University of Louisville
Santa Clara
Softball Falls to Santa Clara in 11 innings
February 07, 2003 | Softball
Feb. 7, 2003
HONOLULU - The University of Louisville softball opened the 2003 season with a 6-5 loss to Santa Clara in 11 innings at the Chevron Paradise Classic on Friday.
The Broncos got on the scoreboard in the top of the second inning when Coresta Salas led off with a solo home run to make the score 1-0.
The Cardinals capitalized on three Santa Clara errors to put up a four-spot in the bottom of the fourth inning when Lacy Wood reached on a fielder's choice and moved to third on a double by Lisa Estes. Aja Sherman was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Lisa McMillan reached on a Santa Clara miscue and brought in Wood to tie the game at 1-1. A single by Michelle Vasquez brought in Estes and Sherman to give the Cards a 3-1 lead. McMillan scored on Sara Bausher's base hit to make the score 4-1.
U of L added an insurance run in the fifth when Calderon led off with a double and scored on Lisa Estes' double to make it a 5-1 game.
The Broncos responded in the top of the sixth when Rachel Sherman singled to reach first, moved to second on Shannon Linerud's hit and scored on Coresta Salas' single to make the score 5-2.
Roni Rivera led off the seventh inning with a solo home run to pull Santa Clara within two runs. Jenny Brown singled to reach first and Tracie Hall blasted a two-out home run to tie the ballgame at 5-5 and send the game into extra innings.
The Broncos broke the tie in the eleventh when Shannon Linerud was placed at second in conjunction with the international tiebreaker rule and crossed the plate on a single by Salas to give Santa Clara the 6-5 win.
Offensively, the Cardinals had 11 hits. Calderon finished the game batting 3-for-4 with a double and a run scored. Bausher, Estes and Vasquez each had two hits. Reliever Krystle Herold took the loss, allowing one unearned run and one hit in 4.1 innings and striking out three.
Jaime Forman-Lao picked up the win for Santa Clara, giving up two hits in five innings. The Broncos improve to 4-3 on the season.
Louisville (0-1) will face tournament host Hawaii at 6 p.m. (11 p.m. Eastern) on Friday.
