UMBC senior Amanda Fefel (Baltimore, Md./Catonsville) allowed just one hit and struck out a season-high seven batters as the UMBC softball team (17-14) blanked Georgetown (14-18) by a score of 2-0 Tuesday afternoon at UMBC Softball Stadium.
Fefel went the distance and improved to 3-2 on the season with the first shutout by a Retriever pitcher since junior Stephanie Weigman (Elkridge, Md./Archbishop Spalding) blanked Liberty, 5-0, on Feb. 20. It was Fefel’s sixth career shutout and her first since April 2, 2009, against Morgan State.
Amanda Fefel tossed her sixth career shutout with a one-hitter against Georgetown.
The Retrievers had a runner on base in each of the first three innings, but could not crack the scoreboard until the fourth, while junior second baseman Lauren Brummell (Hanover, Va./Hanover) and junior designated player Lauren O'Malley (Pasadena, Md./Archbishop Spalding) led off with back-to-back singles and scored on a two-out single by senior catcher Amanda Page (Batavia, N.Y./Batavia/Monroe CC).
Those two runs proved to be all UMBC needed, as Fefel allowed just two base runners over the final three innings.
O’Malley and Page paced the Retrievers at the plate, combining for five of UMBC’s seven hits in the game.