Softball ACCtion: Thursday, April 23
Hokies win a pair from North Carolina A&T; Terrapins split with Penn State.
Nadine Blackie had three hits and two RBIs during Maryland's doubleheader with Penn State

Nadine Blackie had three hits and two RBIs during Maryland's doubleheader with Penn State

April 23, 2009

Hokies take two from A&T
Behind 20 runs from the offense and two stellar pitching performances, the Virginia Tech softball team took a pair of games from North Carolina A&T Thursday afternoon at Lady Aggies Softball Field. Tech won the first game 9-0 and then used a huge sixth inning to capture game two, 11-2 in six innings.

In the opener, Tech got a complete game one-hit shutout from sophomore Kenzie Roark en route to the easy win. The Hokies scored in the first inning when Jessica Everhart drove in Erin Ota with a double. In the third, Charisse Mariconda led off with a triple and scored on Everhart’s single. Leading 2-0, two more runs scored when Everhart reached on a fielding error. That’s the way it stood until the sixth inning when the Hokies scored three more runs. Ota scored when Everhart reached on another error and then Kristen Froehlich drove in two runs with a single to left field. The final run scored in the top of the seventh when Jenna Rhodes scored on a sacrifice fly by Everhart.

For the game, Everhart had two hits and three RBI while Ota, Mariconda and Amber Walker also had two hits apiece. Rhodes, Froehlich and Kim Jalm also each had a hit. 

Dooley's Dominating Performance Leads Terps to Split
Pitcher Sarah Dooley helped her team's cause and another good cause as the University of Maryland softball team earned a split with Penn State during a nonconference doubleheader Thursday in Robert E. Taylor Stadium.

Dooley, a senior right-hander, tossed a five-hit shutout to propel the Terrapins to a 2-0 victory over the Nittany Lions during Thursday's nightcap. Penn State prevailed, 3-2, in the first game, despite Kerry Hickey's fourth complete game in her last five starts in the circle.

Sophomore Niki Lau was a perfect 3-for-3 with two sacrifice hits and a walk during Thursday's action. Junior Nadine Blackie added three hits and a pair of RBIs for Maryland (23-22, 7-8 Atlantic Coast Conference), which beat a Big Ten Conference opponent for the first time since upending Michigan in the 2008 season opener.