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RELEASE DATE: 3/09/04 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MOUNTIE SOFTBALL SPLITS IN MYRTLE BEACH – TAGLIAFERRI THROWS ONE-HITTER IN NIGHTCAP MYRTLE
BEACH,
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– Just hours after being named to First Team All-PSAC East honors in basketball,
Alison Tagliaferri Making her first start on the mound of the season, Tagliaferri showed she had lost little of her fastball in striking out eight batters in just five innings in a game shortened by the mercy rule. Senior Kay Canfield (Columbia Crossroads/Troy) drilled a three-run home run in the third inning with Sytiva Seitz (Dallastown/Dallastown) going 3-3 from the plate and Marissa Kosydar (Dickson City/Mid-Valley) rapping out two hits in three at-bats. Tagliaferri also had a triple. In the opener, Mansfield held a 5-4 lead before Martin-Methodist got a two-out three-run triple in the bottom of the fifth. Tricia Bailey (Canton/Canton) and Heather Long (Pottstown/Pottsgrove) each had two hits for Mansfield. The Mountaineers are now 5-1 on the season and will play twice on Wednesday.
GAME ONE Mansfield 011 300 0 5-8-2 Martin-Methodist 200 330 x 8-11-2 Mansfield (4-1): Kristen Dean (L, 2-1), Christine Ross (5) and Sytiva Seitz 2b – Shannon McDonnell RBI – Tricia Bailey, Heather Long, Dean, McDonnell Martin-Methodist (13-2): Jill Shepherd (W) and Kristin Pitts 2b – Tera Haynes 3b – Rachel Phillips, Becky Hodges RBI – Hodges 3, Hayes 2, Phillips, Ashley Altman
GAME TWO Concordia 010 00 1-1-2 Mansfield 135 0x 9-9-1 Concordia (0-4): Kristin Raffetto (L, 0-2), Jennifer Daddino (3) and Pitts RBI – Jamie Timke Mansfield (5-1): Alison Tagliaferri (W, 1-0) and Marissa Kosydar 2b – Sytiva Seitz, Alexis Drebito 3b – Tagliaferri RBI – Seitz 3, Canfield 3, Jessica Nordblom, Tagliaferri |
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(Linden/Jersey Shore) threw a one-hitter in a 9-1 victory over Concordia
(NY) College in the Snowbird Invitation at 