Behrend Hosts AMCC Softball Tournament: Day One Recap
Game One: Medaille 1, Frostburg State 0
The #3 Medaille Mavericks and # 6 Frostburg State Bobcats battle Friday
morning to start off the tournament. The Mavericks earn a 1-0 win in a
well-pitched game off of slugger Alyssa Zemla's solo homerun in the fourth
inning. Medaille advances to play #2 Mt. Aloysius in Game 3, while
Frostburg State will play an elimination game on Saturday (Game 6).
Game Two: Pitt-Greensburg 5, La Roche 4 (10 innings)
The #4 Pitt-Greensburg Bobcats take on the #5 La Roche Redhawks in game two.
Pitt-Greensburg puts two runs up in the bottom of the first but La Roche
gets one run in the sixth and one in the seventh to send the game into extra
innings. Both teams score in the eighth inning including a homerun by
La Roche's Kayla Strittmatter, to make it 3-3. In the tenth inning, La
Roche goes up 4-3 before Pitt-Greensburg rallies. Kelly Walsh doubles
to bring in Haley Gearhart and Taylor Kimmel singles to drive in Walsh for
the winning run. Pitt-Greensburg advances to play #1 Penn State
Behrend in Game 4 on Friday, while La Roche will play an elimination game on
Saturday (Game 5).
Game Three: Mt. Aloysius vs. Medaille
The #2 Mt. Aloysius Mounties take on the #3 Medaille Mavericks in game
three.
Mt. Aloysius got solid pitching and hitting for a 6-1 win over the Mavericks
in the third game on Friday. Two triples in the first inning gave the
Mounties all the runs they would need. The battery of Whitney Giedroc
and Carrie Shevock were solid on both sides of the plate. Both went
2-for-3 with a combined three RBI while Shevock pitched seven innings,
scattering five hits, giving up one run and striking out five. Alyssa
Zemla got the Mavericks on the board in the top of the seventh with a solo
home run to make it a 6-1 game. Medaille plays La Roche on Saturday at
9:00 a.m., while Mt. Aloysius will play Penn State Behrend in tournament game eight on Saturday.
Game Four: Penn State Behrend vs. Pitt-Greensburg
The # 1 Penn State Behrend Lions took on the # 4 Pitt-Greensburg Bobcats
in the final game on day one. The blue and white jumped on the Bobcats
in the first as Ashley Gruber doubled to score Allison Babish.
Nikki Kaschauer made it a two run game with a triple that drove in
Gruber. Rachelle Lawrence singled to right center to score Kaschauer and give the Behrend
Lions a three run lead. The blue and white added two more runs in the
inning to put the tournament hosts up 5-0.
Five runs was more than enough for senior pitcher Julie Koman. Koman took a perfect game into the sixth before
Pitt-Greensburg's Lindsay Littler drove a ball
through the left side just past a diving Lawrence to break up the perfect
game. Koman through her eleventh complete game of the year while it
was her third shutout. She allowed only one hit and struck out four to
improve to 15-1 on the year.
Lia Sorce was 3-for-3 and
Babish went
2-for-4 as five different Behrend players scored a run.
Pitt-Greensburg will
play Frostburg State in the second game on Saturday (Tournament Game 6),
while Behrend plays Mt. Aloysius in Tournament Game 8.