Pullen hits for a cycle to lead the Lady Cardinals over Allegany College of Maryland

CATONSVILLE, MD. – The CCBC Catonsville softball team swept the doubleheader over Allegany College of Maryland on Wednesday afternoon with the scores of 17-3 and 16-0. With those wins, the Lady Cardinals move to 25-7 on the season and lead the Maryland JUCO conference with a perfect record of 10-0.

GAME 1: Lady Cardinals 17, Trojans 3. WP- Marissa Heuer (14-1), LP- Jasmine Benson (0-5)

• The Lady Cardinals jumped out to an early lead with a six spot in the first inning. Marissa Heuer gave herself run support a three-run home run in the inning.
• Heuer continued her damage on the plate with a two-run double in the third inning, the Lady Cardinals scored five in that inning.
• The Trojans scored three in the top of the fourth, but the Lady Cardinals served back with four in the bottom of the inning, including a two-run double by Jennifer Wolinski.
• Amy Propst got the last three outs of the game as the Lady Cardinals picked up their 24^th win of the season via the Run-Ahead Rule.

GAME 2: Lady Cardinals 16, Trojans 0. WP- Chrissy Jordan (5-2), LP- Autumn Zeglen (0-2)

• The bats remained hot in the second game of the doubleheader with Hailey Manning driving in three and Alleshia Pullen drove in two as the Lady Cardinals put up a ten spot in the first.
• The pouring of runs continued in the second inning led by a two-run home run by Pullen as she was halfway through a cycle.
• Pullen went 4-4, with a single, double, triple, and home run, to pick up a cycle in the game and the Lady Cardinals easily won the second game with the score of 16-0.

STANDOUT STATS

• Marissa Heuer picked up seven RBI's on the day including a home run in both games, she now has 44 on the season, which is 4^th best in NJCAA DII.
• Pullen picked up eight hits and seven RBI's on the day as she picked up a cycle in the second game.
• Casey Turner stretched out three doubles on Wednesday to increase her season total to 13, which is tied for 2^nd in the conference. The conference leader is Catonsville's own Alexa Holderfield with 19, which is also best in the nation.
• Marissa Heuer picked up her 14^th win of the season in game one, which put her in tie for 5^th in the nation and best in conference, her ERA of 1.20 is also among the nation's leaders.
• Hailey Manning drove in four runs on the day to increase her season total to 28, which puts her 7^th in the conference.
• The Lady Cardinals now have seven of the top ten conference leaders in RBI's.
• Chrissy Jordan tossed three shutout innings in game two and to decrease her ERA to 2.50, which is 5^th in the conference.

UP NEXT

• The Lady Cardinals head to Frederick Community College for a doubleheader on Saturday afternoon.