Emory 4, Covenant College 1

Emory 3, Covenant College 1


The Emory softball team, playing its first home games in well over a month, made a triumphant return to Cooper Field this afternoon as it captured both games of a doubleheader against Covenant College.  The Eagles captured the first affair by a 4-1 count before registering a 3-1 decision in the finale.  The two victories boost Emory’s overall record to 17-9.

Senior Catlin Fitzgerald sparked the Eagles in the opener, going 3-for-3 at the plate and knocking in all four runs.  After breaking a scoreless deadlock with a single in the third inning that scored Cassie Walsh, Fitzgerald socked a bases-loaded clearing double in the fourth frame to extend Emory’s lead to 4-0.  Freshman pitcher Jamie Melson tossed six strong innings in raising her record to 6-2, allowing one run and five hits while striking out three.  Sophomore Bridget Holloway came on in relief in the seventh inning to earn the save.

Covenant jumped ahead in the third inning of the second game when it pushed home its lone run.  The Eagles tied things up in their half of the fourth when a triple by sophomore Jessica Thomas scored freshman Ellen Kocoloski who opened the frame with a double.  Emory went ahead for good in the fifth when freshman Meaghan Schultz led off with a double.  After Dana Goodenough was inserted as a pinch runner, she advanced to third following a sacrifice bunt by Walsh, and then scored when freshman Brittany Boeshore singled.  The Eagles added an insurance run in the sixth that helped Holloway record her eighth win in 14 decisions, as she hurled all seven innings and surrendered six hits while fanning four.

Emory returns to action on Wednesday, Apr. 7, when it plays a doubleheader at Agnes Scott.