Castiglione hits 3 HRs as YSU softball rolls

May 5, 2014 at 12:00a.m.

Detroit

Sophomore Miranda Castiglione (Brampton, Ontario) broke the school’s single-game RBI record, tied the single-game home run record and broke the single-season runs scored record in leading the Youngstown State softball team to an 8-0 win over Detroit on Sunday. Castiglione belted a two-run home run to right-center field in the top of the first inning, a three-run shot to right-center in the top of the second and another two-run blast to right-center field in the top of the fourth inning to account for all but one of the runs scored by the Penguins (29-22, 11-8 Horizon).

Castiglione’s 43 runs this season breaks the 2010 record of 42 by Haley Thomas who now is tied with Castiglion for most homers in a game. The previous single-game RBI record was six, held by Thomas and three others.

The Penguins earned the No. 4 seed in the Horizon League tournament and will take on No. 5 Cleveland State Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. at Dayton.

Penguins fall 7-3 to Wright St. in baseball

DAYTON

After back-to-back games with offensive explosions, Wright State used strong pitching and timely hitting to beat the Youngstown State baseball team 7-3 on Sunday. The Raiders scored six of their seven runs with two outs.

Matt Sullivan doubled and singled and Alex Larivee had two hits for YSU (10-31, 4-13 Horizon). The Penguins’ final seven games of the regular season will be played at Eastwood Field beginning Friday at 11 a.m. against UIC.

Ursuline’s Strollo to walk on at YSU

YOUNGSTOWN

Former Ursuline High basketball standout Ryan Strollo (6-2, 195) will walk on at Youngstown State after playing one season at Walsh University.

A third team All-Ohioan with the Irish, Strollo averaged 17 points per game as a senior at Ursuline but played just 15 total minutes over five games last season for the Cavaliers. His father, Ron, is YSU’s athletic director.

Mooney grads on OAC lacrosse rosters

The Ohio Athletic Conference just concluded its first official lacrosse season and three Cardinal Mooney graduates were part of the league’s championships on Saturday.

Mount Union (15-2) defeated Baldwin-Wallace, 18-9, in the women’s championship. Freshman Shannon Ellsworth is on the Purple Raiders’ squad. She scored two goals in eight games played this season.

Freshmen David Whipkey and Terrance Reardon both are on the roster for John Carroll (13-4) which dropped a 13-8 decision to Otterbein in the men’s championship game.

Local youth golfers capture age groups

RAVENNA

Area golfers Jacinta Pikunas of Boardman and Cole Christman of Canfield won their respective age divisions at a Golf Week Junior Tour event played over the weekend at Windmill Lakes.

Pikunas won the girls 14-under division with a two-day score of 141, seven strokes ahead of the runner-up. Christmas won the boys 12-under group with a 143 score, winning by three strokes.

Kaylee Neumeister of Cortland placed third in the girls 15-19 division, Blake Prince of East Liverpool was tied for third in the boys 15-19 group and Cade Kreps of Boardman placed sixth in the boys 13-14 competition.

Staff reports/Associated Press