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EDINBORO, PA – The Edinboro University
softball team split a pair of games on Thursday while competing in
the Gene Cusic Classic in Ft. Myers, FL. The Fighting Scots upset
nationally-ranked C.W. Post, 3-0, behind Vanessa Rose’s
three-hitter, then suffered a 3-2 loss in eight innings to St.
Michael’s.
C.W. Post’s trip down south has been
difficult, and the Fighting Scots didn’t make it any easier
as they shut out the Pioneers. C.W. Post fell to 0-4. Rose gave up
just three singles, did not walk a batter, and struck out 10.
The junior right hander got all the support she
needed in the fourth inning as the Fighting Scots pushed across
all three runs. Dana Webb led off the inning with a single, then
Mandy Iorfido reached on an error to put runners on first and
second. Leanne Carmichael’s single loaded the bases with one
out, and Alicia Gordon followed with an RBI single. Jessica
Lindamood capped the inning with a two-run double.
Edinboro was unable to make it four straight
wins as the Fighting Scots dropped a tough extra-inning affair to
St. Michael’s The eighth inning began with a 1-1 tie. Using
the international tiebreaker, St. Michael’s began the top of
the eighth with a runner on second. A single put runners on first
and third, and with two outs a dropped line drive down the right
field line scored both two runners.
Katelyn Gurgiolo started the bottom of the
eighth on second base, and scored on Iorfido’s two-out
single. Danielle Arno flew out to left to end the game.
Kim Kurchev was the hard-luck loser. The senior
scattered nine hits while going the distance, with two walks and
two strikeouts. She gave up just one earned run. Gurgiolo was
2-for-3, as was Carmichael. Carmichael’s fourth inning double
drove in Iorfido, who was 2-for-4 with a double in the fourth.
Edinboro is now 6-4, while St. Michael’s
improved to 6-2. The Fighting Scots conclude their spring trip
with a doubleheader beginning at 5 p.m. at Florida Gulf Coast.
GAME RECAPS
C.W. Post 000 000 0 0-3-2
Edinboro 000 300 x 3-6-1
Pitching: C.W. Post Brenda Tatas (L) 6
ip-6h-3r-1er-1bb-5k; Edinboro Vanessa Rose (W)
7ip-3h-0r-0er-0bb-10k
2B: E – Jessica Lindamood; Records: Edinboro 6-3, C.W. Post
0-4
St. Michael’s 100 000 02 3-9-1
Edinboro 000 100 01 2-6-1
Pitching: St. Michael Linda O’Connor 5
ip-4h-1r-1er-1bb-3k; Mary Roberge (W) 3ip-2h-1r-0er-1bb-2k.
Edinboro Kim Kurchev (L) 8ip-9h-3r-1er-2bb-2k
2B: E – Mandie Iorfido, Leanne Carmichael; Records: Edinboro
6-4, St. Michael’s 6-2 |
