Friday, March 11
Kissimmee, Fla.
3:00:00 PM
Lehigh University
4
vs
2
Sacred Heart
Mountain Hawks win final two games of Florida trip
3/12/2011 2:22:00 AM | Softball
KISSIMMEE, Fla. – On its final day of action at the Rebel Spring Games the Lehigh softball team swept its first doubleheader of the season as the Mountain Hawks downed Sacred Heart 4-2 before rolling to a 9-1, five-inning win over Manhattan. Senior Alex Cueva keyed a Lehigh rally with a two-run double in the opener, while classmate Carly Potock blasted a three-run home run to lead the Mountain Hawks in the nightcap.
With the sweep, Lehigh improves to 5-8 on the season. The Mountain Hawks went 5-3 in eight games in Florida.
In its first game of the day Lehigh had to come-from-behind to defeat a tough Sacred Heart team. The Pioneers took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning on back-to-back RBI singles by Liz Tsipouras and Annie Dreher.
The Mountain Hawks mounted a two-out rally in the top of the fifth to take the lead. Sophomore Rosie Roessel started the rally with a one out single and then moved to third on a double by junior Audra Wood. Cueva followed with a double that scored two runs to tie the game, and then scored the go-ahead run on a double by junior Julie Fernandez.Lehigh tacked on another run in the sixth on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Potock. The Mountain Hawks out-hit the Pioneers 7-5 with Cueva and Fernandez picking up two hits apiece.
Freshman Ashley Quigley earned her second straight win in the circle (2-5) allowing two unearned runs on five hits in seven innings. Quigley walked three and struck out three in the victory.
In the nightcap, the Mountain Hawks made quick work of the Jaspers, pounding out 15 hits in the five-inning win. Lehigh went in front with two runs in the bottom of the second on a passed ball and a run-scoring single by junior Tenley Halaquist.
Manhattan scored its only run in the top of the third inning, but Lehigh responded with four runs in the bottom of the frame. Freshman Lizzy Odren brought home junior Hana Harrison with a one-out RBI single, before Potock followed up with her first home run of the season, a three-run blast to left center, which put the Brown and White up 6-1.
Junior Liz Lucas extended Lehigh's lead with an RBI double in the sixth inning, and then brought home the game-ending runs with a bases-loaded two-run double in the bottom of the fifth inning. Lucas was an incredible 10-of-23 at the plate in eight games in Florida with six doubles, two home runs and 14 RBI.
Sophomore Becca Bliss allowed a run on two hits in five innings, walking one and striking out two as she improves to 2-1 on the season.
The Mountain Hawks will return to action next weekend at the JMU Days Inn Invitational in Harrisonburg, Va. Lehigh will play two days on Friday, facing Binghamton at 10 a.m. and host James Madison at 3 p.m.
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