May 3, 2001

Cardinals take one of two at Madonna

LIVONIA, MI- The Saginaw Valley State University women's softball team split with the Crusaders of Madonna University on Thursday afternoon.

SVSU took the first game by the score of 7-1.

Freshman pitcher Christina Fuciarelli (Washington/Harper Woods Regina) got the win for the Lady Cardinals. Fuciarelli gave up four hits while her season record improves to 3-5.

SVSU started the game out strong getting four runs in the first inning against Madonna's one run.

Leading the way for the Lady Cardinals was sophomore Kelly Martin (Bay City/All Saints) with a double along with two RBI's for SVSU. Senior Tiffany Martin (Flushing) chipped in two runs on two hits at four trips to the plate, while junior April Vega (Essexville/Garber) added a triple for the Lady Cardinals.

The Lady Cardinals lost the second game by the score of 2-4.

Senior outfielder Libby Poellet (Frankenmuth) took the loss for SVSU. Poellet allowed nine hits, walked two and struck out five in her season debut as Cardinal pitcher.

The Lady Cardinals were leading the Crusaders up until the fourth inning when Madonna scored four runs, putting them ahead 2-4.

Junior Brandi Srda (Clio) brought in the first SVSU run when she hit a sacrifice fly out to right field in the second inning. Fuciarelli brought in the second Lady Cardinal run off a single to center field.

SVSU's record is now 18-25-1 overall and 9-10 in the GLIAC.

The Lady Cardinals next game will be on Friday, May 4th when they will compete in the GLIAC tournament.

 
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