Youngstown State teams suffer losses

FARMVILLE, Va. — Longwood rallied from a 4-1 deficit with the help of two breaks in the seventh inning to defeat the Youngstown State baseball team 11-4 on Monday.

The Lancers spoiled a solid first start by YSU sophomore Cody Dearth, who allowed one earned run in six innings and left with a 4-2 lead in the seventh inning.

Jacke Healey doubled for the seventh time in nine games and had three RBIs to lead YSU, which has seen a late lead evaporate in the last three games. John Koehnlein, Eric Marzec and Casey Holland added two hits apiece.

The game turned in the seventh inning with YSU still up by two. Longwood had runners at the corners with one out and got a favorable call for the first of two bad breaks for the Penguins. Third baseman C.J. Morris fielded a grounder, and the field umpire ruled he missed the tag on the lead runner going back to third. With the bases loaded, a double-play ball to Healey took an erratic hop over his head and allowed two runs to score. Newman then brought in the go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly.

The Lancers then pounded out six runs on five hits and two walks in the eighth for the final score.

John Walker II earned a complete-game victory for the Lancers (8-6), allowing three earned runs on 10 hits in his third win. Trent Wood was charged with his first loss in relief.

YSU will play the next two days at James Madison.

Softball

KISSIMMEE, Fla. — The YSU softball team had 11 hits, including two each from freshmen Jordan Ingalls, Kristen Philen and Haley Thomas, but left nine runners on base in a 4-3 loss to Penn on Monday afternoon.

The Penguins also lost to IPFW, 9-0.

Against Penn, Thomas led off the game with a single, stole second and scored on Kristen Rendle’s single to center field to put the Penguins up, 1-0.

Rendle stole second base and scored on Kim Klonowski’s single to center.

Penn responded with a four-run rally in the bottom of the first.

In the top of the fourth, Philen singled and scored on a double by Thomas to cut the Quakers’ lead to 4-3.

Junior Cheryl Cale was the losing pitcher, scattering seven hits, but only two after the first inning. She struck out and had one walk.

Against IPFW, the Penguins were limited to five hits and committed five errors.

The Penguins play SIU-Edwardsville and IPFW on Wednesday.