Box Score
GLASSBORO, NJ – The Denison University softball team won 10-1 in six innings over Rowan University in the first round of the NCAA Division III Championship Tournament. The double elimination first round is being held at Rowan, May 8-11.
The sixth seed Denison (26-10) plays the second seed Mount Union College (37-8) on Friday at 2 p.m. Rowan (31-10), seeded third, meets the fifth seed Western Connecticut State (29-14) at noon.
Pitcher Bri Scrofano (sr. Longs, SC/McDowell) went six innings for the victory. Scrofano (16-4) scattered six hits and gave up one unearned run. Right hander Jackie Sasko (jr. Hamilton, NJ/Steinert) suffered the loss. Sasko (19-6) pitched 5.1 innings and allowed seven runs, four were earned.
For the Big Red, designated player Sam Rumschlag (so. Carmel, IN/Cathedral) went three for three with two RBIs and one run scored. Third baseman Alex Murray (so. Mayfield Heights, OH/Notre Dame-Cathedral), second baseman Claire Kopko (sr. Washington, PA/Trinity) and right fielder Rachel Cotterman (sr. New Lexington, OH/Fisher Catholic) all contributed with two hits (four at bats), two RBIs and one run scored.
Catcher Brie Berkopec (so. Mars, PA/Mars Senior) added two hits in three at bats, a double, one RBI and one run scored. Left fielder Ali Teopas (sr. Sylvania, OH/Northview) and center fielder Mary Beth Krolikowski (jr. Brunswick, OH/Holy Name) each scored two runs while first baseman Erica Evans (fr. Worthington, OH/Thomas Worthington) had one RBI.
First baseman Jenna DiDonato (so. Hamilton, NJ/Steinert) went two for three with a double for the Profs. Third baseman Kristin Wallace (sr. Glassboro, NJ/Washington Twp.) had one hit (three at bats) and scored one run. Rowan’s lone run came in the bottom of the third inning. With two outs, Wallace and Sasko hit back-to-back singles. Catcher Stephanie Taraschi (so. Mt. Ephraim, NJ/Audubon) reached base on an error, scoring Wallace.
Denison took the lead with four runs in the fifth. Berkopec walked with the bases loaded and Cotterman scored to tie the game. Teopas crossed the plate on a single by Rumschlag. Murray and Kopko both plated a run with a single.
The Big Red racked up six runs in the sixth to end the game an inning earlier because of the eight run rule. Rumschlag, Murray and Kopko all recorded a RBI single. Cotterman drove in two runs with a single and Evans’ single scored the 10th run.
