COLLEGE ROUNDUP (March 21): NT grad Stone pitches Purple Eagles to win

COLLEGE ROUNDUP (March 21): NT grad Stone pitches Purple Eagles to win
Greater Niagara Newspapers
The Niagara University softball team earned a split Friday, defeating the University of Maryland-Baltimore County 7-6 before losing to St. Francis, 7-4, in extra innings at the UMBC Spring Classic in Baltimore.
North Tonawanda graduate Cassie Stone earned her first career win against UMBC, striking out six and giving up two earned runs. Jenna Baker had a two-run home run for the Purple Eagles, while Felicia Coffey scored a pair of runs in the win. Tory Healy added a two-run homer for NU.
Niagara Falls High School graduate Emily Thompson went 0-for-4 for UMBC (9-12 overall).
Against St. Francis, Healy had a two-run homer for NU (8-12). Niagara’s Kristin Sito had an RBI hit to drive home Maggie McDonald for the tying run, but St. Francis scored four runs in the eighth inning for the win.
During play Thursday, NU went 2-0. The Purple Eagles defeated Mount St. Mary’s 4-0 and St. Francis 13-3 in six innings. Tiffany McCrory improved to 4-4 on the season with a combined shutout against Mount St. Mary’s. Stone pitched a perfect seventh inning to preserve the win. Heather Lorhman had an RBI double and Coffey and McDonald also added RBIs.
Against St. Francis, NU had six home runs Thursday, off the bats of McDonald (two), Coffey (two), Jenna Baker and Sito (her first career home run). Brooke Viola got the win in the circle, going five innings, with Stone again pitching out the victory.
Stahl to play at UB
First-year University at Buffalo women’s soccer coach Michael Thomas announced that Aubrey Stahl has signed a National Letter of Intent to play for the Bulls. Stahl joins the Bulls from the Fort Collins Arsenal Soccer Club in Colorado. She’s been named an all-conference player for three straight years.

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16 Responses to “COLLEGE ROUNDUP (March 21): NT grad Stone pitches Purple Eagles to win”

on 22 Mar 2008 at 2:06 pm Orville

kudos on the reflection in the glasses.
on 22 Mar 2008 at 2:56 pm Sherilyn

Sorry, a gratuitous lightsaber doesn’t beat an ollie out of a helicopter that crashed into a plane 100 feet in the air while twirling nunchucks. It just doesn’t. Sorry.
on 22 Mar 2008 at 3:47 pm Kimberleigh

Lightsaber > Hoverboard > Skateboard.
on 22 Mar 2008 at 4:37 pm Lorelle

blind blind!
on 22 Mar 2008 at 5:28 pm Sorrel

That’s Mustafar.
on 22 Mar 2008 at 6:18 pm Mordecai

oops, bling
on 22 Mar 2008 at 7:09 pm Bertina

Actually I’m getting a kick out of it… Need to get these to Obama’s campaign somehow - would make for some pretty awesome marketing materials - especially the light saber one… Cool stuff…
on 22 Mar 2008 at 8:00 pm Gabby

sofa king lame
on 22 Mar 2008 at 8:50 pm Deitra

Wait… you think that lightsaber + volcanoes > skateboard + exploding helicopter + nunchucks ?
on 22 Mar 2008 at 9:41 pm Jeff

He needs some bling like Flava flav, a huge clock around his neck and a giant viking’s hat on.
on 22 Mar 2008 at 10:31 pm Darnell

You forgot him holding the heads of Bush and Cheney in the other hand.And just for the hell of it, here’s my Photoshop fun from last week."And the wind cried, 'Hillary'"
on 22 Mar 2008 at 11:22 pm Doreen

Using any image from a prequel makes you lose…hands down. Noooooo!
on 23 Mar 2008 at 12:12 am Maris

Nah, star wars is gay.
on 23 Mar 2008 at 1:03 am Olyvia

You aren’t funny or clever.
on 23 Mar 2008 at 1:54 am Deirdre

Bon voyage, then.

on 22 Mar 2008 at 2:06 pm Orville

kudos on the reflection in the glasses.

on 22 Mar 2008 at 2:56 pm Sherilyn

Sorry, a gratuitous lightsaber doesn’t beat an ollie out of a helicopter that crashed into a plane 100 feet in the air while twirling nunchucks. It just doesn’t. Sorry.

on 22 Mar 2008 at 3:47 pm Kimberleigh

Lightsaber > Hoverboard > Skateboard.

on 22 Mar 2008 at 4:37 pm Lorelle

blind blind!

on 22 Mar 2008 at 5:28 pm Sorrel

That’s Mustafar.

on 22 Mar 2008 at 6:18 pm Mordecai

oops, bling

on 22 Mar 2008 at 7:09 pm Bertina

Actually I’m getting a kick out of it… Need to get these to Obama’s campaign somehow - would make for some pretty awesome marketing materials - especially the light saber one… Cool stuff…

on 22 Mar 2008 at 8:00 pm Gabby

sofa king lame

on 22 Mar 2008 at 8:50 pm Deitra

Wait… you think that lightsaber + volcanoes > skateboard + exploding helicopter + nunchucks ?

on 22 Mar 2008 at 9:41 pm Jeff

He needs some bling like Flava flav, a huge clock around his neck and a giant viking’s hat on.

on 22 Mar 2008 at 10:31 pm Darnell

You forgot him holding the heads of Bush and Cheney in the other hand.And just for the hell of it, here’s my Photoshop fun from last week."And the wind cried, 'Hillary'"

on 22 Mar 2008 at 11:22 pm Doreen

Using any image from a prequel makes you lose…hands down. Noooooo!

on 23 Mar 2008 at 12:12 am Maris

Nah, star wars is gay.

on 23 Mar 2008 at 1:03 am Olyvia

You aren’t funny or clever.

on 23 Mar 2008 at 1:54 am Deirdre

Bon voyage, then.

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