Newcomer Belts Two Homers in Win

February 18, 2007

WEATHERFORD – Southwestern Oklahoma State University’s new-look softball team showcased its most recent addition with the unveiling of slugger Alli Flaman in the Bulldogs lineup. The Canadian-born player was the star in the Bulldogs’ 10-1 victory against Adams State Sunday in Weatherford.

Flaman became the first SWOSU player in six years to hit two home runs in a single game when she hit a pair of two-run blasts in the first and sixth inning. The last of which put SWOSU far enough ahead that the game was called after six innings because of a run rule.

Sophomore Kaci Carpenter won her first start by going four and one-third innings, allowing one unearned run and scattering five hits. Carpenter struckout four and walked four before Flaman came on in relief in the fifth. Flaman did not allow a hit in one and two-thirds innings, striking out four and walking three to pick up the save.

The win over Adams State helped ease the bitterness that remained after the Bulldogs essentially gave away the first game in a 2-1 loss to the Grizzlies Friday.

In that game, Adams State came up with the winning run in the seventh inning because of some unusual and unfortunate circumstances for the Bulldogs. ASC leadoff hitter Jacque Romberg reached on an error and advanced to third on a single by Kim Ensey. Romberg and Ensey were then awarded the next base when SWOSU pitcher Alex Zuckerman lost her balance on the mound and stopped her windup in the middle of her motion. Zuckerman was called for a balk, or an illegal pitch, allowing Romberg to score the winning run.

The Bulldogs also played Washburn University from Topeka, Kan. during the weekend. Washburn swept both games against SWOSU winning the Friday contest by a 6-0 margin and beat the Bulldogs again Saturday, 7-3.

SWOSU will next play Tuesday against Oklahoma Panhandle State University. First pitch is set for 2 p.m. in Weatherford.