Softball
Game Recap

March 30, 2009

Walk-off homers highlight KU's sweep of Shippensburg

KUTZTOWN, Pa. — The Kutztown University softball team swept its Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Eastern Division contest with Shippensburg on Monday at North Campus Field.

The Golden Bears (30-6, 6-0 PSAC East) beat Shippensburg (15-12, 3-3 PSAC East) with walk-off home runs in each of the contests.

KU will travel to West Chester on Tuesday for a PSAC East contest at 2:30 p.m.

Game 1
Score by Innings               R  H  E
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Shippensburg......100 000 0  - 1  3  0                     
Kutztown..........000 100 3  - 4  6  0                     
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Game 2
Score by Innings                R  H  E
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Shippensburg.......000 10x x -  1  3  0
Kutztown...........420 21x x -  9  9  1

Fitzgerald hits walk-off homer in bottom of seventh

KUTZTOWN, Pa. — Ashley Fitzgerald (sr. Kitchener, ONT/Resurrection) broke a 1-1 tie with a three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh for a walk-off 4-1 win against Shippensburg on Monday at North Campus Field.

With two outs, Kim Morrison (sr. Newmartket, ONT/Sir William Mulock) drew a walk and Steph Denlinger (sr. Harleysville/Souderton) kept the inning alive with an infield single. Fitzgerald then ripped the game-winner off of the scoreboard in right center field.

After allowing one run on two hits in the first, Katlin Arbogast (jr. Ambler/Wissahickon) held the Lady Raiders to only one hit the rest of the game. Arbogast struck out five along the way to pick up her 15 win of the season. She retired the final 17 batters.

The Golden Bears manufactured a run in the fourth to tie the score at 1-1. KU used back-to-back singles by Fitzgerald and Krista Cameron (sr. Formosa, ONT/Sacred Heart) followed by back-to-back walks by Krista Tedjeske (so. Summerhill/Forest Hills) and Michelle McGinty (fr. Warminster/Archbishop Wood) to force in the run.

Fitzgerald finished the game 3-for-4 with three RBIs and one run scored. Cameron also collected a multiple hit game, going 2-for-3.

Denlinger homers twice, Hannum hits walk-off in 9-1 win

KUTZTOWN, Pa. — Steph Denlinger (sr. Harleysville/Souderton) hit two home runs and Heather Hannum (fr. Hatboro/Hatboro-Horsham) hit a walk-off blast to lead the Golden Bears to a 9-1 win in the second game of the doubleheader.

Hannum’s solo shot pushed the Golden Bears ahead by eight runs, putting the mercy-rule into effect.

Denlinger had a solo home run to the opposite field in the second inning and then she blasted the 14th of the season in the fourth, a two-run shot well over the center-field wall.

She finished 2-for-2 with three runs scored on two homers and a walk.

Hannum also drove in two runs, forcing in a tally in Golden Bears’ four-run first inning.

KU added two runs in the second, as Krista Cameron (sr. Formosa, ONTARIO/Sacred Heart) tripled in a run after Denlinger’s solo home run.

Two runs in the fourth on Denlinger’s homer made it 8-1 and Hannum ended the game with her solo homer.

Monica Glomb (so. Mars/Mars) pitched all five innings for KU, allowing one unearned run on three hits and one walk. She struck out two in her seventh win of the season.

Maggie Reifsnyder (so. Philadelphia/Littleflower), Krista Tedjeske (so. Summerhill/Forest Hills) and Sara Golden (fr. Souderton/Souderton) each had RBIs, while Maria Schiavo (jr. Old Forge/Old Forge), Cameron and Tedjeske scored runs for KU.

Ashley Fitzgerald (sr. Kitchener, ONTARIO /Resurrection) scored two runs on a hit and a walk.