CLERMONT, Fl. – Rachel Gricoski (Frackville, Pa./North Schuylkill) put together a strong day at the plate that led the Lock Haven University softball team (7-7) to a 2-0 day at the PFX Tournament as LHU climbed to 7-7 on the young season with wins over Holy Family (0-10) and Sioux Falls (9-7). In the first game, The Bald Eagles knocked off HFU, 6-1 before taking down SFU, 3-0.
Game 1: W, 6-1
The Bald Eagles knocked off Holy Family, 6-1 in the first game of the afternoon.
Gricoski led the way for LHU, going 3-4 at the plate with an RBI and a run scored. She finished a home run shy of the cycle, tallying a single, a double and a triple in the game.
Faith Ceely (Troy, Pa./Troy),
Becca Caputo (Williamsport, Pa./Jersey Shore) and
Stefanie O'Grady (Milford, Pa./Delaware Valley) all tallied two hits apiece for LHU in the game. Ceely finished 2-4 with a run scored while Caputo went 2-4 as well with two doubles, an RBI and two runs scored. O'Grady finished 2-3 with a run scored.
Casey Carpenter (Spring Brook, Pa./North Pocono) tallied two RBI's for the Bald Eagles.
As a team, Lock Haven pounded out 12 hits in the game, including four extra-base hits
Kayla Gee (Williamsport, Pa./Loyalsock) was great in the circle for LHU in the win, throwing a complete-game four-hitter while striking out eight.
Game 2: W, 3-0
Game two was an all-out pitchers dual between
Bekah Slattery (Douglasville, Pa./Daniel Boone) and Sioux Falls' Kerrigan Hoshaw.
In the bottom of the fifth inning,
Mikayla Ruppert (Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty) broke up a 0-0 game when she singled down the left field line to score
Sara Gsell (Waynesboro, Pa./Waynesboro) and put LHU up 1-0.
Cling to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the sixth, Gricoski stepped up to the plate and drilled a two-run home run over the centerfield fence to put Lock Haven up 3-0 and secure the win
Gricoski led the way once again for the offense, tallying her home run to go with a run scored and two RBI's. Ruppert finished with a single and an RBI while Ceely and
Bree Hilty (Lock Haven, Pa./Central Mountain) both tallied hits as well.
Slattery went the distance in the circle, allowing four hits and striking out 12.
Up Next:
The Bald Eagles will wrap up the PFX Tournament tomorrow when the team plays their final two games. LHU will open the day with Le Moyne at 9:00 AM before finishing up the week with No. 23 Southern New Hampshire at 11:30 AM.
