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Softball Headed Back to Conference Tournament With Split Vs. Lebanon Valley

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4/25/2009

(Game 1) / (Game 2)

Junior Kim Dougherty (Belle Mead, NJ) used her pitching and hitting to lead Widener into the Commonwealth Conference Tournament with a doubleheader split of Lebanon Valley.

The Pride (22-16, 6-6 CC) notched a 1-0 victory in the opener before losing the finale by the same score. Widener clinched the No. 3 seed for the double-elimination tournament and opens next Friday against second-seeded Lebanon Valley (24-12, 9-3), beginning at 1:00 pm in Grantham, PA.

Widener in game one took the lead in the fifth inning, beginning with senior Rachel O’Leary (Coatesville, PA) getting a leadoff single for her team’s first base runner. Freshman pinch-runner Erika Pacholski (Haddonfield, NJ) took second on a sacrifice from senior Stephanie Caulford (Vineland, NJ) and reached third on a groundout by senior Krista Cesarine (Ridley Park, PA).

Dougherty followed with a line drive RBI to right-center field to help her cause.

The Pride made it stand in the top of the sixth with a great defensive play. With Kerri Datres at first, Katie DeJulio hit a double down the right-field line. Junior Jamie Schmucker (Holmes, PA) relayed the ball to sophomore second baseman Meg Phillips (Aston, PA), who threw it to senior catcher Katie Mitchell (Drexel Hill, PA) to tag Datres out.

DeJulio reached third on the play, but stayed there as Dougherty got Kristen Uhas on a groundout.

Dougherty (10-7), who retired the side in order in the seventh, again got the job done in the circle as Widener clinched its second straight conference tournament berth. She allowed three hits and one walk with four strikeouts for her fourth straight win.

Val Malizzia (11-4) was perfect through four innings, but yielded one run and two hits over six innings with eight strikeouts for the loss. DeJulio ended with two hits.

The Dutchmen in game two scored in the sixth inning as Allie Davies lined an RBI single to left-center field, scoring Datres.

Parker Ford, PA sophomore Kelsey Shultz (10-6) was charged with one run and six hits over seven innings for the Pride. O’Leary ended with two hits.

Laura Snyder (9-4) permitted no runs and four hits over seven innings with six strikeouts for LVC.

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Athletes of the Week

Sam Baer

Women's Soccer

Senior Sam Baer was named Widener's Women's Outstanding Athlete of the Year.

Baer capped a remarkable career by being named All-Commonwealth Conference a fourth straight year, picked to the first team a third consecutive season and third team All-Middle Atlantic Region. She was named second team all-region in 2008.

Baer ends a spectacular career in which she was tabbed second team all-league as a defender in 2006, first team all-conference as a forward in 2007 and first team as a midfielder the last two years. She graduates first in school history with 40 assists, second with 29 goals and second with 98 points.

James Woodley

Football

Senior James Woodley was named Widener's Men's Outstanding Athlete of the Year.

It was another standout campaign for Woodley, who was tabbed first team All-Middle Atlantic Conference a third straight year and second team All-East Region by D3Football.com. A four-year starter who constantly drew double teams, Woodley ended tied for fourth in the conference with 14.5 tackles for a loss, tied for eighth with 5.5 sacks and tied for 23rd with 5.7 tackles per game.

Woodley, who was invited to the East Preps Football Combine, had 19 tackles to tie for the third most in school history, 14 solo tackles, 1.5 sacks and five tackles for a loss October 31 against Lebanon Valley.