Softball | March 16, 2018
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RBALTIMORE, MD - The La Salle softball team (4-12) split its doubleheader on Friday, the first day of the UMBC Dawg Pound Invitational.
The Explorers first fell to Sacred Heart in the morning game, 9-4.
Marlo Roadcap drew the start and struck out three in five innings, allowing three earned runs. Offensively, La Salle was scoreless until the fourth inning when
Emma Schweigert hit a sac fly to center to score
Emily Conaway. Two innings later, Conaway singled to left field to drive in
Angelina Refice. Trailing 9-2 headed into the last inning,
Jackie Heim sent a two-run shot down the left field line to put two more runs on the board.
The Explorers had much better luck in the second game, defeating host UMBC 7-3. Heim started off the game the same way she ended the last one, with a home run. Later in the inning, Refice stole third and scored on a throwing error. The Explorers continued the onslaught in the second inning, scoring five more runs.
Marissa Ewald singled to left to drive in
Ashley Mendenhall and later scored on a passed ball. When the order came back around, Heim doubled to score Valerie Piniero to give La Salle the 5-0 lead after two innings.
Three innings later, they'd strike again. After Schweigert reached on an error and scored Conaway, Schweigert scored the next at bat on
Taylor Rohrbaugh's double.
Reilly Gearhart was brilliant on the mound, striking out three and allowing just two runs in the complete game.
The Explorers play two more on Saturday, starting with Saint Peter's at 11:45 AM and then UMBC again at 3:45 PM.
