BASEBALL

BASEBALL

Marietta 6, Mount Union 4

Mount Union 19, Marietta 11

ALLIANCE — Mount Union belted out a season-high 22 hits as they rallied to score a 19-11 win over No. 19 in the nation Marietta. Both teams remained tied for first place in the Ohio Athletic Conference.

In the second game, sophomore Matt Tracy went 5-for-5 at the plate, while senior Grant Sevek (Salem/Salem) had four hits.

In the opener, Sevek also had three hits and drove in a run in the seventh.

Washington & Jefferson 4, Thiel 3

GREENVILLE, Pa. — The Washington & Jefferson Presidents pushed across two runs in the top of the ninth to hold off Thiel in PAC action.

Thiel (17-8; 9-4 PAC) held a one-run edge heading into the eighth inning, but W&J’s Andy Trettel singled then scored on a base knock by Jim Pasquine. Thiel was retired 1-2-3 in the bottom of the eighth, setting the stage for the Presidents to extend their lead with a two-run Mike Kennedy homer in the ninth.

Lefty Josh Tedesco was the tough-luck loser for Thiel, falling to 6-2 on the year with a complete-game, five strikeout performance.

Grove City 21-3; Geneva 9-13

LACROSSE

Slippery Rock 21, Seton Hill 8

GREENSBURG, Pa. — Amy Halls (Westerville, Ohio/Olentangy) scored six goals and moved into a tie for second on the single-season scoring ledger as the Slippery Rock women’s lacrosse team (4-9) defeated Seton Hill.

The win is the fourth of the season for The Rock, marking the first four-win season for the program since the 1990 team finished 4-7. Entering this season, Slippery Rock had posted back-to-back winless campaigns in its first two years of competition since reinstating the sport after a 15-year absence.

Halls goals bring her season total to 45, tied for second in the record books with Regina Lynch, who accomplished the feat in 1985. She needs just two more goals to tie the record of 47, set by April Ennis in 1990.

Halls wasn’t the only offensive standout for The Rock Thursday, as both Casey Quinn (Vernon, N.J./Vernon Township) and Alexis Slutsky (Raleigh, N.C./Wakefield) each scored a career-high four goals. Slutsky added two assists for a six-point effort.

Also scoring multiple goals was Alison Rusnak (Stow, Ohio/Stow Munroe Falls), who finished with two markers. Chelsey Rovesti (North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin) scored her first goal of the season and Sam Huebner (Pittsburgh, Pa./Baldwin), Katie Roof (Calvert County, Md./Calvert) and Samantha Eddy (Selden, N.Y./Newfield) all found the net once.

GOLF

(Men)

Titans Take Fourth

VERONA, Pa. — Westminster placed fourth out of six teams at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational. The Titans holed a 322 and finished ahead of Mercyhurst (332) and La Roche (361). Carnegie Mellon won the event with a 294, followed by Saint Vincent (312) and California (Pa.) (314). Senior Ravi Amina (New Castle, Pa./Neshannock) led the Titans with a 75 (38-37) for seventh place overall, followed by senior Jeff Skubick (Verona, Pa./Penn Hills) who shot an 80 (39-41) to tie for 14th place. Senior Nick Marzo (Coudersport, Pa./Coudersport) fired an 83 (38-45) for an 18th-place tie for Westminster, while sophomore Ryan Spear (Hubbard, Ohio/Ursuline) shot a 21st-place score of 84 (40-44).

Alex Timmons of Carnegie Mellon took home medalist honors with an even-par 70 (34-36).

SOFTBALL

Westminster 2-8, Grove City 1-5

GROVE CITY, Pa. — In the first game, the Titans scored the tying and winning runs in the top of the sixth inning when junior Jennifer Emery (New Castle, Pa./Laurel) hit a run-scoring single through the right side and scored on Westminster’s next at-bat when senior Amy Cornicelli (Howland, Ohio/Warren) doubled down the leftfield line. Cornicelli slapped two of the Titans’ four hits.

Cornicelli hit a two-run single and, after sophomore DiAndra DiBacco (Boardman, Ohio/Cardinal Mooney) scored on a wild pitch, Emery plated Cornicelli with a double to right field.

Cornicelli finished 3-for-4.

Allegheny 8-7, Hiram 7-6

MEADVILLE, Pa. — Senior All-North Coast Athletic Conference designated player Heidi Gipson (Canal Fulton/Northwest) belted a pair of three-run homeruns and finished a combined five-of-eight at the plate with nine runs batted in, but the Hiram softball team would come up short in both games of a NCAC doubleheader against Allegheny College today (Thursday, Apr. 9) in Meadville, Pa.

Hiram is now 16-10 overall and 3-3 in the NCAC. The Gators improve to 14-10 overall and 4-2 NCAC.

In game one, senior All-NCAC shortstop Stephanie Zunic (Canfield) finished two-of-four.

Bethany 6, Waynesburg 5

Bethany 2, Waynesburg 1

Bethany, W. Va. — Bethany rallied to force extra innings. The comeback started when sophomore 2B Chelsea Butler (Cortland, Ohio/Lakeview) singled with one out and scored on a triple by senior CF Brittany Leslie (Pittsburgh, Pa./Keystone Oaks). The game was evened at 3-3 when junior catcher Bridgette Fauth (Pittsburgh, Pa./Carrick) lofted a sacrifice fly to center to score Leslie.