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Softball Written by: Rosie Langello, Student Assistant

GAME PREVIEW: Softball Heads To Goldey-Beacom For Non-Conference Twinbill

THE DETAILS
Bloomsburg (15-4, 0-0 PSAC Central) at Goldey-Beacom (2-10, 0-6 CACC)
Tuesday, March 22, 2016 - 3:00 PM

STORYLINE
Bloomsburg travels to Goldey-Beacom having won three of its last four games. Meanwhile, the Lightning are looking to snap an eight-game losing streak.

ALL-TIME SERIES
The Huskies and the Lightning have met 22 times in the all-time series with Bloomsburg posting a perfect 22-0 lifetime record against Goldey-Beacom.

LAST MEETING
In the last meeting between the two schools in 2013, the Huskies won both games of a doubleheader - 2-0 and 4-0 - at Jan M. Hutchinson Field. In the first game, Bloomsburg's Mandi Black (Huntington Mills/Northwest Area) came within one out of a no-hitter while striking out 12. In game two, Cait Paine threw a no-hitter, striking out 13 and, in the process, became the school's all-time strikeout leader.

SCOUTING BLOOMSBURG
Bloomsburg enters Tuesday's doublheader with a 15-4 overall record. Mallory Tomaschik (Catawissa, Pa./Southern Columbia) is the reigning PSAC Central Pitcher of the Week after posting a 2-0 record with a 0.55 earned run average last week. She also batted .400 (6-of-15) with two home runs and three runs batted in at the plate. Bridget Casey (Perkasie, Pa./Pennridge) leads the Huskies with a .360 batting average (9-of-25). Holly Peacock (Williamsport, Pa./Jersey Shore) is right behind at .350 (14-of-40) while Taylor Winkelman (Springfield, Pa/Springfield) comes in with a .349 batting average and leads the team with 22 hits. Sarah Bortner (Glenville, Pa./South Western) is 6-3 with a 1.73 ERA and has struck out 50 batters in 56.2 innings of work while Taylor Parker (Dewart, Pa./Warrior Run) is 4-1 with a 2.24 ERA and leads the team with six home runs at the plate. Tomaschik is 5-0 on the season. The Huskies are batting .300 as a team and are limiting opponents to a .217 average.

SCOUTING GOLDEY-BEACOM
The Lightning are 2-10 overall with their last win coming against Ursuline on February 28 by a final of 7-6. Paulynn Mao leads the team with a .310 batting average (9-for-29) with four runs batted in. Alivia Schoff and Kelsey Brandle leads with ten hits apiece while Kylie Doyle has a team-high five runs batted in. As a team, Goldey-Beacom is hitting .241 on the season but is allowing opponents to hit at a .364 clip. Doyle leads the team with a 4.43 ERA but is 0-3 on the season.

 
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Players Mentioned

Sarah Bortner

#12 Sarah Bortner

P/SS
5' 6"
Junior
R/R
Bridget Casey

#18 Bridget Casey

OF
5' 4"
Sophomore
R/R
Taylor Parker

#20 Taylor Parker

P/SS
5' 3"
Junior
R/R
Holly Peacock

#13 Holly Peacock

3B
5' 6"
Junior
R/R
Mallory  Tomaschik

#11 Mallory Tomaschik

P/1B
5' 7"
Junior
R/R
Taylor Winkelman

#14 Taylor Winkelman

IF/OF
5' 2"
Freshman
R / R

Players Mentioned

Sarah Bortner

#12 Sarah Bortner

5' 6"
Junior
R/R
P/SS
Bridget Casey

#18 Bridget Casey

5' 4"
Sophomore
R/R
OF
Taylor Parker

#20 Taylor Parker

5' 3"
Junior
R/R
P/SS
Holly Peacock

#13 Holly Peacock

5' 6"
Junior
R/R
3B
Mallory  Tomaschik

#11 Mallory Tomaschik

5' 7"
Junior
R/R
P/1B
Taylor Winkelman

#14 Taylor Winkelman

5' 2"
Freshman
R / R
IF/OF