Saturday, February 17, 2007                      

                       PC Sweeps Montreat To Remain Unbeaten

CLINTON, S.C. – The Lady Blue Hose easily defeated Montreat by the scores of 7-1 and 9-1 in a Saturday afternoon twinbill at the PC Softball Complex. On a blistering cold day PC’s bats stayed hot as Presbyterian out hit the Cavaliers 16-5 on the day.

Blue Hose pitchers surrendered only two runs through 11 innings of action on Saturday.

With the win PC moves to 6-0 on the season and the Cavaliers drop to 3-5.

Game 1

Montreat scored a run in the top of the first inning, but PC would plate three of their own runs in the bottom of the inning.

The run picked up by Montreat in the beginning of the first stanza would eventually prove to be the Cavaliers only one as PC never looked back after taking the lead in the bottom of the first.

The Blue Hose first three batters would hit safely in the first as Laura Tate, Ashley Ford, and Stephanie Payne all recorded RBI’s in the inning.

Kellyn Henderson scored PC’s first run of the game on a Laura Tate single after putting herself in scoring position by stealing both second and third base.

Laura Tate scored a run in the second on a wild pitch by Montreat starter Haven Payne.

Presbyterian tacked on the final three runs of the game in its half of the fourth inning on a home run by Jessica Peterka that plated three. The homer was Peterka’s third of the season.

The top of the order for PC was particularly strong with Henderson, Tate, and Bailey finishing the game with two hits each.

Freshman Mary Gordon earned her third win of the season, going four complete innings and allowing only one run. Haven Payne surrendered the loss for Montreat, pitching all six innings.

Game 2

In the second game PC used a seven-run fifth inning to blow open what was a tight contest.

The Blue Hose clung to a 2-1 lead entering the bottom of the fifth before Peterka put the game out of reach with her second three-run dinger of the day.

Henderson scored the first run of the inning from third base on a double steal.

PC wasn’t finished after Peterka’s home run. Ford would hit a two-bagger to left field and come around to score on a RBI single by Jenny Box.

In Henderson’s second trip to the plate in the bottom of the fifth she would draw a walk to bring in Erin Stewart.

Tate drove in the final run of the game on a single to the shortstop.

The game would be called due to the eight-run rule in the fifth inning.

Paige Cassady had another outstanding pitching performance, giving up only one run on one hit and striking out 10 in her five innings of work.

The win moves her record to 3-0 on the season.

Rachel Stowe was handed the loss for Montreat after pitching the entire second game for the Cavaliers and surrendering all nine runs.

Presbyterian will go on the road to USC Upstate and Brevard for midweek games before coming back home for a doubleheader against Lincoln Memorial on Sunday, Feb. 25. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. at the PC Softball Complex.