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Box Score 2 SALEM, Va. – Freshman
Renee Wall (Topton, PA/Brandywine Heights) hit a home run and drove in three runs in her collegiate debut as the IUP softball team opened its 2018 season with a 10-1 win over Salem International Friday afternoon. The Crimson Hawks also lost to Shepherd 5-4 in eight innings later in the day.
The season officially opened with a double to center by
Kaitlyn Beers (Reynoldsville, Pa./DuBois Area High School), who later opened the scoring on a wild pitch. Wall blasted a two-run homer as the Crimson Hawks took a 3-0 lead after one.
They scored seven runs in the fourth, with
Megan Little (Harrison City, Pa./Penn Trafford) bookending the inning with a pair of hits.
Sara Hull (West Sunbury, Pa./Moniteau) drove in the first run as pinch runner
Olivia Gregorich (Sidman, Pa./Forest Hills) scored.
Alaina Montgomery (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield),
Amanda Parrish (Dysart, Pa./Altoona),
Brooklyn Kotula (Ambridge, Pa./Ambridge), and Wall tallied four straight RBI base hits as the Crimson Hawks opened the year with a five-inning win.
Megan Risinger (Creekside, Pa./Marion Center) started and went all five innings in the circle, scattering six hits with four strikeouts and one earned run. Wall finished 2-3 with that two-run homer and three RBI.
In game two, IUP got out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning. Each of the first four batters reached base, with Wall drawing a walk while
Bryanna Lonick (Burgettstown, Pa./Burgettstown) drove in another with a sacrifice fly.
Shepherd took one-run leads in the third and fifth, with IUP coming back to tie the game each time with RBIs by Hull and Wall. After going to extra innings tied at 4-4, Shepherd scored on a sacrifice fly to take the lead in the eighth.
Lauren Zola (Pittsburgh, Pa./Seton-La Salle) took the loss, tossing a complete game with seven strikeouts. She gave up seven hits with just two earned runs.
Up next
The Crimson Hawks play two more games in Virginia Saturday before their seven scheduled games at The Spring Games in Clermont, Florida next week.
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