BOX SCORE

Reading, Pa. (May 12, 2013) - Second-seeded Frostburg St. (32-12) had three 2-run innings in a 6-3 win over #1 Alvernia University (36-10) Sunday morning in the winners bracket final of the 2013 ECAC South Region Softball Championships at Angelica Park.

The Bobcast opened the scoring in the second inning with a single, a triple, and a sacrifice fly to open up a 2-0 lead.  After a scoreless third inning the Crusaders surged ahead with three runs in the home half of the fourth.  The bottom three batters in the order all singled to load the bases and Miranda Peto (Phoenixville, Pa./Phoenixville) hit a sacrifice fly to center and Sam Penk (Lincroft, N.J./Middletown South) singled home the next two.

Frostburg went ahead 4-3 with two runs in the sixth on a 2-run homer by Renay Aubel--her 16th home run of the season.  They tacked on two more with another 2-run homer in the top of the seventh off the bat of designated player Caitlin Lovend.

Alvernia was able to bring the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the seventh with one out, but back-to-back strikeouts ended the game.  The Crusaders will take on #6 Stevenson University in the losers bracket final.

#2 Frostburg St. 6, #1 Alvernia 3