[Softball] Graffeos Big Game Helps Saint Xavier Softball Split with UW-Parkside
Somers, Wis. – Senior first baseman Franchesca Graffeo (Crestwood, Ill./Shepard) hit a homer and recorded four RBIs to help lead the Saint Xavier University softball team to an 8-5 victory in game one of its non-conference road doubleheader with NCAA Division II University of Wisconsin-Parkside Monday afternoon at Case Complex in Somers, Wis. The Cougars (17-21 overall) struggled in game two though posting just four hits in a 7-0 loss to the Rangers. Junior transfer Haley Earl (Chicago Heights, Ill./Ohio Dominican/Marian Catholic) also picked up her first win (1-1) in an SXU uniform pitching the first five innings of game one and allowing nine hits, three runs (two earned) and three walks with no strikeouts. Junior Caroline Kuzel (Orland Park, Ill./Sandburg) earned her second career save throwing the final two frames and giving up four hits, two runs (both earned) and two walks with three strikeouts.