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Softball Caps Weekend with Come-From-Behind, 3-2 Win Against Kansas
2/16/2014 12:00:00 AM | SOFTBALL
Feb. 16, 2014
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. - DePaul softball won in dramatic fashion, scoring runs in each of the last three innings to snare a come-from-behind win, 3-2, against Kansas in its final game at the College of Charleston Classic on Sunday at Patriots Point Athletic Complex.
The Blue Demons improved to 7-3 with a third straight win, finishing the weekend tournament 4-1. The loss dropped Kansas to 4-4 overall.
Kirsten Verdun improved to 5-1 in a complete game effort, striking out seven and allowing just one earned run. Junior Mary Connolly paced the offense with a 2-for-3 effort, including her first homer of the season. Freshman Nicole Pihl also posted a 2-for-3 day with a double.
KU got on the board first with an RBI single in the bottom of the second and added a second run on a DePaul error in the home-half of the fourth.
Trailing 2-0, the Blue Demons began their comeback in fifth when Connolly launched a solo shot to center for her first home run of the season.
In the sixth, back-to-back singles with one out by Verdun and Pihl created another scoring opportunity for DePaul. Both hitters were substituted for pinch runners, and with two outs executed a double steal that created the tying run. With Staci Bonezek batting, Ali Lenti took off for third and Gena Lenti broke for second when a throwing error by KU's catcher allowed the lead runner to score.
Connolly led off the seventh with a single before a sacrifice bunt by Brittany Boesel advanced pinch runner Cherelle Chambers. Batting next, Megan Coronado reached on a fielding error by KU which allowed Chambers to come around and give DePaul a 3-2 lead.
The Blue Demons are back in action next weekend at the NFCA Leadoff Classic in Clearwater, Fla. DePaul kicks the weekend off with a game against Massachusetts on Friday, Feb. 21 at 10:00 a.m. CT.
Notes: DePaul wins its third straight game... it was the Blue Demons' first come-from-behind win... DePaul had been 0-3 when its opponent scores first... Connolly's home run was the first of her season and third by the Blue Demons this weekend... Verdun's complete game was the 82nd of her career and moved her past Suzanne Wiegner (1990-93) for fifth-place all-time in the DePaul record book...
