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Softball
Drops Two in Opener
For More Information, Contact:
Scott
Musa, 540.665.5417
WINCHESTER
,
Va.
– The SU women’s softball team opened its 2002 season Wednesday
afternoon with 9-0 and 9-1 losses to Division II Shepherd College.
Both games ended early due to the NCAA mercy rule.
Defensive miscues plagued the
Hornets (0-2) in game one as they made seven errors that led to six
unearned runs for Shepherd (2-1). Senior pitcher Amanda Long (Antwerp,
Oh./IPFW) scattered seven hits and a walk in the five inning
contest.
Sophomore Katey Wilson (Amissville,
Va./Rapphannock)
prevented the Hornets from being no-hit with her fifth inning
single.
SU had just two hits in game two;
Long and Erin May (Hagerstown, Md./North Hagerstown) had singles in
the fifth and sixth, respectively.
Coach Ellie Tanner’s club scored
its only run off the afternoon in the fifth inning of game two when
SU took advantage of a Shepherd error to start the frame. Jodi
Milburn (Winchester,
Va./Lord
Fairfax CC) reached on an error by the centerfielder, moved the
third on Long’s single and then scored on a groundball to short by
Lesley Beard (Youngstown, Ohio/Austintown
Fitch).
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Score Game 1
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Score Game 2
Shenandoah returns to action over
the weekend when it travels to the Meredith College Tournament.
Men’s Lacrosse
BALTIMORE
,
Md.
– The Shenandoah men’s lacrosse team was unable to continue its
winning ways Wednesday evening, losing 19-13 to
Haverford
College
in a neutral site game played at Homewood Field on the campus of
Johns
Hopkins
University
.
After ending the first period tied
at 3-3 behind goals from sophomore Joe Gorczyca (
Grosse
Pointe
Park
,
Mi./South) and senior Matt Burton (
Ashburn
,
Va.
/Woodbridge),
SU (1-1) saw Haverford (1-2) seize control of the contest with seven
goals in the second quarter to take a 10-5 halftime lead.
Sophomore Elmer Baker (
Fort
Montgomery
,
N.Y./O’Neill) helped keep the Hornets in it with three of the
squad’s six goals in the period to cut the Black Squirrels’ lead
to 14-11. Unfortunately,
SU this would be as close at they would come to getting back into
the contest.
Burton
totaled six goals and two assists and Baker added another four goals
and two assists to lead Shenandoah in the scoring column.
Junior Jeff Paolozzi (Brownville, N.Y./General Brown) was
nearly unstoppable at the face-off ‘x’ as he set a new school
record with 21 wins in 26 attempts.
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Score
Shenandoah returns home to Shentel
Stadium this Saturday to faceoff against the Yellow Jackets of
Randolph-Macon College at
3:00
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