MacArthur keeps rolling, tops Oceanside

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Two teams headed in opposite directions continued their respective paths last Saturday morning when MacArthur defeated visiting Oceanside, 6-0, in a Nassau Conference AA-I softball game featuring last year’s county finalists.

The Lady Generals, who won for the ninth time in 10 games overall and improved to 6-1 in AA-I, scored all of their runs with two outs and got a dominant performance in the circle from sophomore pitcher Jessica Budrewicz. The defending county champion Lady Sailors (1-8 overall, 1-6 in AA-I) managed just four hits and went down swinging 11 times while dropping their sixth straight.

“I’m really happy with how we’re playing,” MacArthur coach Bob Fehrenbach said. “We just had the one game where our bats weren’t working against Massapequa, but aside from that, everything’s been working.

“I think we’re a hungry group after coming close to winning it all last year,” he added. “They’re a loose bunch but they’re very focused and determined.”

The bounces haven’t been going Oceanside’s way, but the visitors worked their way out of trouble in the bottom of the first inning after the Lady Generals loaded the bases with none out. A beautiful 6-2-3 double play started by senior shortstop Taylor Eisel, followed by junior pitcher Sabrina Seeger’s first of six strikeouts halted the threat.

The Lady Sailors nearly escaped the second inning with no runs allowed, but a hard two-out comebacker off the glove of Seeger resulted in junior Shannon Myles’ RBI single and a 1-0 MacArthur lead. Myles scored two batters later when senior Jessica Lombardo’s infield single made it 3-0.

The hosts added a run in the third when junior Kristen DiCicco smacked a leadoff double, advanced to third on a groundout and scored on a wild pitch. Then in the fourth, five consecutive singles, including RBIs by senior Gabby DeNunzio and DiCicco, made for the final margin.

Budrewicz, who has twin sister Ashley, who went 2-for-4, as her battery mate, allowed only one runner to reach third base and no more than one hit in any inning. She struck out the side in the first and second.

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