Lehigh University
Albany
Lehigh splits on final day of Lehigh Equinox
3/25/2007 12:00:00 AM | Football
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Forlenza scattered nine hits and worked out of several jams to pick up her first victory of the season. The right hander struck out three Gaels and walked two as she improved to 1-2 on the year.
Lehigh, the designated visiting team in game two, took an early lead in the top of the first inning when junior Kate Marvel led off the game with a walk, took second on a wild pitch, and came around to score on an
The Mountain Hawks extended their lead in the third inning when senior Julie Sterrett drove in two runs with a triple to right center. Junior Taryn Hanley followed with a sacrifice fly, plating Sterrett to extend the lead to 5-0, with Forlenza and the Lehigh defense taking care of the rest.
Amanda Glaser suffered the loss for the Gaels, who fall to 4-9 on the season.
The day’s first game saw
In the third inning the Mountain Hawks mounted their first rally of the day, scoring four runs to tie the game. After a throwing error led to Lehigh’s first run, Sterrett smacked her first two-run triple of the day, and later scored on a double from senior Heather Hamasaki.
Freshman pitcher Tiffany Curtis relieved Sweeney and helped keep Lehigh in the game with seven strong innings in the circle. Lehigh took the lead in the fifth inning as Hamasaki hit a sacrifice fly to score Hanley, who doubled, but
With the international tiebreaker rules in effect,
Casey Halloran pitched into the ninth inning for
Sterrett and Marvel had two hits apiece versus the Great Danes.
“In the first game we made some mental mistakes and spotted
Troyan continues, “We came back nicely with some timely hitting and good defense against
Sunday’s middle game saw
The Mountain Hawks will return to the diamond on Tuesday when they travel to Penn for a doubleheader that gets underway at 3:00 pm from
