Softball Falls to North Carolina, 3-1, in Extra Inning Rematch – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/25/2001 12:00:00 AM | Softball
March 25, 2001%^$
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%^$ATLANTA– After drawing the No. 1 seed and earning a bye with a 4-0 run through the first two days of the Buzz Classic, hosted by Georgia Tech a the Al Bishop Softball Complex in Atlanta, Ga., the Ohio State softball team (21-9 overall) had its 12-game win streak snapped in a thrilling extra-inning rematch with North Carolina, 3-1.%^$
%^$Katie Chain (Fr., North Canton, Ohio/Hoover) took the loss for the Buckeyes, giving up seven hits, striking out seven, and allowing 2 earned runs. Radara McHugh also went the distance for UNC, giving up six hits and striking out seven to improve her record to 12-7. With the win, North Carolina improves to 19-12-1.%^$
%^$”We had a tremendous tournament,” Linda Kalafatis, OSU head coach, said. “To go through the first two days undefeated and earn a No. 1 seed was an accomplishment. The loss was a hard-fought,tough game. We rode a great win streak because we played good ball. That’s good to have as the Big Ten season approaches.”%^$
%^$UNC took a 1-0 lead in the top of the third inning when Tarheel second baseman singled to left-center to score first baseman Beth Olan, who had opened the inning with an infield single.%^$
%^$OSU responded in the bottom of the third. Chrissy Fowler (Jr., Utica, Ohio/Utica) opened with a single to right field. Jenn Link (So., Yorba Linda, Calif./Sonora) then reached first on a fielder’s choice to third base. Fowler was out at second on the play, bringing Stacy Roth (Jr., Wauseon, Ohio/Wauseon) up with two out. A hard ground ball from Roth went in between third baseman Kelly Ramsy’s legs, allowing Link to score from second and tie the game at one.%^$
%^$Neither team could manage a run in the next four innings, though the Buckeyes threatened in the bottom of the seventh inning.%^$
%^$Krisit DeVries (Fr., Corona, Calif./Corona) drew a walk to open the inning. A sacrifice bunt by Liz Kacsanek (So.,Uniontown, Ohio/Green)moved Annie Dedic (So., Yorba Linda, Calif./Fullerton J.C.), who was pinch running for DeVries, to second. Amy Ellis (So., Erie, Pa./Ball State), pinch hitting for Fowler, dropped a single to shallow right field to put DeVries at third base. Dedic attemped to score on a ground ball to second by Smith, but was out at the plate. Roth grounded out to send the game into extra innings.%^$
%^$Roth, placed on second in to open the eighth inning, was moved to third base on an infield single to shortstop by Wendy Allen (Fr., Moreno Valley, Calif./Moreno Valley). After a failed suicide squeeze attempt, Roth was caught in a run down between third and home and eventually tagged out by the third baseman to end the scoring threat.%^$
%^$UNC took a 2-1 lead in the top of the ninth when catcher Natalie Anter singled to left-center to score rightfielder Rosie Gustavson, who was placed at second to open the inning. The Tarheels added a run when Beth Olen singled to left-center to score Anter.%^$
%^$The Buckeyes could not mount a rally in the bottom of the ninth inning.%^$
%^$OSU plays host to Toledo in a doubleheader at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Buckeye Field.
