GAME 2 BOXSCORE
Riverdale, NY (April 29, 2004)- Erika Kostik belted a walkoff home run to center field to give Manhattan a 4-3 win over Fairleigh Dickinson in the nightcap of the double header today at Gaelic Park. Fairleigh Dickinson won the first game, 2-1, in eight innings. The Lady Jaspers are now 14-25 on the season.
With the score tied at 3-3 entering the bottom of the seventh in game two, Kostik connected on the first round tripper of her career to give Manhattan the win.
FDU (15-29) took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first on a solo home run by Caitlyn Reuter before the Lady Jaspers took a 3-1 in the third, plating three runs on four hits. Manhattan loaded the bases with none out before Kostik drove home Elizabeth Strein, who led off the inning with a single, with the Lady Jaspers' first run. Kiera Fox followed with a RBI single through the left side, scoring Jennifer McCracken. After a strikeout, Michelle Gutierrez drove home Margaret LaFex with a single up the middle to make the score 3-1.
The Knights plated single runs in the fifth and sixth on a RBI double by Reuter and a solo homer by Serena Larsen, respectively.
Manhattan loaded the bases with no outs in the fifth, but could not push a run across, setting the stage for Kostik in the seventh. Kostik went 3-4 with two RBI and a run scored in the game.
Kristin Gelsleichter (3-2) went the distance for Manhattan, striking out six. Jennifer Buehler (1-7) struck out seven in the loss.
In the first game, the teams played seven scoreless innings, as Manhattan's Jillian Medea and FDU's Nicole Webb traded goose-eggs. The international tie-breaker rule was instituted in the eighth inning, and Jennifer Whitley connected on a two-run home run to left, driving home Kim Farhat, who was placed on second to begin the inning.
Megan Jurkowski led off the bottom of the eighth with a single up the middle, plating Gutierrez, who was placed on second to begin the inning to draw the Lady Jaspers to within one, 2-1, but Manhattan could not push across the tying run.
Webb (10-11) struck out seven for the win, while Medea posted 11 strikeouts in falling to 9-13.
Manhattan gets back in action on Saturday, May 1, when the Lady Jaspers travel to Jersey City, NJ to battle Saint Peter's in a MAAC double header scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m.
