LOCK HAVEN,
Pa. — The No. 16 Kutztown University softball team
defeated the Warriors of East Stroudsburg University 3-0
Thursday in the opening round of the Pennsylvania State Athletic
Conference tournament at Lawrence Field on the campus
of Lock Haven University.
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KU (45-10) got
the bats going early with one out in the home half of the
first, as Maria Schiavo (jr. Old Forge/Old Forge)
singled and Steph Denlinger (jr. Harleysville/Souderton)
hit a two-run homer over the right-field fence to give KU the
2-0 lead.
The next batter, Ashley Fitzgerald
(Kitchener, ONTARIO/Resurrection), followed Denlinger’s blast
with one of her own, a solo homer over the right-center-field
fence to extend the lead to 3-0.
Denlinger’s
homer, her 56th of her career, tied the PSAC career record for
home runs set by Erica Miller
(1998-’01), of Bloomsburg.
East
Stroudsburg
threatened in the top of the fifth, as Brittany Racek had a
one-out base
hit, but KU hurler Katlin Arbogast
(so. Ambler/Wissahickon) struck out the next two batters to
work out of the potential jam.
In the bottom
of the fifth, KU had a chance to add to its lead as Kathy Gregg (sr.
Narvon/Garden Spot) led off the inning with a base hit and
advanced to third on sacrifices by Kim Morrison (jr.
Newmarket, ONTARIO/Sir William Mulock) and Schiavo. Warriors
pitcher Kristen Halvorsen, however, was able to work out of trouble,
getting Denlinger to fly out to right field.
In the top of
the seventh, East Stroudsburg tried to rally as
Candice Pastor singled with one out, but Arbogast struck out Eliza Morosco and
got Kara Darcey to ground out to end the
contest.
With the win,
Arbogast picks up her 23rd victory of the season. She scattered four hits and struck out eight in the complete
game victory.
Halvorsen (14-16) took the loss for
East Stroudsburg.
KU will
play Lock Haven at 2:30
p.m. Friday.
Lock Haven shuts down KU to advance to championship round
May 2, 2008
LOCK
HAVEN, Pa. —
The No. 16
Kutztown University softball team was defeated 5-0 by No. 2 Lock
Haven University in the second round of the Pennsylvania State
Athletic Conference (PSAC) Tournament.
KU (45-11) will play the winner of the
Bloomsburg-Indiana (Pa.) matchup at 11 a.m. Saturday. Lock Haven
awaits the winner of that game in the championship round.
Lock Haven (42-6) broke the game open in the
seventh with a three-run inside-the-park home run by Sarah
Norris. She roped a liner into right field that plated pinch
runner Meredith Morris and Julia Popovich.
Golden Bears
pitcher Katlin Arbogast (so. Ambler/Wissahickon)
took the loss to
fall to 23-6 on the season. She threw a complete game, allowing
five runs on eight hits while striking out three.
Her counterpart, Kristin Erb, who threw a perfect
game in Lock Haven’s first contest of the tournament, limited
the Golden Bears to three hits while striking out six in a
complete-game effort.
Kim Morrison (jr.
Newmarket, ONTARIO/Sir William Mulock)
was the top hitter at the plate for KU,
going 2-for-3 with two singles.
Caitlin Hague (sr. Landsdale/North Penn) had the other KU
hit, a single to lead off the top of the fifth, but Erb struck
out the next two batters and forced a groundout to end the
inning.
Three consecutive singles by Lock Haven’s Erica
Eisenbise, Devin Glezen and Brittany Muthard produced a run in
the fifth inning, and the Eagles made it 2-0 in the sixth with
an RBI single by Amanda Roosa. Her one-out hit scored Norris.
Bloomsburg ends KU's run at PSAC Championships, wins 2-0 in extras
May 3, 2008
LOCK HAVEN, Pa.
—
The No. 16
Kutztown University softball team dropped its Pennsylvania State
Athletic Conference elimination contest against the No. 8
Bloomsburg Huskies 2-0 in nine innings at Lawrence Field on Saturday.
Bloomsburg’s
Tiff Corlis and Kayleen Sidisky each hit two-out singles to score
the only runs of the game, advancing the Huskies to the PSAC
Championship game against Lock Haven. The Eagles need only one
win to claim the title, while the Huskies need two.
Pitching was the
story throughout the game, as there were only two hits in the
first three innings and eight through the first seven.
KU’s Katlin
Arbogast (so. Ambler/Wissahickon) and Bloomsburg hurler
Ashley Lynn combined to strike out five batters in the first
three innings and 12 overall.
Lynn pitched all
nine innings, limiting the Golden Bears (45-12) to no runs on
seven hits. She struck out six batters.
Arbogast pitched
seven innings and picked up the no-decision. She held the
Huskies (48-8) to two hits and two walks while striking out six.
Monica Glomb (fr.
Mars/Mars)
pitched in relief and took the loss, allowing two runs on four
hits. She struck out two.
KU had the
lead-off batter on base in three consecutive innings
— fourth, fifth and sixth
—
but could not advance a runner to second base. All seven of KU’s
baserunners did not advance into scoring position.
Maria Schiavo
(so. Old Forge/Old Forge)
and Krista Tedjeske (fr. Summerhill/Forrest Hills) each
had two hits for the Golden Bears. Schiavo was 2-for-4, while
Tedjeske was 2-for-3. Kim Morrison (Newmarket, ONTARIO/Sir
William Mulock), Steph Denlinger (jr.
Souderton/Souderton) and Caitlin Hague (sr. Landsdale/North
Penn) had the other base hits for KU.
In the top of
the ninth, Bloomsburg’s Lacy Mauro led off with a single and
Mandy Koch reached on a bunt single to put runners on first and
second with no outs.
Glomb got Jen
Miller to pop out for the first out of the inning and struck out
Lori Neyhard, but Corlis and Sidisky knocked home the winning
runs.
KU will await
seeding for the NCAA Division II Mid-Atlantic Regionals May 7
through May 11.
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