Feb. 28, 2004
Tucson, Arizona - No. 22 South Florida rebounded after twin losses Friday by beating No. 7 Stanford, 8-0, in Saturday action at the Worth Wildcat Invitational. The victory gave both teams 1-2 records in the tournament.
Holly Groves followed a couple of walks by Stanford pitcher Dana Sorensen in the bottom of the first inning with her fourth home run of the season to give the Bulls a 3-0 lead.
Kattrina Dowd led off the USF third with a triple off the right field fence, then scored on Tiffany Stewart's two-out single to make it 4-0.
Stanford's Catalina Morris doubled to lead off the Cardinal fourth, and was sacrificed to third by Lauren Lappin. USF pitcher Leigh Ann Ellis got a ground ball back to the circle and struck out Meghan Sickler to strand the runner.
USF added two runs in the fourth with an RBI single by Dowd and a run-scoring fielder's choice by pinch hitter Leigh Ann Ellis. Groves singled in the fifth and Christie Chapman homered to center to provide the run-rule margin.
Dana Sorensen (7-3) took the loss for the Cardinal, pitching 2.1 innings while allowing four runs on two hits with five strikeouts. South Florida's Leigh Ann Ellis picked up her 11th win of the season, pitching five scoreless innings.
Cardinal Catalina Morris picked up both of Stanford's hits at the plate going 2-for-2 on the morning.
Stanford will now face Boston University in continued tournament action.