RELEASE DATE: 3/04/09

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Mansfield softball improves to 4-0 with sweep in Myrtle Beach – freshman Kami Bishop earns third straight win – McConville and Polk homer in game two

MYRTLE BEACH, SC – Freshman Kami Bishop picked up her third win of the season in the opener and Katie McConville homered and drove in five runs in the nightcap as Mansfield beat Alvernia 7-3 and Thiel 14-1 at the Fastpitch Classic in Myrtle Beach Wednesday.

Bishop went the distance in the opener scattering five hits and striking out 10 while walking two. Mansfield scored three runs on a double by Janelle Antes in the third before Erin Carroll broke open a 3-3 tie with a three-run home run in the sixth.

Melissa Baer went the distance against Thiel allowing three hits while striking out seven in a five-inning contest. Mansfield scored in every inning including a three-run home run by Freshman Aundraa Polk in the first and a three-run home run by McConville in the third.

Jamie Castellano went 4-4 from the plate while Nicole Yost was 3-4.

Mansfield will have a travel day tomorrow before finishing the southern swing with five games at Francis Marion this weekend.

Game 1

Alvernia          000      102      0          3-5-1

Mansfield        003      004      x          7-4-1

Alvernia (2-1): Michelle Jensen (L) and Samantha Geisinger
2b – Dina Chiappelli, Lauren Crimi    RBI – Crimi 2, Geisinger

Mansfield (3-0): Kami Bishop (W, 3-0) and Erin Carroll

2b – Janelle Antes       HR – Erin Carroll (1)

RBI – Carroll 3, Antes 3, Ashley Gaisser

Game 2

Thiel                100      00        1-3-1
Mansfield        434      12        14-13-1

Thiel (0-3): Emily Batiz (L), Ashley McLimans (3) and Becky Betteridge

2b – Laura Davin, Stephanie Smith                RBI – Smith

Mansfield (4-0): Melissa Baer (W, 1-0) and Jen Stein

2b – Stein, Nicole Yost           HR – Katie McConville (3), Aundraa Polk (1)

RBI – McConville 5, Yost 3, Polk 3, Jamie Castellano, Megan Truitt