{"id":183587,"date":"2026-03-08T23:55:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T23:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/183587\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T23:55:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T23:55:22","slug":"softball-completes-florida-trip-with-sweep-of-buena-vista-and-st-joes-maine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/183587\/","title":{"rendered":"Softball completes Florida trip with sweep of Buena Vista and St. Joe&#8217;s (Maine)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Westworth.png\" alt=\"Wentworth\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p>at Wentworth<\/p>\n<p>3\/14\/2026 | 12 pm<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Mar. 14 (Sat) \/ 12 pm&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Westworth.png\" alt=\"Wentworth\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        at\u00a0Wentworth&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/brandeisjudges.com\/sports\/softball\/opponent-history\/wentworth\/131\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    CLERMONT, Fla. \u2013 The Brandeis University softball team continued its outstanding pitching today as the Judges concluded their season-opening trip to THE Spring Games in Florida with wins over Buena Vista (Iowa), 7-1, and St. Joseph&#8217;s College (Maine), 8-1. Three Brandeis pitchers combined to allow just six hits over 14 innings of work.<\/p>\n<p>TEAM RECORDS&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tBrandeis, 5-1.&#13;<br \/>\n\tBuena Vista, 1-5.&#13;<br \/>\n\tSt. Joseph&#8217;s (Maine), 1-1.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>HOW IT HAPPENED vs. BUENVA VISTA (Brandeis, 7-1)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tFirst-year <a href=\"https:\/\/brandeisjudges.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/madeline-jennings\/6570\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6570\" target=\"_blank\">Madeline Jennings<\/a> (New York, N.Y. \/ Beacon) picked up her first win of the season with her best start, tossing five innings of three-hit ball. She allowed one earned run and had one strikeout out without a walk.&#13;<br \/>\n\tSophomore <a href=\"https:\/\/brandeisjudges.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/jamie-staub\/6562\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6562\" target=\"_blank\">Jamie Staub<\/a> (Lawrenceville, N.J. \/ Hun School) retired six of the seven batters she faced with four strikeouts to close things out.&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe Beavers scored in the top of the first, as a lead-off hitter Arielle Bowers singled, advanced to second on a groundout and stole third. She scored on an error back to the circle, but the Judges turned one of their three double plays on the day to end the threat.&#13;<br \/>\n\tIt was all Brandeis after that, with the Judges scoring twice in the bottom of the first to claim the lead. Sophomore 3B <a href=\"https:\/\/brandeisjudges.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/jordan-wallace\/6563\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6563\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan Wallace<\/a> (Howell, N.J. \/ Choate Rosemary Hall, Conn.) knotted the game with an RBI single, and scored the winning run from first on a double by junior CF <a href=\"https:\/\/brandeisjudges.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/bells-burdenski\/6555\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6555\" target=\"_blank\">Bells Burdenski<\/a> (San Diego, Calif. \/ Rancho Bernardo).&#13;<br \/>\n\tIn the second, sophomore catcher <a href=\"https:\/\/brandeisjudges.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/dylan-yamamura\/6565\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6565\" target=\"_blank\">Dylan Yamamura<\/a> (Newbury Park, Calif. \/ Newbury Park) doubled and scored on a single by first-year 2B <a href=\"https:\/\/brandeisjudges.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/mia-deck\/6566\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6566\" target=\"_blank\">Mia Deck<\/a> (Laguna Hills, Calif. \/ Santa Margarita Catholic)\u00b8&#13;<br \/>\n\tBrandeis broke things open with a four-run fifth inning that included a two-run single by junior 1B <a href=\"https:\/\/brandeisjudges.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/brooke-boehmer\/6554\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6554\" target=\"_blank\">Brooke Boehmer<\/a> (Pittsburgh, Pa. \/ Mount Lebanon) and a home run by Wallace.&#13;<br \/>\n\tIt was Wallace&#8217;s seventh career home run and the Judges&#8217; first of the 2026 season.&#13;<br \/>\n\tIn all, 10 different Judges combined for the team&#8217;s 13 hits, with Boehmer, Wallace and Deck posting two hits each.&#13;<br \/>\n\tWallace had the big bat overall, finishing 2-3 with three RBI and two runs scored to go with her home run.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>HOW IT HAPPENED vs. ST. JOSEPH&#8217;S (MAINE) (Brandeis, 8-1)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tSenior <a href=\"https:\/\/brandeisjudges.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/ragini-kannan\/6560\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6560\" target=\"_blank\">Ragini Kannan<\/a> (Westford, Mass.\/Westford) continued her torrid start in the circle, earning her third win of the week.&#13;<br \/>\n\tKannan struck out a career-high 14 Monks, registering her sixth career game with 10 or more Ks.&#13;<br \/>\n\tKannan retired the first nine batters she faced \u2013 seven on strikeouts &#8211; to extend her hitless streak to 14 innings before SJC finally got a hit and a baserunner in the top of the fourth.&#13;<br \/>\n\tAfter the Monks put together three hits for Kannan&#8217;s first earned run allowed this year, she got a strikeout to end the frame and did not allow another baserunner, adding another seven whiffs.&#13;<br \/>\n\tKannan&#8217;s previous career high for strikeouts was 12, achieved three times during her rookie season.&#13;<br \/>\n\tKannan&#8217;s win was the 30th of her career, making her the 11th Judge to reach that milestone. Her 38th complete game moved her into eighth place on Brandeis&#8217;s all-time list, while her strikeout total improved to 286, moving into sixth on the career list.&#13;<br \/>\n\tOffensively, the Judges got on the board two batters into the game, when senior <a href=\"https:\/\/brandeisjudges.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/erin-hunt\/6559\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6559\" target=\"_blank\">Erin Hunt<\/a> (Wake Forest, N.C. \/ Franklin Academy) singled and scored on a double by first-year <a href=\"https:\/\/brandeisjudges.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/taryn-rainey\/6568\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6568\" target=\"_blank\">Taryn Rainey<\/a> (Huntley, Ill. \/ Huntley).&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe game-winning runs scored in the third, when Rainey singled and scored on a Burdenski triple. Burdenski then came home on a Wallace single.&#13;<br \/>\n\tBrandeis tacked on five runs in the final three innings, highlighted by the first collegiate home run by first-year <a href=\"https:\/\/brandeisjudges.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/cae-pellegrini\/6571\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6571\" target=\"_blank\">Cae Pellegrini<\/a> (Milford, Mass. \/ Milford), a three-run shot in the fifth. Rainey drove in a run in the sixth, while first-year <a href=\"https:\/\/brandeisjudges.com\/sports\/softball\/roster\/alexa-johnson\/6567\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"6567\" target=\"_blank\">Alexa Johnson<\/a> (La Crescenta, Calif. \/ Crescenta Valley) plated one in the seventh.&#13;<br \/>\n\tPellegrini&#8217;s blast gave her a team-high three RBI, while Hunt had three hits and two runs scored out of the leadoff spot.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>UP NEXT<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThe Judges return to action in New England this week with games scheduled to be played next Saturday at Wentworth and Sunday at Simmons.&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Next Game: at Wentworth 3\/14\/2026 | 12 pm &#13; Mar. 14 (Sat) \/ 12 pm&#13;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183588,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-183587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}