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Complete Box Scores
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EDINBORO, PA – It was a day of missed
opportunities for the Edinboro University softball team, as the
Fighting Scots dropped a pair of contests to visiting
California(Pa.) on Tuesday. The Vulcans snapped a four-game losing
streak with a 2-0 win in the opener, then handed the Scots a 3-1
defeat in the nightcap.
Edinboro falls to 10-14 overall and is now 3-5
in PSAC West action. California(Pa.) evens its record to 10-10 and
4-4, respectively. Edinboro is back in action on Friday, April 14,
playing a doubleheader at league-leading Lock Haven.
Katie Francart scattered six hits to post the
shutout for Cal in the first game. The Vulcans jumped out to a
quick 1-0 lead in the first inning on a triple down the right
field line by Megan Timpf, followed by an RBI single to right by
Jennifer Doty.
The Vulcans made it 2-0 in the top of the
second inning as Stephanie Elk led off the inning with a double
and eventually scored on Deanna Valentino’s single to
shortstop with two outs.
Edinboro had a pair of excellent opportunities
to score, but came up empty. In the third inning, the Fighting
Scots loaded the bases on a pair of singles and a walk, but Mandie
Iorfido (Ambridge, PA/Ambridge) hit a comebacker to the mound
which was turned into a 1-2-3 doubplay. In the fifth inning the
Scots had runners on second and third with no outs, but Francart
rose to the occasion, striking out the next two batters and ended
the inning with a popout.
Vanessa Rose (Akron, OH/Manchester) was
the hard luck loser, giving up six hits. The sophomore walked
three and struck out five. Francart gave up just one walk and
struck out eight while improving to 3-6.
Rose started the second game, as well, and
turned in another strong showing, but defensive struggles doomed
the Fighting Scots. All three runs were unearned as Edinboro
committed five errors. Rose again allowed just six hits while not
allowing a walk and striking out three. Rose has now struck out
84, the seventh-highest season total. She has a 6-6 record.
Cal again scored a run in the top of the first,
as the Fighting Scots committed a pair of errors before Doty
plated a run with a single. Edinboro tied the game in the bottom
of the third thanks to a Cal miscue in the field. Hannah
Kipfer (Meadville, PA/Meadville) reached on an error with one
out, then moved to third on Cindy Carnaghi’s (White
Plains, NY/White Plains) single down the right field line.
When Carnaghi got into a rundown between first and second, Kipfer
scooted home with the tying run.
The Scots had a chance to take the lead in the
bottom of the fourth , putting runners on second and third with
just one out. But Becky Mezyk struck out the next two batters to
quall the rally. Edinboro would also have runners on second and
third with two outs in the fifth, but another Mezyk strikeout
ended the frame.
Cal took the lead with a run in the fifth, then
scored an insurance run in the sixth. Valentino led off the fifth
with a bunt single, and following a sacrifice and a passed ball,
scored on an error. In the sixth, Elk led off with a triple, but
was out at home on a squeeze attempt by Debbie Tedesco. The
Vulcans would eventually score a run on a single by pinch hitter
Brianna Smith with two outs, after the fifth Edinboro error kept
the inning alive.
Mezyk improved to 7-3, giving up just two hits
and a walk while striking out six. |
