March 5, 2001

Box Score

Villanova, PA - Even though the two schools are located only 15 miles from one another, Villanova and St. Joseph's traveled nearly 1,000 miles to do battle over Spring Break in Orlando, Florida and it was worth every minute they had to travel. The two teams battled in a 10-inning early season thriller that saw Villanova's Kriste Romano (Mesa, AZ/Red Mountain) singled in Jackie Pasquerella (Bayshore, NY/Bayshore) in the tenth inning to secure the 2-1 victory for the Wildcats.

In an extremely defensive battle, Villanova's Theresa Hornick (Edmonds, WA/Seattle Prep) was nearly perfect on the mound. Hornick pitched all 10 innings for the Wildcats striking out nine and walking none. No pitcher allowed a run in the games initial seven innings. Using the international tiebreaker rule both teams were given opportunities to score with a runner on second. Both teams failed to get a run across the plate in the first two extra innings. In the ninth inning, St. Joe's tallied first to take a 1-0 advantage. Villanova responded in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game and send it into the fourth extra inning. After Hornick shut down the Hawks in the top of the tenth, Pasquerella was placed on second for Villanova. Romano stepped to the plate and came through with a clutch hit to plate Pasquerella and give the Wildcats their second victory of 2001.

The Wildcats managed only four hits in the game. Tallying the four singles for Villanova were Romano, Pasquerella, freshman Robin Flier (Lafayette, Calif./Acalanes), and junior Heather Garboden (Beaverton, OR/Beaverton). With the victory Villanova improves their record to 2-0 on the season, while St. Joseph's falls to 0-1 after their season opener.