Saturday,
March 17, 2007
PC Falls Twice In Twinbill With Charleston Southern
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Lady Blue Hose fell
to Charleston Southern in both games of the
doubleheader with scores of 6-5 and 4-3 on Saturday
afternoon at Buccaneer Field.
After Presbyterian's Jenny Box and Rachel Bailey scored two
runs in the top of the eighth to lead 5-3, Jill Shondel
knotted the game with a two-run triple. Junior catcher
Ashley Conway batted next and ended game one with a hard-hit
shot down the third base line to score Shondel.
The Blue Hose produced a run in the second, fifth, and sixth
frames, but the Lady Bucs evened the score with three runs
in the sixth. Conway doubled with two aboard to put the
first run on the scoreboard and PC's reliever Paige Cassady
came in to pitch for starter Mary Gordon. Candace Rowell and
Jennifer Pardue each notched RBI singles.
Caitlin Allen (2-5) went the distance for Charleston
Southern and had a no-hitter going through 4 2/3 innings,
finishing with six hits and two earned runs. Cassady (8-4)
was charged with the loss for PC, throwing only the eighth
inning, allowing a hit to all three batters faced and
failing to record an out, having entered the game with PC
ahead by two.
Cassady was tabbed to start game two, limiting CSU to one
hit but allowed three runs, two due directly to bases on
balls. Offensively, PC started quickly. The first three Blue
Hose each hit safely: Kellyn Henderson for a single, Rachel
Bailey a double, and Laura Tate a two-run triple. Ashley
Ford singled to drive in Tate for a 3-0 lead out of the
gate.
With Amy Trenkamp and two outs in Charleston Southern's
first, a routine throw to first was mishandled and Trenkamp
came home for CSU's first score. In the fourth with two outs
and bases loaded, Cassady walked the next two batters, and
with them, the tying runs. Candace Rowell put Charleston
Southern on top in the sixth with a two-out RBI single.
After giving up four hits in the first inning, CSU senior
pitcher Amanda Noble scattered six over the next six innings
while striking out four to gain her fourth win. PC's Megan
Wheelus pitched only the sixth inning, giving up the winning
run, and was tagged with the loss, her first decision on the
year.
The Lady Blue Hose next welcomes USC Aiken at 2 p.m. on
Tuesday, March 20. Charleston Southern's next action will be
at Jacksonville on March 22.
Box Score Game 1
Box Score Game 2