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DONNELLY SRU 23
Jami Marceron
9
Winner Kutztown KUTZ-S 19-17, 13-7 PSAC E
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Shepherd SHEP-W 24-19, 7-16 PSAC E
Winner
Kutztown KUTZ-S
19-17, 13-7 PSAC E
9
Final
1
Shepherd SHEP-W
24-19, 7-16 PSAC E
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
Kutztown KUTZ-S 0 3 2 0 2 2 9 9 0
Shepherd SHEP-W 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 1

W: Haley Gravish (12-5) L: Laing, Katie (9-9)

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Winner Kutztown KUTZ-S 20-17, 14-7 PSAC E
6
Shepherd SHEP-W 24-20, 7-17 PSAC E
Winner
Kutztown KUTZ-S
20-17, 14-7 PSAC E
7
Final
6
Shepherd SHEP-W
24-20, 7-17 PSAC E
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Kutztown KUTZ-S 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 7 9 4
Shepherd SHEP-W 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 6 9 2

W: Haley Gravish (13-5) L: Ruffner, Hannah (8-3)

Game Recap: Softball |

Shepherd Softball Drops Pair to Kutztown

SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. -- Shepherd University (24-20, 7-17 PSAC East) dropped a pair of games to Kutztown (20-17, 14-7 PSAC East) in PSAC East softball doubleheader action at Sara Cree Field on Tuesday. Kutztown gained a 9-1 win in six innings in game one and added a 7-6 win in eight innings in the nightcap. 

Kutztown took a 3-0 lead in the second inning in game one. Alexa Stevens hit a two-run double to key the rally. 

Brianna Hughes hit a two-run homer in the third and added a two-run double in the fifth to give the Golden Bears a 7-0 advantage. 

Kutztown plated a pair of runs in the sixth to take a 9-0 lead. 

Shepherd scored in the sixth as graduate student third baseman Nicole Purtell (Centreville, Va./Centreville) led off with a single and moved to second on a single by senior outfielder Hannah Beeler (Greencastle, Pa./Greencastle-Antrim). Junior second baseman Caitlin Donnelly (Newark, Del./Padua Academy) singled to score Purtell.               

Purtell went 2-for-3 to lead the Rams. 

Hughes went 3-for-3 for the Golden Bears. 

Haley Gravich (6.0 IP, 6 H 1 ER, 4 K, 0 BB) (12-5) got the win. Senior pitcher Katie Laing (Jefferson, Md./Brunswick) (4.2 IP, 6 H,7 ER, 0 K, 2 BB) (9-9) took the loss. 

Kutztown took a 4-0 lead in the first in the nightcap. Sarah Harvat had a two-run double to key the rally. 

Shepherd got a run in the second as Donnelly led off with a double and later scored on a sacrifice fly off the bat of junior outfielder Isabella Forte (Hedgesville, W.Va./Hedgesville). 

The Golden Bears added a pair of runs in the third to take a 6-1 lead as Kristin Geesey and Gravish each drove in a run. 

Shepherd scored four runs in the bottom of the fourth to cut the lead to 6-5. Freshman catcher Camdyn Noland (Summit Point, W.Va./Washington) hit a two-run double to key the rally.  

The Rams tied the game in the fifth as Beeler led off with a single and advanced to third on a two-base error. Junior pinch-hitter Elizabeth Padiotis (Aldie, Va./John Champe) singled to plate Beeler. 

Stevens hit a solo homer in the eighth to lift Kutztown to the win. 

Sophomore infielder Lexi Clatterbuck (Front Royal, Va./Skyline) had a pair of hits to lead the Rams. 

Gravish (4.1 IP, 5 H, 5 R, 1 ER, 4 K, 0 BB) (13-5) gained the win in relief. Junior pitcher Hannah Ruffner (Charles Town, W.Va./Washington) (7.0 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 4 K, 2 BB) (8-3) took the loss. 

The Rams return to action on Friday when they travel to Mansfield for a 1 p.m. doubleheader. 

                                

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