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Mercyhurst Recap
Sports Information
Department, Dan Teliski, Director
Phone: (814)
871-7418
Date: April
9, 2008
GANNON SPLITS THIRD CONSECUTIVE
GLIAC SOFTBALL DOUBLEHEADER
ERIE, Pa.
- The Gannon softball team is getting accustomed to splitting Great Lakes
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) doubleheaders. The Lady Knights
split their third consecutive GLIAC twinbill Wednesday afternoon against
rival Mercyhurst at Gannon University Field. The squad posted a 5-0 shutout
in game one, but fell 4-3 in the second game.
In the opener, Gannon used a five-run fifth inning and Lauren Soldner’s
(Sylvania, Ohio/Sylvania Southview) third shutout of the season to earn
a 5-0 victory.
Carrina Crow held Gannon hitless through the first four innings, but ran
into trouble in the fifth. The Lady Knights scored five times on six hits
and two errors. Jaclyn Corroto (Boardman, Ohio/Boardman) and Holli
Michaels (Tacoma, Wash./Curtis) opened the scoring with RBI singles.
Carol Kienzl (Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin) followed with a two-run single,
before Casee Piquet (Newton Falls, Ohio/Newton Falls) capped the outburst
with an RBI single.
Hannah Koenig (Erie, Pa./McDowell) had two of Gannon’s eight hits.
Six different Lady Knights recorded one hit each.
Soldner improved to 10-4 with her ninth complete game and third shutout of
the season. The redshirt junior allowed only five hits, struck out four,
and walked none.
In the nightcap, Mercyhurst wasted little time jumping on Gannon. The Lakers
posted four runs in the first inning and held off a late rally for a 4-3
victory.
Gannon cut the deficit in half on Chastity Guerrero’s (Toledo, Ohio/St.
Ursula Academy) RBI double and Kadie Ondrus’ (Curtice, Ohio/Clay)
RBI single in the second. Koenig’s two-out double in the third scored Piquet
and brought the Lady Knights within 4-3.
With Ondrus holding Mercyhurst in check during the final six innings, Gannon
had one last chance to tie the game in the top of the seventh inning. The
Lady Knights put runners on first and second with two outs when a wild pitch
on a swinging third strike loaded the bases. However, Brittany Strier earned
her fourth save of the season by striking out Gannon’s next batter.
Piquet led the offense in game two with two hits and two runs in three at-bats.
Five other Lady Knights contributed one hit each.
Ondrus dropped to 6-6 despite tossing six scoreless innings and recording
her seventh complete game. She allowed four runs on six hits, striking out
four and walking four.
Gannon moved its record to 21-15 overall and 3-7 in the GLIAC. Mercyhurst
is now 15-19 overall and 2-8 in conference play. The Lady Knights return
to action Saturday, April 12 against Lake Superior State at Gannon University
Field. The GLIAC twinbill is scheduled for 1 p.m.
A complete box score from the first game of Wednesday’s Gannon-Mercyhurst
softball doubleheader can be found at http://www.gannon.edu/sports/women/softball/STATS.HTM/game35.htm.
A complete box score from the second game of Wednesday’s Gannon-Mercyhurst
softball doubleheader can be found at http://www.gannon.edu/sports/women/softball/STATS.HTM/game36.htm.
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updated 4/9/08 by: drt
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