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Mansfield MANS 7-11, 5-8 PSAC C
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Winner Indiana (PA) IUP-S 13-10, 7-4 PSAC C
Mansfield MANS
7-11, 5-8 PSAC C
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Final
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Indiana (PA) IUP-S
13-10, 7-4 PSAC C
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Mansfield MANS 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4
Indiana (PA) IUP-S 2 0 1 1 5 9 12 0

W: Zola, Lauren (7-5) L: Sierra Storm (5-4)

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Mansfield MANS 7-12, 5-9 PSAC C
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Winner Indiana (PA) IUP-S 14-10, 8-4 PSAC C
Mansfield MANS
7-12, 5-9 PSAC C
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Final
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Indiana (PA) IUP-S
14-10, 8-4 PSAC C
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Mansfield MANS 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 11 0
Indiana (PA) IUP-S 1 0 0 2 2 0 X 5 9 1

W: Risinger, Megan (6-5) L: Arianna Young (1-8) S: Zola, Lauren (1)

Game Recap: Softball | | Ryan Rebholz, Sports Information Director

Crimson Hawks extend win streak to six with pair of wins over Mansfield Friday

INDIANA, Pa. – Lauren Zola (Pittsburgh, Pa./Seton-La Salle) picked up a win and a save in the circle, and Alaina Montgomery (Greensburg, Pa./Hempfield) ended the day with a diving grab in center field as the IUP softball team swept a divisional doubleheader with Mansfield Friday at Ruth Podbielski Field.
 
The Crimson Hawks won by scores of 9-1 (five innings) and 5-3 to improve to 14-10 overall and 8-4 in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Central Division. They've now won six games in a row, tied for the longest active win streak in the conference.
 
Nine different IUP players combined for 21 hits on the afternoon, with Kaitlyn Beers (Reynoldsville, Pa./DuBois Area High School) finishing 4-for-7 with a home run and three runs batted in. Amanda Parrish (Dysart, Pa./Altoona), Lauren Goetz (Cleveland, Ohio/Cuyahoga Heights), Megan Little (Harrison City, Pa./Penn Trafford), and Kassie Kesneck (Houston, Pa./Chartiers-Houston) each had three hits in the doubleheader.
 
IUP had 12 of those hits in game one, including five in a 5-run fifth inning that clinched a mercy win. The game-winner came off the bat of Beers, driving a single to left to score Lauren Goetz (Cleveland, Ohio/Cuyahoga Heights).  
 
Zola got the complete game win in the opener, giving up one earned run on just two hits with a pair of strikeouts. She earned the save in game two, tossing a scoreless and hitless seventh inning.
 
With runners on first and second and no outs, the Crimson Hawks picked up a big play as a Mansfield bunt popped up to Renee Wall (Topton, PA/Brandywine Heights) at third base, who doubled up the runner at first. The next batter lined a sinking liner to center, but a charging Montgomery laid out and made a game-saving play to wrap up the sweep.
 
IUP trailed 3-1 in the second game before tying it in the fourth with an RBI single by Little and a sac fly by Alaina Laverick (Clymer, Pa./Penns Manor). The Crimson Hawks then took the lead in the fifth, with Kesneck scoring from third on a wild pitch and Parrish doubling in Beers.
 
Up next
The Crimson Hawks return to action Saturday when they host division-leading Lock Haven (26-10, 14-0) at Podbielski Field. IUP will celebrate Senior Day, with first pitch of the doubleheader set for 1 p.m.
 
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For up-to-date game information, visit www.IUPAthletics.com and follow IUP softball on Twitter @IUPCrimsonHawk and @IUPsoftball.
 
 
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