Philadelphia, PA-The La Salle University softball team hosted Manhattan College this afternoon for a non-conference double-header at Good Shepherd Field.  The Explorers lost the first game, 3-1, and the second, 6-1, when the game was called for darkness in the bottom of the sixth inning. 

 

In the first game, the Explorers got off to a good start when senior Sarah Punderson (Island Heights, NJ/Monsignor Donovan) launched a solo homer in the bottom of the first.  That lead lasted until the top of the fifth, when the Jaspers scored an unearned run to knot the score at 1-1.  Manhattan then scored two in the top of the sixth to reach the final margin.

 

Carissa Segura (Santa Maria, CA/Ernest Righetti) pitched all seven innings for La Salle, and allowed only one earned run.  She struck out six. 

 

In the second game, Manhattan used a pair of homers to build a 5-0 lead by the end of the second inning.  They added another in the fourth before La Salle answered with a run in the bottom half when catcher Jennifer Street (Coatesville, PA/Bishop Shannahan) ripped a double into right-center to score Punderson. 

 

Kasey Keating (Fair Oaks, CA/Bella Vista) worked six innings on the mound until the game was called for darkness.  She struck out five.