STANDISH, ME - St. Joe's (17-9, 12-4 GNAC) defeated Daniel Webster (6-19, 4-13 GNAC) 13-5 and 2-0 in a conference doubleheader on Tuesday afternoon. FY Cat DeSimone (Waterboro, ME) was 3-4 with a run and an RBI in game one and starting pitcher SO Christy Wezowicz (Granville, MA) struck out five in a complete game shutout in the nightcap.

GAME ONE

St. Joe's opened the scoring with a run in the bottom of the first when JR Liz Jordan (Sandwich, MA), who reached on a single, scored on an error by the DWC third baseman.

The Lady Monks went back to work in the second inning to score 6 runs off of 5 hits. SO Jillian Kimball (Albany TWP, ME) and SR Megan Farrell (Abington, MA) both recorded 2-RBI singles and Cat DeSimone sent home a run with a base knock in the inning that saw St. Joe's take a 7-0 lead.

St. Joe's extended their lead to 9-0 in the bottom of the third. Kimball hit a sacrifice fly to center that scored SO Anna Willis (Gorham, ME), who led off the inning with a single. JR Alysn Ludwig (Waldoboro, ME) scored the 9th run on a miscue by the Daniel Webster shortstop.

SJC starting pitcher FY Kiera Walsh (Benton, ME) rolled in the first three innings but ran into a bit of trouble in the fourth. The Lady Eagles managed to score 5 runs off 4 hits and 2 SJC errors to make the score 9-5, St. Joe's.

The Royal Blue proceeded to score 4 runs in the bottom of the 6th to make the score 13-5 and impose the eight-run mercy rule. FY Alyssa Dunn (Standish, ME) drove home two runs with a double and Alysn Ludwig registered two RBI's with a double of her own to end the game.

For the Lady Monks, Anna Willis, Alysn Ludwig and Liz Jordan all recorded two hits and Jillian Kimball had 3 RBI's. Kiera Walsh allowed 3 earned runs in 6 innings to notch her 11th win of the season.

St. Joseph's (Me.) 13, Daniel Webster 5 (Apr 15, 2008 at Standish) (Game 1)
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Daniel Webster...... 000 500 - 5 10 8 (6-18-1)
St. Joseph's (Me.).. 162 004 - 13 13 3 (16-9)
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Pitchers: Daniel Webster - Coppola. St. Joseph's (Me.) - Walsh.
Win-Walsh Loss-Coppola T-1:45 hrs A-0
Coppola faced 5 batters in the 6th.

GAME TWO

Lady Eagle's starter SR Erin Moseley (Sterling, MA) and SJC starter Christy Wezowicz locked heads in a pitchers duel in the nightcap after the high-scoring opener. The pair combined to allow 11 hits and one earned run in the 2-0 victory for St. Joe's.

SO Liddy van der Linden (Worcester, MA) led off the bottom of the second inning with a single, stole second base, advanced to third on a passed ball and scored on a FY Renee Leach (Shapleigh, ME) groundout to third base to give the Lady Monks a 1-0 lead.

St. Joe's went on to add the final run of the game in the third inning when Alysn Ludwig singled, swiped second, advanced to third on a passed ball and scored on a passed ball to make the score 2-0, Lady Monks.

For the Lady Monks, Wezowicz dealt a complete game and allowed only 5 hits. Liddy van der Linden tallied 2 hits and a run in the victory.

For the Lady Eagles, Moseley also threw a complete game and allowed 6 hits, 2 walks and one earned run while striking out five.

St. Joseph's (Me.) 2, Daniel Webster 0 (Apr 15, 2008 at Standish) (Game 2)
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Daniel Webster...... 000 000 0 - 0 5 0 (6-19-1)
St. Joseph's (Me.).. 011 000 X - 2 6 2 (17-9)
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Pitchers: Daniel Webster - Moseley. St. Joseph's (Me.) - Wezowicz.
Win-Wezowicz Loss-Moseley T-1 hr 45m A-0

St. Joe's will travel to Boston, MA on Thursday April 17th to take on GNAC rival Suffolk University. The opening game of the doubleheader is slated to begin at 3:30 PM.