Recently 28 Elon students studied abroad in the Dominican Republic where the main  focus was baseball. One member of the group, club baseball member Drew Forte, explained “One of the most fun days we experienced was playing baseball with kids from a local Little League. They have so little equipment and still love the game even though they have to make do without real bases, new baseballs, and old bats. We brought some gear with us to donate, but they could use a lot more. They are in need of bats, balls, cleats, gloves, batting helmets and gloves, pants, hats, so anything baseball/softball related would be greatly appreciated. You know how much we love baseball and what a difference it would make if we couldn’t play without balls or mitts or bats.”

Several members of the group, Drew Forte, Stephen Monick, Grant Flick, Katie Soraghan, Danielle Fowler, and Alex Komrovsky organized a gear drive to collect donated gear to send to the Dominican Republic. Family members, friends and Elon Club baseball alumni have donated money and gear to the cause. Please contact Drew Forte at dforte2@elon.edu if you would like to help with their efforts.  The group is hoping to ship all gear by March 18.

The defense was directed by transfer goalie, Joey McLaughlin, who had a strong showing in his first game between the pipes. The team will look to improve to 3-0 on the season Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. against Appalachian State.

Freshman Rosie Ruzzi scored Elon’s first goal off of a wide cross from the far left corner of the field only minutes after the second half started. A few minutes later, Ruzzi scored another goal on a great strike from within the 18.

Freshman Sarah Alger finished out the game with another goal for Elon, coming from the top of the box and soaring into the back of the net. After holding off the women’s Wake Forest team for the rest of the half, Elon finished their first game of the spring season with a 3-0 win.

These were two conference games as part of their inaugural season in the NCSA. Elon pitcher Jamie Bell, who was coming off three years of not playing, got off to a slow start and let up eight runs in the first inning. After that first inning, she only allowed five runs the rest of the game. Bell and Ali Lucchesi led the offense in the first game, going 2 for 3 and scoring a run.

Sam Lucey, Taylor Cesarski, and Casey McVicar also contributed to the offense with a hit each and scoring a run. Elon dropped the first game by a final score of 13-5.

The second game of the series proved better for Elon. Lianna Pevar took the mound with four strikeouts.  She also helped herself out as she scored four runs, and she also hit a triple. There were several defensive plays, especially by Tina Anwyll who made numerous catches. The offensive leader of the game was Sam Lucey who went 5 for 6 with three triples and three runs scored.

Other players who contributed multiple runs were Jamie Bell, Kelsey Howard, and Taylor Cesarski. 

Elon won the second game 18-16 with a record that now stands at 1-1.