United States Coast Guard Academy - Department of Athletics

NEWPORT, R.I.--(4/17/08)--Leanna Minton was 4 for 4 with four stolen bases and two runs scored as Coast Guard won the second game of a doubleheader 10-4 to salvage a split with Salve Regina fter losing the opener 7-3.

Also in game two, Annette Boston had two hits and two runs scored. The Bears capitalized on six Salve Regina errors that led to five unearned runs.

Amanda Frederick had a huge week and was named NEWMAC Player of the Week.

NEW LONDON, CONN.--(4/14/08)--Coast Guard Academy freshman catcher Amanda Frederick was named the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Player of the Week.

Frederick had a great week as Coast Guard went 3-4 during the week. She hit .417 (10-24) with three doubles, one triple, four homers and 12 RBI's. She had an impressive slugging percentage of 1.125 for the week with 27 bases in 24 at bats. She was 3 for 3 with two homers, three runs scored and three RBI's as Coast Guard beat Babson 7-4 in game one to knock the Beavers out of first place on Saturday.

Softball - Bears Split with Babson

Amanda Frederick hit a pair of home runs and drove in three runs in the game one win.

NEW LONDON, CONN.--(4/12/08)--Freshman Amanda Frederick was 3 for 3 with a pair of home runs, three RBI’s and three runs scored as Coast Guard beat Babson 7-4 in game one to knock the Beavers out of a first place tie in the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC). Babson, which trailed 7-4 in the sixth inning of game two, scored seven runs in each the sixth and seventh inning for an 18-9 win to salvage the split.

In the opener, Coast Guard scored twice in the first on a two-run double by Courtney Wolf and the Bears added one more in the third on an RBI single by Becky Miller scoring Annette Boston, who led off the inning with a double.

In the fourth, Boston reached on an error scoring Laura Hutchinson before Frederick blasted a two-run homer to right center field for a 6-0 lead chasing Babson starter Jess Byrn.

Softball - Bears Drop Two at Wheaton

Leanna Minton had three hits, drove in a run and scored twice in game two. (photo by Darnell Isaacs)

NORTON, MASS.--(4/11/08)--Junior Lynn Cotto's grand slam highlighted an eight-run first inning in the opener, and the Wheaton College softball team scored six straight runs in the nightcap to overcome a deficit as the Lyons swept Coast Guard, 10-0 in five innings and 7-3 on Friday in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) doubleheader on Clark Field. Wheaton is now 25-7 overall and 9-3 in the league, while the Bears fell to 9-19 and 4-8.

In the first contest, the Lyons tallied eight runs on eight hits and three errors during the first inning. Junior Brady Benton led off the frame with a single before capping the outburst with a two-out, two-run home run. After Benton scored Wheaton's first run on a miscue, Cotto plated four by launching her first career home run just inside the left-field foul pole to put her team up 5-0. Seven Lyons picked up hits in the inning. Two more runs came around in the following frame, both scoring on two-out wild pitches.