#5 UW-Whitewater 4, #8 Rhode Island 1

Stang Sets New UW-Whitewater Record

May 17, 2008

 

SALEM, Va. --- UW-Whitewater was led to a 4-1 victory over Rhode Island by Warhawk pitcher, Jessica Stang.  Stang allowed just four hits and one run en route to her thirteenth victory of the season.  Stang notched seven strikeouts on the afternoon which allowed her to set a new UW-Whitewater record with 141 strikeouts in a single season.

 

"I actually wasn’t," said Stang on whether or not she was expecting to break the single season record.  "I had no idea. I’m just glad that we won. That is the most important thing; to keep playing and take it game by game."

 

The Warhawks jumped out to a 4-0 lead after the bottom of the third inning.  In the first frame, UW-Whitewater scored on a single by Amy Gahl.  The Warhawks scored again in the second inning off of another single by Gahl.  Next, Meghann Brennfleck hit her fourth home run of the season and drove in two Warhawk base runners.

 

Rhode Island's one run came in the sixth inning after Cassandra Taverna slapped a single to center field.

 

In the circle for the Anchorwomen, relief pitcher Melanie Neece threw 4.2 innings and allowed four hits and two runs.

 

"If there is any bright spot to the loss today, you look to the future and the future remains bright. They played a fabulous year and we had contributions from everyone up and down that lineup. It’s not a one person thing, it’s a team. The kids play with their heart every single day. Again and again we came out on top. From our three seniors I thank them for a wonderful career and for helping put Rhode Island college on a national map, it’s really because of them," said Maria Morin, head coach for Rhode Island.

 

UW-Whitewater (36-10) will return to the field at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday and will face the loser of the #3 WU-Eau Claire and #7 Muskingum game.  Rhode Island bows out of the tournament with a 39-12 overall record on the season.