Central Michigan University
St. Bonaventure
CMU Softball Win Streak Hits 7
3/4/2017 12:00:00 AM | Softball
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Lindsay Gerber, CMUChippewas.com
CLEARWATER, Fla. - After a rocky start to the season, the Sunshine State has treated the Central Michigan softball team well.
CMU extended its win streak to seven with pair of wins on Saturday, 4-3 over St. Bonaventure and 3-0 over Syracuse in the USF Invitational. The Chippewas (8-6) have won seven of their last eight starts.
CMU closes its first weekend of its Spring Break trip on Sunday (11:15 a.m.) against Georgia State (10-8).
Laura Vaccaro (1-0) allowed three runs on four hits and walked two over 3 2/3 innings for the win over St. Bonaventure (2-6). She struck out two. Reliever Taylor Weaver went 3 1/3 innings, allowing two hits while striking out two.
The Chippewas broke a 3-3 tie in the third inning on Taylor Lewallen's one-out double that scored Erika Underwood, who had singled and took second on an error.
CMU seized a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning on a Rachel Vieira RBI triple, Maison Kalina's run-scoring single, and Underwood's RBI groundout.
St. Bonaventure's Desiree Gonzalez hit a two-run homer and Alexandra Piergustavo hit a solo shot in the top of the third to tie the game 3-3.
Allison Curtis had two hits to lead CMU at the plate.
Rachael Knapp (5-3) struck out nine in shutting out the Orange (12-6) in Saturday's second game. She allowed eight hits, but stranded eight baserunners and did not issue a walk. It was Knapp's fifth consecutive shutout and she has surrendered a run in her last 34 innings.
The Chippewas provided Knapp all the runs she would need when they scored twice in the second inning.
Kalina led off with a single, and pinch runner Andrea Perlberg took second on a bunt by Morgan Gardner. Underwood walked, and she and Perlberg moved up a base on passed ball. Lewallen then delivered a two-run single.
The Chippewas added an insurance run in the sixth when Gardner led off with a triple and scored on an Underwood double.
CMU outhit the Orange, 9-8. Curtis and Kalina finished with two hits apiece.
