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Game 1
Game 2
EDINBORO, PA – The Edinboro University
softball team snapped a seven-game losing streak and extended
Clarion’s losing stein to 13 straight games with a
doubleheader sweep of the visiting Golden Eagles on Thursday.
Edinboro improved to 12-16 overall and 5-5 in PSAC West action.
Clarion is now 4-16 and 0-10, respectively.
The Fighting Scots won the first game by an 8-0
score in sixth innings, as Vanessa Rose (Akron, OH/Manchester)
tossed her fifth shutout of the year. Edinboro prevailed in the
nightcap 6-3, with Dana Webb (Amherst, NY/Williamsville South)
going 3-4 and adding 4 RBI.
Game one started off with Edinboro’s Webb
RBI single, scoring Katelyn Gurgiolo (Stow, OH/ Medina) in the
bottom of the first. The Fighting Scots would go on to add one is
the second and two in the third, fourth and sixth innings.
Danielle Arno (Manilius, NY/ Fayetteville-Manlius) hit her sixth
home run in the third inning, tying the season record held by
Heather Clark (1996). Rose had another dominated outing, going
sixth innings with eight strikeouts.
Webb started game two with a solo home run to
put the Fighting Scots up 1-0. Clarion would come back in the top
of the second when Angela Sterner hit a two RBI double. Edinboro
came right back in the third with a RBI double by Webb. The
Fighting Scots added two runs in the fifth and sixth innings to
put the game out of reach. Jessica Lindamood (Hartville, OH/Lake)
pitch a solid game for the Fighting Scots going seven innings with
sixth strikeouts, allowing only three runs on nine hits.
This marks the first of four straight days with
doubleheaders for the Fighting Scots as they attempt to make up
for a string of recent postponements. Edinboro hosts defending
national champion and top-ranked Lock Haven on Friday at 2:30 p.m. |
