Thursday, March 23, 1995
Women come back to earn split
by Brian Gregory
Collegian Staff
It was a cold, windy day.
Temperatures were in the 30's,
wind blowing in off the lake, and
squalls blowing rain all over the
players, spectators, and field.
As the wind swirled down on
Behrend Campus the Lady Lion
softball team played their first
home double-dip of the season, a
week after returning from sunny
Florida.
"IT was cold, but both teams
had to deal with it. I don't think
it was that much of a factor," said
Coach Paul Benim.
The Lady Lions split the twin
bill with Mount Union by
losing 11-1 in the first game, but
rebounding to take the nightcap
4-2.
"Mount Union is a very solid
softball team," said Coach Benim
referring to the first game. "They
hit the ball exceptionally well.
They had a lot of hits."
The hitting struggled
throughout the first game as the
Lady Lions could only muster
three hits. Megan Musante went
two for three and scored the teams
only run. Musante scored on
Marlesse Schlou's base hit. It
was too little too late as the score
was 7-1 at that point.
Freshman Heather Norder
struggled on the mound as she
faced 11 batters in the second
inning.
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For the game, Norder gave up
12 hits, 11 runs, 10 of them
earned.
The second game featured a
great effort by the Lady Lions,
who scored early and hung on
behind solid pitching by Cherie
Varrassa for a 4-2 victory.
Varrassa scattered four hits over
seven innings while striking out
two.
Photo by Dan Nowidd/ Photo Editor
Winding up: Heather Norder leads mis years group of
freshmen for Paul Benim's Lady Lions.
Sports
"Outstanding," exclaimed
Benim about Varrassa's
performance. "It was an
exceptional performance by
Cherie. She's done tremendous
things in her career here and this
is another prime example of her
stepping up when we needed her
to. She took charge, went right
at the hitters, and got the job
done," stated Benim.
The Lady Lions started out
strong as Stocker knocked a 2-1
pitch to the gap in right center.
By the time the ball was back in
the infield, Stocker had a two
RBI triple as Becky Reed and
Musante scored.
The next batter up, Kim
Calhoun, hit a sacrafice fly to
score Stocker with the eventual
game-winning.
"Stocker stepped up when we
needed someone to get the big
hit," said Benim. "The triple to
the gap got us the lead and that
was pivotal because we got out
in front early."
One thing impressive about the
game was the way the Lady
Lions came back in the second
game.
"That's
something
they are
capable of
doing."
"That's something they are
capable of doing," commented
Benim. "Honestly, I didn't really
talk to them after the first game.
I Sent them to Erie Hall and I told
them 'when you come back,
come back with some agression
and be ready to play ball.' And
they came back ready to go."
Next for the Lady Lions is
Geneva College located in
Rochester, Pennsylvania.
"We need to go down there and
expect to win a doubleheader,"
said Benim. "We're excited and
ready to get into the full swing of
things."
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Team record:
7-5
Game 1: Mt. Union- 11
Behrend- 1
ab r h bi
Reed ss 1 0 0 0
Musante cf 3 1 1 0
Stocker rf 2 0 0 0
Schlott 1b 3 0 1 1
Calhoun If 2 0 0 0
Mazur 3b 2 0 0 0
Arnett c 1 0 0 0
Norder p 1 0 0 0
Angel 2b 2 0 0 0
Beh- 001 00 - 1
Mt.U- 070 04 -11
HBP- Reed SB- Arnett
IP H R ER BB S•
Norder L,2-3 512 11 10 7 1
Game 2: Behrend - 4
Mt. Union - 2
ab r h bi
Reed ss 2 1 0 0
Musante cf 3 0 1 0
Schlott 1b 3 0 0 0
Stodcer ff 2 1 2 2
Calhoun If 2 0 1 1
Mazur 3b 3 0 0 0
Arnett c 3 1 2 0
Koza dh 1 0 1 0
Angel 2b 2 0 0 0
Beh- 300 010 0 - 4
Mt.U- 000 110 0 - 2
E- Arnett HBP- Musante, Stocks
3B- Stocker SB- Reed 2,
Stocker, Amett
IP H R ER BB S•
Varrassa W,3-1 74 2 2 3 2
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