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CLARION, Pa. – The Bloomsburg University softball team swept its final regular season doubleheader against Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Central division rival Clarion on Sunday (Apr. 29), winning game one 7-0 and game two 5-3.
Game one was scoreless until the fifth inning when the Huskies erupted for four runs. Eventual winning pitcher
Alyssa Davies (Mountain Top, Pa./Crestwood) led off the inning with a single before advancing to second, before she would score on a double by
Taylor Winkelman (Springfield, Pa/Springfield). A second straight double off the bat of
Maggie Hall (Cooperstown, N.Y./Cooperstown) would score Winkelman, before Hall would advance to third on a ball in play from
Emily Mayhew (Perkasie, Pa./Pennridge).
Kalynn Wheeland (South Williamsport, Pa./South Williamsport) would launch her 10
th homer of the season to make it 4-0. The Huskies would tack on their final three runs in the top of the seventh to get to the final score, beginning with a leadoff single from Hall. She would advance to second on a single by Mayhew, before Wheeland loaded the bases with a single. Hall would score on a wild pitch that advanced the other two runners up 60 feet.
Marissa Shelhamer (Bloomsburg, Pa./Central Columbia) brought home Mayhew with a sacrifice fly, before
Bridget Casey (Perkasie, Pa./Pennridge) singled to bring home Wheeland. Clarion would get runners on base in the seventh, but Davies would slam the door to earn the shutout.
Bloomsburg scored seven runs on 13 hits while not committing an error. Mayhew led the offense with four hits in the game, with her fourth hit of the afternoon also being the 200th of her career. Winkelman and Hall each had three hits in the win, while Wheeland and Casey each tallied two hits in the game.
Alexa Erney (Carlisle, Pa./Cumberland Valley) and Davies also each contributed one hit in the contest. Wheeland drove in two runs in the game, while four other Huskies each brought home one. Wheeland and Hall each crossed the plate twice, while Winkelman, Mayhew and Davies each scored once. Davies (7-7) earned the win in the circle with a shutout effort, allowing just seven hits while walking three and punching out six in the win.
The Huskies would begin the scoring in game two with a RBI groundout by Mayhew that scored Winkelman, before padding their lead in the top of the third. Wheeland would bring home Winkelman with a single, before Clarion would get on the board in the bottom of the third. Jessica Cartia would reach on an error in the infield that allowed Aryn Boyer to score and cut the BU lead to 2-1. The Huskies would score their third run in the top of the fourth, which began with a leadoff single from eventual winning pitcher
Tara Baney (Howard, Pa./Bellefonte). Baney would steal second and third before scoring on a wild pitch to make it 3-1. Neither team plated a run from there until the seventh, when both teams would score two runs. Hall began the seventh with a single and a swipe of second, before stealing third on ball four to Mayhew. After Mayhew stole second, Hall would score on a wild pitch that would move Mayhew to third. Wheeland brought Mayhew home with a RBI groundout to put the Huskies 5-1 heading to the final three outs. Clarion got their two runs on one swing from Cartia whose one-out long ball scored Cassie Daniels. Davies would record the final two outs for BU to complete the sweep.
BU scored five runs on seven hits while committing two errors in the game. Seven different Huskies each tallied one hit in the win, while Wheeland drove in two runs and Mayhew brought home one. Winkelman was the lone Husky to cross the plate twice, while Mayhew, Hall and Baney each scored once. Baney (7-6) got the win in the circle, allowing one run on six hits along with one walk and five strikeouts through five innings. Davies came on for the final two innings, allowing two runs on two hits while recording four strikeouts.
Bloomsburg moves to 19-20 an 11-9 in the PSAC Central, while Clarion falls to 6-31 and just 3-17 in the division. The sweep clinches the Central Division No. 2 seed for the Huskies in the upcoming
PSAC Softball Tournament.
The Huskies open tournament play on Wednesday (May 2) when they take on the top seed out of the West division in the Gannon University Lady Knights. First pitch for that game is 3:00 p.m. in Quakertown, Pa.
