Softball
Game Recap

April 17, 2009

KU splits doubleheader with Bloomsburg Friday

KUTZTOWN, Pa. — The Kutztown University softball team split its doubleheader with Bloomsburg on Friday afternoon in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference crossover matchup.

The Huskies (27-5) won the first game by a score of 2-1. The Golden Bears (39-8-1) got a 3-0 shutout win in the second game.

Steph Denlinger (sr. Harleysville/Souderton) walked twice in the first game and again in the second to give her 148 in her career, breaking the NCAA Division II all-time record for walks, formerly held by Taiisha Pleasant, of Humboldt St. (1997-00) at 145.

The Golden Bears will host West Chester on Saturday for a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. at North Campus Field.

Game 1
Score by Innings                 R  H  E
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Bloomsburg ......... 200 000 0 - 2  9  0
Kutztown ........... 100 000 0 - 1  7  0
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Game 2
Score by Innings                 R  H  E
------------------------------------------| BOXSCORE | RECAP |
Bloomsburg ......... 000 000 0 - 0  3  1
Kutztown ........... 001 002 X - 3  6  1
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Bloomsburg tops Golden Bears 2-1

KUTZTOWN, Pa. — The Kutztown University softball team dropped a 2-1 battle with Bloomsburg on Friday in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference crossover matchup.

All of the scoring was provided in the first inning of the game. Bloomsburg got its two runs on three hits, which included an RBI double by Tara Reed. Reed was knocked in on a single by Jenna Hampton for what proved to be the winning run.

The Golden Bears used three straight singles to score their only run. Kim Morrison (sr. Newmartket, ONT/Sir William Mulock) hit a single and advanced to second on a single by Steph Denlinger (sr. Harleysville/Souderton). Ashley Fitzgerald (sr. Kitchener, ONT/Resurrection) knocked in Morrison, but that was all that the Golden Bears could push across the plate.

Denlinger finished the game 2-for-2 and Fitzgerald was 2-for-3.

Denlinger walked in the third inning, to set the NCAA Division II all-time record for walks with 146. She walked again in the seventh to add to her record.

The Golden Bears stranded 10 runners throughout the game, including five in scoring position.

Katlin Arbogast (jr. Ambler/Wissahickon) was the hard-luck loser, allowing two runs and six hits, to take the loss. Mary Hoch (so. Somerton/St. Hubert) pitched four innings of shutout relief, surrendering only three hits. She struck out three.

Fitzgerald homers, Hoch shuts down Bloomsburg

KUTZTOWN, Pa. — Mary Hoch (so. Somerton/St. Hubert) pitched a complete-game shutout in a 3-0 win over Bloomsburg in the second game of their doubleheader Friday.

Hoch earned her 14th win of the season, while allowing only three hits and striking out three. She allowed only three runners in scoring position, but no one got beyond third base.

Kim Morrison (sr. Newmartket, ONT/Sir William Mulock) got the offense going with a two-out single in the third, she advanced to second on an error by the shortstop. Steph Denlinger (sr. Harleysville/Souderton) knocked Morrison in with a double.

The Golden Bears tacked on two runs in the sixth off of an Ashley Fitzgerald (sr. Kitchener, ONT/Resurrection) home run, scoring Denlinger, who got on with a walk.

Fitzgerald was 2-for-3, finishing as the only Golden Bear with multiple hits.