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HAWKS SPLIT TWINBILL OF PITCHERS' DUALS

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SJU SPLITS WITH FORDHAM, EARNS THIRD SEED AT A-10S

BOXSCORE GAME 2 BRONX, NY (5/8/04) -- Senior Dana Travis twirled a three-hit shutout in the opener to give SJU (18-26, 8-4 A-10) a split with Fordham in the final Atlantic 10 doubleheader of the season. With today's results, Saint Joseph's wraps up the third-seed in next week's A-10 Championships and will face off with city rival Temple on Thursday, May 13 at 2 p.m. In game one, the Hawks took a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning as Saint Joseph's loaded the bases with one out. Junior Megan Richardson then hit a sac fly to center, scoring Travis who reached on a walk.The Hawks opened a 2-0 advantage in the fifth as junior Robin Berry hit a solo home run to left, her first of the season. Travis (13-10) made that lead hold up, pitching seven innings, allowing three hits and a walk, while striking out four. Carol Fischer (12-6) took the loss for Fordham, pitching the first four innings, allowing one run on five hits. In game two, the Hawks once again looked to the long ball, going up 1-0 on a solo home run from senior Lindsey McNamara, her fifth of the year, in the first inning, and then going up 2-0 on a solo home run from sophomore Jill Clementi, her second of the season, in the second inning. The Rams though rallied for three runs in the fifth to take a 3-2 lead. Erin Brooks started the inning with one out as she reached on a throwing error and Jaime Giguere and Lisa Busciacco both walked to load the bases. Jamie Dautel then came through with a two-run single through the left side to tie the game at two, scoring Brooks and Jones. Trish Arno then followed with the game-winning RBI-single to left, scoring Touris. The Hawks threatened to tie the game in the seventh as they got runners at second and third with one out, but Fordham pitcher Sara Kinney got sophomore Katie McCann and junior Cara Deldeo to both pop-up to second base to end the game. Sara Kinney (16-12) got the win, pitching seven innings, allowing two runs on five hits, while at the plate Dautel was 2-for-2 with two RBI and Brooks was 2-for-3. Freshman Lauren Hughes (4-10) took the loss for the Hawks, allowing three runs on seven hits and five walks in six innings of work. The Hawks will close the regular season with a doubleheader at Villanova on Monday at noon. SJSN will broadcast both games at VU as well as all Atlantic 10 Tournament action live on sjuhawks.com.
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