Softball
Game Recap

March 31, 2009

Denlinger powers KU to doubleheader sweep of West Chester

Steph Denlinger

WEST CHESTER, Pa. — Steph Denlinger (sr. Harleysville/Souderton) continued her tear through the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Eastern Division with two more homers during a doubleheader sweep of West Chester Tuesday.

Denlinger totaled four RBIs in the doubleheader, as the Kutztown University softball team (32-6, 8-0 PSAC East) won both games by a score of 3-1. After hitting two home runs on Monday against Shippensburg and another two Tuesday, Denlinger has 16 on the season and 72 in her career.

She already owns the Division II record for home runs in a career and she moved into eighth place on the all-time collegiate record books as the Division I record for home runs is 90.

The Golden Bears, who have won 21 of their last 22 games, are now four games ahead of West Chester (21-9, 3-3 PSAC East) and Shippensburg (15-13, 3-3 PSAC East) for first place in the division.

KU will return to the field at 3 p.m. Friday for a PSAC East doubleheader at Millersville (18-17, 1-7 PSAC East). The Golden Bears swept the Marauders 3-2 and 3-0 at home on March 25.

Game 1
Score by Innings                 R  H E
-----------------------------------------| BOXSCORE | RECAP |
KUTZTOWN............ 002 010 0 - 3 11 3
WEST CHESTER........ 000 010 0 - 1  5 2

Game 2
Score by Innings                 R H E
-----------------------------------------| BOXSCORE | RECAP |
KUTZTOWN............ 000 100 2 - 3 8 0
WEST CHESTER........ 000 001 0 - 1 4 0

Denlinger’s two homers help Arbogast collect 16th win

WEST CHESTER, Pa. — Steph Denlinger (sr. Harleysville/Souderton) hit a two-run homer in the third and a solo blast in the fifth to lead the Golden Bears to a 3-1 win over West Chester in the first game of their doubleheader.

Denlinger finished 3-for-4, with three RBIs and two runs scored.

Katlin Arbogast (jr. Ambler/Wissahickon) pitched all seven innings to collect the win. She allowed one unearned run on five hits and no walks. She struck out seven for her 16th victory of the season.

Krista Cameron (sr. Formosa, ONTARIO/Sacred Heart) finished 2-for-4 at the plate, while Kim Morrison (sr. Newmarket, ONTARIO /Sir William Mulock) singled and scored a run.

Maria Schiavo (jr. Old Forge/Old Forge), Sara Golden (fr. Souderton/Souderton), Heather Hannum (fr. Hatboro/Hatboro-Horsham), Krista Tedjeske (so. Summerhill/Forest Hills) and Maggie Reifsnyder (so. Philadelphia/Littleflower) also had singles for KU.

Denlinger, Cameron rally in seventh to lead KU past West Chester

WEST CHESTER, Pa. — Late-inning heroics with two outs helped the Golden Bears win 3-1 in the second game of their doubleheader with West Chester Tuesday.

A day after having walk-off homers end both games against the Shippensburg Lady Raiders, KU scored two runs in the top of the ninth to complete its sweep of West Chester.

Steph Denlinger (sr. Harleysville/Souderton) and Krista Cameron (sr. Formosa, ONTARIO/Sacred Heart) hit back-to-back two-out RBI singles to give KU the 3-1 lead.

Maggie Reifsnyder (so. Philadelphia/Littleflower) and Maria Schiavo (jr. Old Forge/Old Forge) walked to start the seventh-inning rally.

Cameron opened the scoring in the game, hitting a solo home run in the fourth to give KU a 1-0 lead.

West Chester struck back in the bottom of the sixth, tying the game at 1.

Mary Hoch (so. Somerton/St. Hubert) started for KU, pitching five innings, allowing one run on three hits and a walk. She struck out five.

Monica Glomb (so. Mars/Mars) picked up the win in relief — her eighth of the season — pitching two innings, allowing just one hit. She struck out three.

Cameron led KU, going 2-for-3 with two RBIs and a run scored. Reifsnyder also finished with two hits.

Michelle McGinty (fr. Warminster/Archbishop Wood), Krista Tedjeske (so. Summerhill/Forest Hills) and Schiavo also recorded hits for KU.