Nikki Yee Garners Four Hits in Loss to South Florida

Wednesday, March 24

Tampa, Fla.

5:00 p.m.

Dartmouth College

U. of South Florida

Dartmouth Softball Loses Two at USF Tournament

Nikki Yee Garners Four Hits in Loss to South Florida

3/24/2010 7:00:00 PM | Softball

By: Dartmouth

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TAMPA, Fla. – The Dartmouth softball team dropped its last game on its spring trip to Florida, losing, 5-1 to the University of South Florida on Wednesday. Senior Nikki Yee (Martinez, Calif.) was 4-for-4 on the day.

The Big Green got on the board first in the top of the second inning. Noelle Ramirez (Pompton Plains, N.J.) got the first hit of the frame leading off with a double to right center. She moved to third off a sacrifice bunt by Molly Khalil (Seal Beach, Calif.) and came home off a single by Alyssa Parker (Spring Valley, Calif.).

The Bulls tied the contest in the bottom half of the inning with a leadoff double of its own. Then with two outs, a single through the right side followed by an error allowed the runner to come home.

In the third, despite singles by Yee, Clarkson and Ramirez, Dartmouth was unable to score the run that would give the Big Green the lead. Two hits by USF in the third allowed the home team to break the tie and take a 2-1 lead. Another single followed by an error in the next inning allowed the Bulls to take a 4-1 lead.

The Big Green had a chance in the fifth to add a few runs to its tally when Yee and Kirsten Costello (Windsor, N.Y.) began the frame with back-to-back singles. A sac bunt by Hillary Hubert (Grant Park, Ill.) advanced both runners but a strikeout and groundout ended the inning for Dartmouth.

USF added an insurance run in the sixth accounting for all the scoring as the Bulls took its 14th win of the season. South Florida is now at .500 with a 14-14 overall record. The Big Green falls to 1-13 on the season.

Besides Yee, Ramirez and Parker also had multiple hits as each recorded two hits apiece.

Brittany Bowles did not walk a batter in her 14th appearance for USF as she struck out eight while giving up 10 hits. In the circle for Dartmouth, Kat Hicks (Templeton, Calif.) began the game, going four innings with three earned runs and two stikeouts. Evan Gray (Edmond, Okla.) came on in relief, giving up one run and one hit while striking out two.

Dartmouth now travels back home to the east coast, taking on Boston University in a doubleheader on Sunday at BU's Softball Field.