs while falling behind 21-0.
And that’s with no errors and just five walks.
Give Yale credit, though.
After falling behind by those three touchdowns, the Bulldogs answered with 10 runs over the next two innings and then won the third game of the series 8-7 to take two out of three from the Big Red.
Sophie Woodbridge was named to the Ivy League Softball Honor Roll for her weekend. In her three games, Woodbridge was 4-for-11 with five runs scored and five RBIs. She had two doubles.
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CCSU Sweeps Wagner Behind Two Shutouts
The Central Connecticut Softball team ran its winning streak to four games with a weekend sweep of Wagner in Northeast Conference play.
The Blue Devils beat Wagner 7-0 and 5-0 on Saturday and closed out the series with a 9-6 win on Sunday.
Alina Varga (2 hitter, 7 Ks, 6 walks) got the win in Game 1 with Liz Hamilton (3 hitter, 4 Ks, 1 walk) notched the shutout in Game 2.
The two joined forces to win the third game with Hamilton getting the win thanks to 4.1 innings of relief pitching.
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Hartford’s Gia Miccio, Olivia Wolk Named Back-To-Back CNE Player of the Week
Hartford’s Gia Miccio won this week’s CNE Player of the Week award, just one week after teammate Olivia Wolk took the honor.
Last week for Hartford, Miccio had six extra base hits and five RBIs while hitting 8-for-18 (.444). She scored six times and had four doubles and two triples.
The prior week, Wolk won the honor after hitting .435 with eight extra base hits and six RBIs. She was 10-for-23 and had a slugging percentage of 1.043 with six triples and two doubles. She also stole four bases. The 10th triple of Wolk’s career also established a new school record for the Hawks.
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