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Sunday, February 16, 2003
FIU remains winless at Pepsi
Arizona Classic
 IU
dropped a pair of games to close out play at the Pepsi Arizona
Classic in Tucson, Ariz.
Late Saturday, the Golden Panthers (4-11) lost to No. 2-ranked
Arizona, 6-3, then dropped the tournament finale to Northwestern,
5-3.
FIU jumped out to a 1-0 lead against Arizona on a first-inning
unearned run. Stephanie Wolter led off the game with a
double and scored on a two-out error.
The Wildcats (11-1) overcame four errors on defense with a
15 hit attack. A two-run home run by Jackie Coburn gave
Arizona a 2-1 lead in the second inning and UA pushed home another
run in the third for a 3-1 advantage.
The Golden Panthers closed the gap to 3-2 in the bottom of
the third on an RBI single by Marleah Stapf, but Arizona
countered with two runs of their own in the fifth.
FIU grabbed a 3-0 lead against Northwestern (5-3) thanks in
part to a two-run homer by Stapf, her third of the year. Freshman
pitcher Nicole Barrett, making her first start of the
year, allowed just one run on two hits over the first four innings.
But Northwestern struck for four runs on six hits in the sixth
inning, highlighted by a game-winning two-run home run by Ashley
Crane off FIU losing pitcher Amanda Nealer.
Nicole Dubovik led FIU's 10-hit attack against the
Wildcats going 3-for-4. |