Fairfield Softball Strikes Out Against Princeton

Continuing a depressing trend for the weekend, the Fairfield softball team fell to Princeton University with a score of 2-1.

The game was part of the Tar Heel Invitational, a tournament held at UNC Chapel Hill. Seven schools were in attendance: Appalachian State, Rutgers, Liberty, Marshall, Rhode Island, Princeton and UNC.

On the mound for the Stags, Casey Ringnalda ’07 pitched a decent game, securing five strikeouts.

The team dominated the game until the 5th inning, mostly due to an excellent defensive effort. Julia Jacoby ’08 scored for the Stags in the bottom of the 3rd off a single from Riannon Thomas ‘08.

In the 5th, the game started going downhill as Princeton secured two runs while Fairfield only grabbed one more.

This left the game at a 2-2 standoff until the top of the 7th, when Princeton’s Kelsey Quist made it home off a hit from Beth Dalmut.

The Stags are back in action on March 14th, away against San Diego.

-Michelle Morrison