Softball
2006 PSAC Championships
May 4-6, 2006 - at Lock Haven, PA, 2005

updated January 29, 2010 11:49 AM

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Tournament Schedule

Thursday, May 4, 2006
10:00 a.m. – Game 1 – (E3) Kutztown 7, (W2) California (PA) 3
12:00 noon – Game 2 – (E2) Shippensburg 2, (W3) Indiana (PA) 0
2:00 p.m. – Game 3 – Kutztown 3, (E1) Bloomsburg 0
4:00 p.m. – Game 4 – (W1) Lock Haven University 4, Shippensburg 0

Friday, May 5, 2006
10:00 a.m. – Game 5 – California (PA) 11, Indiana (PA) 10
12:00 noon – Game 6 – Shippensburg 3, Bloomsburg 2
2:00 p.m. – Game 7 – Lock Haven 5, Kutztown 1
4:00 p.m. – Game 8 – California (PA) vs. Shippensburg

Saturday, May 6, 2006
11:00 a.m. – Game 9 – Shippensburg 1, Kutztown 0 (KU eliminated)
1:00 p.m. – Game 10 – Lock Haven vs. Shippensburg
3:00 p.m. – Game 11 – WILL BE PLAYED ONLY IF THE LOSER OF GAME 10 HAS
                                   LOST ONLY ONE GAME DURING THE TOURNAMENT

Results

Game 1

Kutztown 7, California (PA) 3 (May 4, 2006 at Lock Haven, PA)
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California (PA).... 000 002 1 - 3  7 1 (23-14)
Kutztown........... 010 033 x - 7 13 2 (31-15)
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COMPLETE BOX SCORE

LOCK HAVEN, PA - Kutztown scored six runs in its final two at bats to defeat California (PA) in game one of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championships, 7-3.  Kutztown took a 1-0 lead in the second when Jackie Messina knocked in Lindsay Bennett on a sacrifice.  In the fifth inning, Ashley Fitzgerald hit a two-run single to score Adriane Willmer and Kim Morrison.  With two outs in the sixth inning, the Golden Bears put together five straight hits for three runs. Stacey Denlinger (11-5) pitched 5.2 innings, striking out three and giving up two unearned runs.  Rachel Weidensaul came in with one out in the sixth and pitched the remainder of the game for her first save.   Morrison was 3-for-4 with two runs scored.  Bennett and Krista Cameron were both 3-for-4 with a double and RBI.

Game 2

Kutztown 3, Bloomsburg 0 (May 4, 2006 at Lock Haven, PA)
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Bloomsburg......... 000 000 0 - 0 6 1 (35-14)
Kutztown........... 010 200 x - 3 6 0 (32-15)
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COMPLETE BOX SCORE

LOCK HAVEN, PA – Rachel Weidensaul (19-4) pitched a complete game shut-out as KU defeated Bloomsburg, 3-0, in game three of the PSAC playoffs.  Krista Cameron put KU on the board in the second inning with a solo home run.  Caitlin Hague hit a pinch-hit double to knock in Kutztown’s two other runs in the fourth.  Adriane Willmer was 2-for-3 in the game.

Game 3

Lock Haven 5, Kutztown 1 (May 5, 2006 at Lock Haven, PA)
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Kutztown......... 000 100 0 - 1 6 0 (32-16)
Lock Haven....... 140 000 x - 5 9 3 (45-3)
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COMPLETE BOX SCORE

LOCK HAVEN, PA – Lock Haven scored four runs in the second inning to give KU its first loss of the PSAC playoffs, 5-1.  Stephanie Denlinger scored KU's only run in the fourth after Krista Cameron reached on an error by Lock Haven's shortstop.  Denlinger (2-7) started to game for the Golden Bears, pitching 1.1 innings, giving up three runs.  Rachel Weidensaul pitched the remaining of the game, striking out three.  Adriane Willmer was 2-for-4.  Ashley Fitzgerald went 2-for-3.

Kutztown will face the winner of the California (PA)/Shippensburg game tomorrow, Saturday, at 11:00 AM.

Game 9

Shippensburg 1, Kutztown 0 (May 6, 2006 at Lock Haven, PA)
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Kutztown......... 000 000 0 - 0 0 1 (32-17)
Lock Haven....... 000 000 1 - 1 3 0 (40-17)
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COMPLETE BOX SCORE

Shippensburg 1, Kutztown 0 - Shippensburg's Kelly Nelson hit a walk-off home run and Danielle Shields tossed a perfect game to lead off the bottom of the seventh inning as the Lady Raiders eliminated Kutztown from the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Softball Championship.

Shippensburg's Danielle Shields faced the minimum 21 batters over seven innings, striking out 10.  KU's Stacey Denlinger struck out five and allowed just three hits. 

KU falls to 32-17 with the loss and finishes third in the six-team tournament.