Softball Completes Spring Break Trip

BOSTON, Mass. – The Wentworth softball team recently completed its annual Spring Break to Myrtle Beach, S.C., coming home with a 2-5 record. The two wins for the Leopards doubles the total victory output from the 2011 campaign.

Wentworth opened the season with a split against Wesley, dropping the first game 15-5 and winning the second game, 4-2, before falling to Penn State-New Kensington (10-9) and Juniata (10-1). The Leopards snapped their losing streak with a 10-2 win over Penn State-Berks before concluding the trip with two losses to Penn State-Altoona, 7-3 and 7-1.

Offensively, freshman Liz Glavin (Ipswich, Mass.) began her collegiate career in fine fashion, batting .591 (13-for-22) with four doubles, four home runs, nine runs scored, and 12 RBI. She has an on-base percentage of .615 and a slugging percentage of 1.318. Sophomore Kelly Budzik (Fort Plain, N.Y.) is batting .320 with five runs scored, while freshman Sam Curran (Quincy, Mass.) is batting .318 (7-for-22) with a double, a home run, and eight runs scored. Curran also leads the team with four stolen bases.

In the circle, Budzik is 1-1 with a 2.62 earned run average, with both of her starts being complete games. Freshman Sam Burgner (Dalton, Mass.) has started five games at pitcher, and, despite a 1-4 record, has fanned 23 batters in 29 innings of work.

The Leopards, whose roster consists of 13 freshman and sophomores, open the northern portion of their schedule with a doubleheader against Colleges of the Fenway rival Emmanuel College on Saturday at Noon. The games are at Wentworth's Carr Diamond.

For complete statistics through the Leopards' first seven games, please click here.

The 2012 Wentworth softball roster is below:
  2        Angie Rodriguez          IF         R/R      5-1       Fr.        Boston, Mass./O'Bryant
  3        Samantha Altieri         IF         S/R       5-2       Sr.        Lakeville, Mass./Bishop Stang
  4        Brooke Tyler   IF/C      R/R      5-4       So.       Rowley, Mass./Triton Regional
  5        Sam Curran     IF         R/R      5-0       Fr.        Quincy, Mass./Cardinal Spellman
  6        Mieka Melbourne       IF         R/R      5-2       Sr.        Royalston, Mass./Athol
  7        Kelly Budzik     P/2B    R/R      5-3       So.       Fort Plain, N.Y./Fort Plain
  9        Devinn Doherty           OF        R/R      5-5       Fr.        Bridgewater, Mass./Bridgewater-Raynham
11        Haylee Bacik   1B/P    R/R      5-9       So.       Lowell, Mass./Greater Lowell
13        Adrienne Small           C/OF    R/R      5-3       Fr.        Belfast, Maine/Belfast
14        Val Maccarone           IF/OF   R/R      4-11     Fr.        Cranston, R.I./Cranston West
16        Paige Mochi    C/OF    R/R      5-8       So.       Cambridge, Mass./Community Charter
17        Liz Glavin         C/3B    R/R      5-4       Fr.        Ipswich, Mass./Ipswich
19        Isabella Grassetti        OF        S/R       5-0       Fr.        Monson, Mass./Monson
31        Randi Swihart  OF        R/R      5-6       Sr.        Gardner, Mass./Oakmont Regional
33        Sam Burgner   P/IF      R/R      6-0       Fr.        Dalton, Mass./Wahconah Regional
42        Mariana Moniz           2B        R/L       5-6       So.       Alges, Portugal/Fall Mountain Regional