ST. MARYS – The Curwensville Lady Tide fell in a high scoring affair to the Lady Crusaders of Elk County Catholic Thursday afternoon by a 12-8 final count.
Though Curwensville took a 1-0 lead early in the game thanks to sharp baserunning and hitting from Abby Pentz, the offense from Elk County Catholic proved to be just a little bit too much for Curwensville as ECC collected 14 hits to Curwensville’s nine for the game.
After falling behind 5-1 after two innings, Curwensville battled back to make it a 5-3 game in the top of the third. Joslynne Freyer kicked off the third inning rally by singling to right field. After Freyer advanced to second on an error, Mackenzie Wall singled to put runners at the corners with nobody out.
After a Wall steal of second, Teagan Harzinski recorded an RBI ground out which scored Freyer and advanced Wall to third base. Shyanne Rudy was able to plate Wall by way of an RBI groundout of her own which cut the ECC lead to 5-3. Unfortunately for the Lady Tide, it was the closest they would come to retaking the lead as the Lady Crusaders would add seven more runs in the game to secure the victory.
The Lady Tide were able to collect multi-hit games from their top three hitters in the lineup; Pentz, Logan Sheeder, and Freyer. Wall, Harzinski, Rudy, and Marlee Gasper all accounted for one hit each. It was the third straight game Curwensville scored eight runs, which is a key takeaway from a hard fought defeat.
Through three games, Curwensville has six hitters (Sheeder, Wall, Pentz, Freyer, Gasper, and Harzinski) with a .300 average or better.
Curwensville (2-1) will look to bounce back later today, April 9th, in a road game against Moshannon Valley High School. The game is scheduled to begin at 4:00 p.m.
CURWENSVILLE – 8
Abby Pentz (CF) 4320, Logan Sheeder (2B) 3120, Joslynne Freyer (P) 4112, Mackenzie Wall (SS) 4110, Teagan Harzinski (1B) 3011, Shyanne Rudy (3B) 4101, Maddie Butler (C) 2000, Kaylie Shaw (C) 0100, Rylee Wiggins (LF) 2000, AJ Swatsworth (LF) 1000, Marlee Gasper (RF) 3012 TOTALS 30 8 9 5.
Batting
3B: Joslynne Freyer
TB: Joslynne Freyer 4, Marlee Gasper, Teagan Harzinski, Abby Pentz 2, Logan Sheeder 2, Mackenzie Wall
RBI: Joslynne Freyer, Marlee Gasper 2, Teagan Harzinski, Shyanne Rudy
FC: Abby Pentz, Shyanne Rudy 2
HBP: Teagan Harzinski, Abby Pentz
SB: Marlee Gasper, Abby Pentz, Logan Sheeder, Mackenzie Wall
Fielding
E: Joslynne Freyer, Teagan Harzinski, Logan Sheeder
Elk County Catholic – 12
Lucy Klawhun (SS) 5432, Lydia Anderson (!B) 3222, Gabrielle Weisner (CF) 4134, Emily Mourer (P) 4132, Sydney Alexander (3B) 4100, Tessa Fledderman 4110 (DH), Hope Farley (RF) 4010, Katherine Kirst (2B) 3001, Ellie Baron (RF), Caitlyn Vollmer (C) 0000 3210 TOTALS 34 12 14 11.
Batting
2B: Lucy Klawuhn 2, Gabrielle Weisner 2, Emily Mourer, Ellie Baron
HR: Emily Mourer
TB: Lucy Klawuhn 5, Gabrielle Weisner 5, Lydia Anderson 2, Emily Mourer 7, Tessa Fleaderman, Hope Farley, Ellie Baron 2
RBI: Lucy Klawuhn 2, Gabrielle Weisner 4, Lydia Anderson 2, Emily Mourer 2, Katherine Kirst
SAC: Katherine Kirst
ROE: Lucy Klawuhn, Sydney Alexander, Hope Farley
SB: Lucy Klawuhn 3, Sydney Alexander 2, Hope Farley
Fielding
E: Katherine Kirst
Score by Innings
Curwensville 1022012
Elk County Catholic 323220X
Pitching
Curwensville Joslynne Freyer 6 IP, 14 H, 12 R, 9 ER, 2 BB, 5 K.
Elk County Catholic Emily Mourer 7 IP, 9 H, 8 R, 7 ER, 5 BB, 4 K.
W – Emily Mourer (1-0). L – Joslynne Freyer (2-1).