Softball
Game Recap

March 27, 2009

Golden Bears take two from East Stroudsburg Friday

KUTZTOWN, Pa. — The Kutztown University softball team swept its Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference East doubleheader with East Stroudsburg University Friday at North Campus Field.

The Golden Bears (28-6, 4-0 PSAC East) won 5-0 in the first game against East Stroudsburg (12-9, 1-3 PSAC East) and added a 9-5 victory in their second game.

Steph Denlinger (sr. Harleysville/Souderton) drove in four runs on the day, breaking the PSAC record for RBIs in a career. She now has 205.

KU has now won 24 of its last 26 games, including seven straight.

The Golden Bears will return to the field at 2:30 p.m. Monday for a PSAC East doubleheader against Shippensburg at North Campus Field. The game will be available via audio Webcast on the Golden Bear Network.

Game 1
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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East Stroudsburg.... 000 000 0 -  0  2  2
Kutztown............ 000 401 X -  5  5  0
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Game 2
Score by Innings                  R  H  E
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East Stroudsburg.... 201 020 0 -  5  9  2
Kutztown............ 103 302 X -  9 11  0
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Arbogast shuts down Warriors, strikes out nine in 5-0 win

KUTZTOWN, Pa. — Katlin Arbogast (jr. Ambler/Wissahickon) pitched a complete-game shutout to lead the Golden Bears to a 5-0 win in the first game of their doubleheader with East Stroudsburg Friday.

Arbogast struck out nine, allowing four baserunners on two hits and two walks. She had a no-hitter through 5 1/3 innings, but two singles in the sixth gave the Warriors two baserunners. Arbogast forced a groundout to first to end the inning.

Krista Cameron (sr. Formosa, ONTARIO/Sacred Heart) hit a two-RBI double to highlight KU’s four-run fourth.

Maria Schiavo (jr. Old Forge/Old Forge) and Kim Morrison (sr. Newmarket, ONTARIO /Sir William Mulock) led off the inning reaching on back-to-back errors. After Steph Denlinger (sr. Harleysville/Souderton) singled in Schiavo and Ashley Fitzgerald (sr. Kitchener, ONTARIO /Resurrection) walked, Cameron doubled to right to make it 3-0.

Nicole Colineri (fr. Scotch Plains, N.J./Scotch Plains-Fanwood), who was pinch running for Fitzgerald, scored on a single by Krista Tedjeske (so. Summerhill/Forest Hills).

Fitzgerald added a solo home run in the sixth inning to make it 5-0.

Denlinger breaks PSAC RBI record with three in 9-5 win

KUTZTOWN, Pa. — Steph Denlinger (sr. Harleysville/Souderton) knocked in three runs on two hits as the Golden Bears defeated East Stroudsburg 9-5 in the second game of their doubleheader Friday.

Denlinger singled in a run in the first inning and doubled in another two in the fifth, helping the Golden Bears jump out to a 7-3 lead.

Her three RBIs gives her 205 for her career, breaking a PSAC record originally held by Erica Miller, of Bloomsburg (204, 1998-01).

Delinger finished 2-for-4 with two runs scored.

Krista Cameron (sr. Formosa, ONTARIO/Sacred Heart), Maria Schiavo (jr. Old Forge/Old Forge) and Ashley Fitzgerald (sr. Kitchener, ONTARIO /Resurrection) also had multiple hits for the Golden Bears.

Cameron had three hits, finishing a home run shy of the cycle. She also had two RBIs and a run scored.

Schiavo scored two runs and Fitzgerald had an RBI and a run scored.

Krista Tedjeske (so. Summerhill/Forest Hills) also had two RBIs, with a sacrifice in the third and a single in the sixth.

Mary Hoch (so. Somerton/St. Hubert) picked up the win, pitching 3 2/3 innings in relief, and Katlin Arbogast (jr. Ambler/Wissahickon) earned the save, pitching the final two innings.