KEYSER, W.Va. — SALISBURY — Frostburg State pounded out 18 hits, jumped out to an early lead and never looked back on its way to an 11-4 win over Albright in its season opening softball game, Saturday morning at the Salisbury Tournament. In its second game of the day, FSU lost to No. 21 ranked Salisbury 8-0 in five innings.
In the win over Albright, the Bobcats (1-1) wasted little time plating three runs in the first inning and four more in the fourth for a 7-1 lead. FSU tacked on two runs in the sixth and two in the seventh. Meanwhile, Albright (0-4) scored one in the second and sixth innings and two in the seventh.
Junior starter Megan Henne turned in a stellar effort in her Bobcat debut. At the plate, she finished 4-for-5 with five RBIs, including two in the first inning and two in the seventh. On the mound, she fanned eight batters while allowing four runs on 11 hits.
With the bases loaded in the first, Henne singled home junior Brooke Tapman and sophomore Lauren Scrivener for the game’s first two runs. Following an RBI single in the fourth, she drove home Tapman and Victoria Krichbaum for FSU’s final runs in the seventh.
Freshman Taylor Vandegrift plated a pair in the sixth inning with a bases-loaded two-run single that extended the FSU lead to 9-1.
Vandegrift finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs, Krichbaum finished 3-for-5 with three runs and an RBI and Jenna Delaney, of Mountain Ridge, went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.
Unfortunately, the hot start against Albright was not enough to capture a win over nationally ranked Salisbury in the second game of the day for Frostburg.
The Sea Gulls (5-2) scored three runs in both the third and fourth and two in the fifth. SU starting pitcher Erika Brittingham held the Bobcats scoreless and allowed just three hits.
Tapman, Henne and freshman Megan Butzner each recorded a hit while Henne suffered the loss on the mound. She tossed all 5.0 innings allowing eight runs (six earned) with seven strikeouts.
FSU returns to action tomorrow when it faces Rowan at 10:00 am and Salisbury again at noon.
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FSU splits opening day double dip
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Keyser splits pair, stays alive in state tournament
Keyser got off on the wrong foot in the very first inning of the very first West Virginia State Softball Tournament game in school history, allowing four unearned runs in the first inning to fall behind 5-1, before dropping the first game of the Class AA tournament, 9-4, to top-seeded Ritchie County Wednesday morning at Jackson Park.
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Mountain Ridge captures region title
It might not have been in the fashion Mountain Ridge had become accustomed, but a win over North Carroll in the Maryland Class 1A Region championship game feels the same regardless of the score as the Miners edged the Panthers 5-4 at Kemps Mill Field on Friday to advance to the first state softball tournament in school history.
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Mountain Ridge teams advance
Opportunity didn’t knock often for either Mountain Ridge or Allegany on Wednesday, but when it did, the Miners were the only ones to answer during a 7-0 win over the Campers that gives them the Maryland 1A West Region, West Section championship.
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FSU’s Lovend receives another postseason honor
Frostburg State sophomore Caitlin Lovend was named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III All-Atlantic Region First Team.
Lovend joins 14 student-athletes on the All-Atlantic Region team, including four players from the Capital Athletic Conference. -
Cranford leads FH over Southern, 12-2
Freshmen Morgan Cranford performed as a seasoned vet Thursday afternoon when she not only homered but helped lead pitcher Alexis Kimmel through a three-hit complete game outing during Fort Hill’s 12-2 win over Southern in the opening round of the Maryland 1A West Region playoffs.
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Southern comeback stuns No. 5 Keyser in 8
Michaela Bosley’s two-out double in the bottom of the seventh forced an extra inning, and Brooke Spiker’s two-out single in the eighth won it as Southern rallied to defeat Keyser 9-8 in Appalachian Mountain Athletic Conference action on Monday.
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Robertson throws no-hitter
Junior right-hander Kelsey Robertson threw a no-hitter in Point Park University’s 5-0 victory over Walsh University in the first game of an American Mideast Conference softball doubleheader on Monday.
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Alco runs to 10-0
ROMNEY, W.Va. — Top-ranked Allegany used five consecutive singles, along with plenty of walks, to score 11 times in the second inning as the Campers remained undefeated by beating Hampshire Monday in three innings.
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PSC rolls
KEYSER, W.Va. — Jessica Shirley hit two home runs in the same inning and it was just a taste of Potomac State’s offensive output as the Catamounts swept both games of a doubleheader by the same 19-0 score Monday during local JUCO softball action in Keyser.
Potomac State had already taken an 8-0 lead in the first inning of the first game before scoring 11 times in the second to account for all of its runs. The Cats followed a similar path in the second game by scoring 10 times in the first inning and adding nine in the second before holding on for another big win. -
Lough helps Petersburg sweep Ty Valley
PETERSBURG, W.Va. — Whitney Lough threw a three-inning no-hitter in the opener before allowing two hits in three innings in the second to lead Petersburg to a sweep of a doubleheader with Tygarts Valley Monday in Petersburg.
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