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BASEBALL

Penguins fall to Richmond in 10

RICHMOND, Va.

Richmond’s Daniel Brumbaugh hit a walk-off three-run home run in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Spiders beat YSU 5-2 on Saturday at Pitt Field.

The Brumbaugh homer came after a seven-inning stretch where neither team scored, and it was one of just four Richmond hits in the game.

YSU’s Anthony Rohan nearly matched that on his own with three hits in four at bats, and Youngstown State finished with eight hits as a team. The Penguins stranded 12 runners.

Kevin Yarabinec made his first start of the year for YSU and held the Spiders to one earned run on one hit and three walks in 5-1/3 innings. Jesse Slinger did not allow a run while recording the next 12 outs, but he was the hard-luck loser as the batter he walked with one out in the 10th inning ended up scoring the winning run.

Rohan singled to lead off the game, and he scored following singles by Lorenzo Arcuri and Shane Willoughby. Richmond tied the game in the bottom of the inning as D.J. Lee reached on a bunt single, stole second, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt and scored on a ground out.

softball

Penguins split doubleheader

wilmington, n.c.

Freshman Maddi Lusk fired a two-hit shutout with a career-high eight strikeouts and drove in a run to lead the Youngstown State softball team to a 3-0 win over Siena on Saturday afternoon. The Penguins also lost to UNC-Wilmington, 7-0.

Lusk retired the first 17 batters she faced and had a perfect game for 52/3 innings.

Youngstown State used a three-run third inning for the game’s only runs. Junior Hannah Lucas led off the innning with a walk and moved to third on a passed ball. Junior Cali Mikovich plated Lucas with a single to center field, stole second and advanced to third on a wild pitch.

The Penguins improve to 5-16 on the year and return to action with a doubleheader against Akron, Tuesday, March 21, in the 2017 home opener at the YSU Softball Field. First pitch is slated for 3 p.m.

FOOTBALL

Pelini brothers, Bayuk honored by NFF

CLEVELAND

Youngstown State head football coach Bo Pelini, his brother and defensive coordinator Carl Pelini and Warren JFK head coach Jeff Bayuk all were honored by the Northeastern Chapter of the National Football Foundation.

Bo Pelini was named the Lee Tressel Ohio College Coach of the Year after leading the Penguins to a 12-4 record and into the FCS national championship game. Carl was named the College Assistant Coach of the Year.

Bayuk, who led Warren JFK to the Division VII state championship, earned one of the organization’s Paul Brown High School Coach of the Year awards. The others went to Akron Hoban head coach Tim Tyrrell, a former standout player at Ursuline High School and YSU, and Jeff Lindesmith of Canton Central Catholic.

Also honored by the NFF was sportswriter John Kampf of The News-Herald, who received the Ohio Sportswriter of the Year award. Kampf is Grand Valley High School and Ohio State graduate.

Staff/wire reports