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Findlay Recap
Sports Information
Department, Dan Teliski, Director
Phone:
(814) 871-7418
Date:
April 6, 2008
GANNON SOFTBALL TEAM SPLITS
ANOTHER GLIAC DOUBLHEADER
ERIE,
Pa. - The Gannon softball team split a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic
Conference (GLIAC) doubleheader for the second consecutive day Sunday afternoon
at Gannon University Field. The Lady Knights posted a 6-5 victory over the
University of Findlay in game one, but fell by the same score in game two.
In the opener, Kadie Ondrus (Curtice, Ohio/Clay) was a multifaceted
weapon. The redshirt sophomore improved to 6-5 on the mound by allowing five
runs on eight hits in seven innings. She struck out four and walked three.
Meanwhile, Ondrus was spectacular at the plate. She entered the game with
one hit in only four at-bats this season, but went 3-for-3 with two RBI.
Gannon trailed 5-4 when it scored single runs in the sixth and seventh innings
to post the 6-5 victory. Katie Conner (Cincinnati, Ohio/Sycamore)
was a key factor in both scores. She led off the sixth with a single. Courtney
Schwenk (Erie, Pa./Mercyhurst Prep) pinch ran and scored the tying run
on Ondrus’ double to right center.
In the bottom of the seventh, Casee Piquet (Newton Falls, Ohio/Newton
Falls) led off with a triple over the rightfielder’s head. After back-to-back
intentional walks, Conner’s single to left field plated Piquet with the winning
run.
Ondrus and Carol Kienzl (Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin) led the offensive
attack with three hits each. Conner, Jaclyn Corroto (Boardman, Ohio/Boardman),
and Holli Michaels (Tacoma, Wash./Curtis) had two hits apiece.
In the nightcap, Findlay rallied from a 5-2 deficit with three runs in the
sixth inning and later earned a 6-5 victory in eight innings. The Oilers
scored the tying runs with a bases-loaded single, a passed ball, and a bases-loaded
walk.
Findlay’s Jessica Rolston had a ground-rule double to left field with one
out in the bottom of the eighth inning. She moved to third on a wild pitch
and scored on Alyssa Kushinski’s game-winning, two-out single to center field
that just eluded a diving Hannah Koenig (Erie, Pa./McDowell).
Kienzl went 3-for-4 with two runs and three RBI in the second game. Kara
Hensley (Waterville, Ohio/Anthony Wayne) had two hits and one RBI in
three at-bats.
Kesley Brickman (Sylvania, Ohio/Notre Dame Academy) suffered the loss,
allowing six runs (four earned) on seven hits in 6 2/3 innings that spanned
two separate appearances. She struck out eight and walked five. Ondrus tossed
a scoreless inning of relief, before Brickman re-entered.
Gannon moved its record to 20-14 overall and 2-6 in the GLIAC with Sunday’s
split. Findlay moved to 5-18 overall and 3-5 in conference play. The Lady
Knights return to action Wednesday, April 9 against rival Mercyhurst at Gannon
University Field. The GLIAC doubleheader is scheduled for 3 p.m.
A complete box score from game one of Sunday’s Gannon-Findlay softball doubleheader
can be found at http://www.gannon.edu/sports/women/softball/STATS.HTM/game33.htm.
A complete box score from game two of Sunday’s Gannon-Findlay softball doubleheader
can be found at http://www.gannon.edu/sports/women/softball/STATS.HTM/game34.htm.
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updated 4/6/08 by: drt
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