March 27, 2010
Box Score
PHILADELPHIA - Freshman Liz Reed led the La Salle softball team on Saturday with two hits as the Explorers dropped both ends of a doubleheader at Dayton. The Flyers won 5-4 in the first game and 2-0 in the second.
Dayton plated a run in the bottom of the first inning of game one, but the Explorers answered back in the next frame. Shannon Skomorucha reached base on a walk and advanced to second on a Laura Gallagher sacrifice bunt. Breanna DiTommaso followed up with a single to left field to advance Skomorucha to third, and she then scored when Reed ripped an RBI single to left field.
After the Flyers went up 2-1 in the bottom of the fourth, the Explorers came back with two runs in the top of the fifth to take a 3-2 lead. Erica Vile blasted a two-run double to score Gina Massaro, who reached on a walk, and Mary Pat Conville, who reached base on an error.
Once again runs were answered as Dayton tied the game up at 3-3 in the bottom of the sixth inning. DJ Guinn then blasted a solo home run in the top of the seventh to put the score at 4-3. Dayton had last say though as two runs came in on an Explorer miscue with one out in the bottom of the seventh as the Flyers won, 5-4.
Massaro went five innings in the circle for the Explorers. She gave up three runs on three hits, struck out three and walked three. Guinn pitched 1.1 innings in relief, giving up two runs on two hits, striking out one and walking two. Eva Rappe went six innings. She gave up three runs on three hits, struck out six and walked five. Amanda Daly earned the 'W' by pitching the seventh inning.
The second game saw a lack of offense on both sides as the squads posted a combined three hits. The Flyers broke through in the bottom of the third on a double by Courtney Kutsulis, who scored on a follow-up bunt.
The Flyers added one more in the bottom of the fourth for the final 2-0 score.
Reed registered her second hit of the day in the top of the third inning when she singled to center field.
Laura Beth McCreesh earned the start in game two, going six innings and limiting Flyer batters to just two hits. She struck out four and issued two walks. Sarah Wedel got the win for the Flyers, pitching a complete game one-hitter, striking out six and walking one.
The Explorers return to action on Wednesday (3/31) when they head across town to Penn for a 3:00 PM doubleheader.
