BOX SCORE - Game 1

BOX SCORE - Game 2

Center Valley, PA (March 25, 2010) – The DeSales University softball got back into the win column on Thursday afternoon splitting a non-conference doubleheader with Montclair State University, winning the first game, 2-1, after trailing in the early going, 1-0, before dropping the nightcap, 4-2, as the Red Hawks overcame a 2-0 deficit to come from behind in the second game.

In the opener, MSU (6-6 overall) took a 1-0 lead in the second inning, but DeSales (8-6 overall) scored once in the fourth and fifth innings and sophomore Katie Morrissey (Lanoka, Harbor, NJ/Lacey Township) pitched out of a bases loaded, one out jam in the seventh to record her fourth win of the season. In the fourth, junior Sharon Yudt (Whitehall, PA/Whitehall) knocked in sophomore Brianna Chilcoat (Northampton, PA/Northampton) and in the fifth sophomore Christine Petrilla (Hamilton, NJ/Steinert) doubled to lead off the inning and later scored on a sacrifice fly from senior Kristen Cybularz (Philadelphia, PA/Archbishop Carroll).

Morrissey recorded her fifth complete-game of the season, allowing six hits and just one run while striking out 10 to improve to 4-4 on the year. Yudt was 4-for-4 at the plate to lead the eight-hit game one attack.

In the second game, senior Kerri Andrews (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem Catholic) led off the top of the first inning with a solo home run and singled home junior Kate Steiner (Walnutport, PA/Northampton) in the second, but the Bulldogs were not able to cross home plate over the final five innings leaving seven runners on-base over the final five frames as the Red Hawks battled back with two runs in the third inning and solo runs in the fourth and sixth innings to earn the doubleheader split.

Junior Jen Lococo (Easton, PA/Freedom) took the loss, allowing just one earned run over four innings of work. Petrilla gave up one run in three innings of work out of the bullpen. Andrews, Steiner, senior Emily Hoffman (Laceyville, PA/Wyalusing Valley), and junior Kristin Schultz (Laurys Station, PA/Parkland) each had two hits in game two.

DeSales returns to the diamond on Saturday when they get back into Freedom Conference play, traveling on the road to take on Delaware Valley College in an important early season conference doubleheader beginning at 1:00 pm.