Game 1 Box Score

Game 2 Box Score

Old Westbury, NY---The Brooklyn College Softball Team opened their season on Tuesday afternoon at SUNY Old Westbury and were unable to escape with a win as they dropped a pair, 8-0, 5-0.

Deborah Ciccarelli (Smithtown/St. James, NY) was strong on the mound for Old Westbury in game one, tossing five scoreless innings in the circle to earn the win.

Jaime Bellettini (Franklin K. Lane/Glendale, NY) worked 4.2 innings for Brooklyn, giving up all 8 runs.  Only 3 of the runs were earned and Bellettini struck out 8 while only walking 2 in her first outing of the season. 

While Brooklyn did not produce much offense, Nataly Yehezkel (James Madison/Brooklyn, NY) got her first college hit.

Game 2 saw Nicole Bianco (FDR/Brooklyn, NY) make her first pitching appearance for Brooklyn College.  Bianco gave up only 5 hits and 3 earned runs but again, BC's offense could not get it going.

Maria Canino (Huntington/Huntington, NY) led the Panthers with a perfect 2-for-2 performance at the plate. Canino tripled and clubbed an inside the ball park homerun to finish with three runs batted in and two scores.

Brooklyn will host St. Elizabeth at Floyd Bennett Field on Thursday in their home opener.  The doubleheader is scheduled to start at 4:00 pm.