(Game
1 boxscore)
(Game 2 boxscore)
 4/2/06 --
Senior pitcher Jessica Busick (Milpitas, Calif.) registered
her second shutout of the season to help lift Long Island University
to a 3-0 victory over Monmouth in the second game of a Northeast
Conference doubleheader on Sunday afternoon.
In the first game, Monmouth overcame a 4-0 deficit with
five runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and held on
for the 5-4 win.
Sophomore Vanessa Mejia (Roanoke, Va.) went 4-for-8 in
the twinbill with a run scored and an RBI for the Blackbirds.
In game two, the Blackbirds got on the board first with
a run in the second. A bunt single by senior Leah Glenn
(Huntington Beach, Calif.) created havoc for the Monmouth
defense, as third baseman Sue Micchelli committed an error
on the throw that allowed junior Holly Erwin to score the
game’s first run.
The run proved to be all the support that Busick needed,
as the senior struck out six batters while allowing one
walk and scattering seven hits over seven in the circle.
LIU tacked on two insurance runs in the seventh inning
to close the scoring.
Erwin, V. Mejia and sophomore Celina Castillo (Redwood
City, Calif.) each had two hits in the second game for
the Blackbirds.
After a run in the fourth inning gave LIU a 1-0 advantage
in game one, the Blackbirds scored three times in the fifth.
A single by V. Mejia scored Britnee Edwards (Mesa, Ariz.)
and sophomore Alyssa Winslow (San Jacinto, Calif.) followed
with a bases-loaded single to center that scored two more.
After a scoreless top of the sixth, freshman Nichole Alvarez
started Monmouth’s rally by roping a single to centerfield.
Micchelli followed with her second hit of the day, a double
down the left field line to score the Hawk’s first
run. Junior Dawn Gilchrist singled to set the table for
Heather Gordon, who blasted her fourth homer of the year
over the left field fence to tie the game at 4-4. An unearned
run would cross home plate three batters later to give
Monmouth the edge.
LIU had one final shot in the top of the seventh, but senior
Krystal Mejia (Sylmar, Calif.) grounded out to second with
a runner on second to end the game.
LIU hosts Radford on Friday, April 7 for a non-conference
matchup beginning at 7:00 p.m.
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