Myrtle Beach, SC (Wednesday, March 14, 2007) – The Crusader Softball lost to Utica College 2-7, and to Charleston College by a score of 0-5 on the third day of the Myrtle Beach Snowbird Softball Tournament. With these losses their record dropped to .500 with three wins and three losses.
In the first game of the day, Utica College jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning with a two-out homerun off of Alvernia starter Emily Williams (Minersville, PA/Nativity BVM). Alvernia was unable to create any offense through the first six innings, with only two runners reaching base. Junior Jackie Rhoads (Dillsburg, PA/Northern York) earned a walk in the fourth inning, and senior Suzanne Fox (Glassboro, NJ/Gloucester Catholic) connecting for a double in the sixth inning. Utica capitalized on three Crusader errors to add four more runs over the second and third innings, and added two more in the sixth with three singles and a walk. The Crusaders staged a rally in the top of the seventh, when a lead-off homerun by Rhoads was followed by a single by pitcher Williams, and another single by senior Alyson McCready (Williamstown, PA/Williams Valley) that scored Williams. This was all they could generate, and suffered the 2-7 loss.
In the next game versus Charleston College Alvernia’s offense continued to struggle, with only two hits and one walk over seven innings. Rhoads earned a walk in the first, and both Hollie Dobson (Tallytown, PA/Pennsbury) and Colleen Ambrosius (Philadelphia, PA/St. Basil Academy) connected for a single. Charleston scattered 14 hits over their seven innings, scoring two runs in the third and one in the fourth, fifth and sixth. Sophomore Lauren Crimi (Nazareth, PA/Notre Dame) suffered the loss for Alvernia.
In the final day of the Myrtle Beach Tournament Alvernia will face off against Gordon College at 9:30 am, followed by Gettysburg College at noon.
