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Complete Box Scores
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EDINBORO, PA – The Edinboro University
softball team picked up two conference wins on the road against
PSAC West opponent Clarion, winning 9-0 and 7-0. With the
victories, the Fighting Scots snap a four-game losing streak and
improve to 10-12 overall, 3-3 in the PSAC West, while Clarion
drops to 0-16 overall, 0-5 in the conference.
Sophomore Vanessa Rose (Akron,
OH/Manchester) recorded both wins on the day, improving to 6-4
overall. She went the distance in game one, hurling a one-hitter
against the Golden Eagles and threw four innings in game two. Rose
picked up 12 strikeouts on the day and has 76 total, the
7th-highest season total in Edinboro history. The sophomore is
fifth all-time for career strikeouts with 140.
Kim Kurchev (Mogadore, OH/Mogadore) pitched
three hitless innings in relief of Rose, recording four
strikeouts. The junior now has 94 career strikeouts, sixth
all-time.
Offensively, all but one Fighting Scot had a
hit in the first contest. Katelyn Gurgiolo (Stow, OH/Medina)
led Edinboro at the plate, going 2-for-4, with two runs scored and
two RBIs. Mandie Iorfido (Ambridge, PA/Ambridge) hit
3-for-4 with one run scored while Leanne Carmichael
(Pinehurst, MA/Billerica Memorial) added two RBIs, and Jessica
Lindamood (Hartville, OH/Lake), Jessica Cox (Cranesville,
PA/Northwestern) and Hannah Kipfer (Meadville,
PA/Meadville) each contributed one RBI.
In the second-half of the day’s action,
the Fighting Scots’ offense continued to dominate, exploding
for five runs in the third inning and one each in the fourth and
fifth. Cox led off the inning with a single and beat out the throw
to second on Kipfer’s fielder’s choice to give the
Fighting Scots runners at first and second with no outs. Cyndi
Carnaghi (White Plains, NY/White Plains) advanced the runners
with a sacrifice and Cox would score on Rose’s single while
Kipfer scored on a wild pitch. Then, freshman Danielle Arno
(Manlius, NY/Fayetteville-Manlius) broke the game wide-open,
ripping a bases-loaded double to plate three runs. She would
finish the game 1-for-2 with 3 RBIs and one run scored.
Gurgiolo, Rose, Iorfido and Lindamood each
added an RBI for the Fighting Scots.
Edinboro returns to action on Sunday, April 9,
at home against California (Pa).
Edinboro 022 203 - 9 12 3
Clarion 000 000 - 0 1 4
Pitchers: Edinboro, Rose, 6-1-0-0-2-7 Clarion,
Rankin, 6-12-9-5-0-0
Edinboro 005 110 0 - 7 5 0
Clarion 000 000 0 - 0 3 1
Pitchers: Edinboro Rose, 4-3-0-0-1-5, Kurchev,
3-0-0-0-0-4 Clarion, Estok, 7-5-7-5-4-4
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