Thursday, February 8, 2007
PC Softball Opens Year With Doubleheader Sweep Of Brevard
CLINTON, S.C. – Presbyterian College’s softball team opened its 2007 season with a doubleheader sweep of the visiting Brevard Tornados on Thursday afternoon at the PC Softball Complex. The Lady Blue Hose won the first game 7-4 and tallied an 11-8 victory in the second game.
The two wins picked up by the Lady Blue Hose earned PC softball coach Dave Majeski his first two victories all-time and improved PC to 2-0 on the young season.
Game One
Cari Clark (Monticello, Fla.) led the Blue Hose in the first game, acquiring two hits and 3 RBIs in the 7-4 victory.
Presbyterian opened the game by surrendering the first two runs of the contest to the Tornados. Clark and the Lady Blue Hose were then able to place three runs on the board in the bottom of the second to take the lead for good.
Clark earned the first RBI of the game for PC, sacrificing Ashley Ford (Marietta, Ga.) home on a bunt. Ford had reached base in the inning by doubling to left centerfield.
Clark, who was 2-for-2 in the game, then concluded the scoring for the Lady Blue Hose in the contest by crossing the dish for PC’s final run on a passed ball.
Mary Gordon (1-0) was the winning pitcher for the Lady Blue Hose in game one. The freshman from Vernon, Conn. garnered her first ever win by pitching six strong innings of three-hit softball. Gordon struck out seven Tornados. Brevard’s Rachel Montgomery (0-1) was given the loss after giving up four runs in two innings pitched.
Megan Wheelus (Florence, S.C.), who led the nation in saves two years ago, began the 2007 season strongly by earning a save in her first appearance.
Game Two
A freshman from Orlando, Fla., Paige Cassady picked up right where Gordon left off in the first game by earning her first intercollegiate victory in her first start.
Cassady (1-0) was equally adept at fanning Brevard batters as Gordon, striking out nine.
The second game overall was somewhat of an anomaly as the Lady Blue Hose only allowed five hits to the Tornados in the 11-8 victory.
In fact, the Lady Blue Hose entered the fourth inning with a 7-2 lead, but allowed Brevard to pick up five runs in the top of the fourth inning.
Presbyterian was able to reclaim the lead over the next couple innings by outscoring Brevard 3-1 in the final two innings of the game that was called off prior to the seventh inning due to darkness at the PC Softball Complex.
Offensively, Presbyterian was led in the second game by Tate, who hit PC’s first home run of the year. Tate was 2-for-4 overall in the game with two RBIs.
The Lady Blue Hose next face off against Lander in a twinbill that begins at 2 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 12.