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Sports Information Director:  Steve McCloskey   Phone:  (570) 662-4845    Email:  smcclosk@mansfield.edu  

RELEASE DATE: 4/9/04

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MOUNTIE SPILT WITH EAST STROUDSBURG – AMY MARTINO THROWS 3-HITTER AND STRIKES OUT 10 IN OPENER

EAST STROUDSBURG – Amy Martino (Binghamton,NY/Chenango Valley) fired a complete game three-hitter in the opener as Mansfield University split a PSAC East doubleheader at East Stroudsburg 3-1, 6-3 Friday afternoon.

Martino dominated on the mound, scattering three hits and striking out 10 with two walks to earn her third win of the season. Mansfield got all the runs Martino would need in the first inning when Kris Kelly (Nineveh,NY/Afton) doubled and scored on a double by Alison Tagliafgerri (Linden/Jersey Shore). Tagliaferri scored on a triple by Tricia Bailey (Canton/Canton).

Mansfield would add an insurance run in the fifth on a Tagliaferri’s solo home run – here seventh of the season. Tagliaferri was 2-2 with a double, home run and two RBI’s in the game.

In the nightcap, the Mountaineers fell behind 4-0 after two innings and could not recover. Tagliaferri went 2-3 while Bailey and Heather Long (Pottstown/Pottsgrove) both doubled.

The Mountaineers will play Shippensburg – the #3 ranked team in NCAA Division II in a doubleheader at Helen Lutes Field on Saturday starting at 1 p.m.

 

GAME ONE

Mansfield                      200       010       0          3-9-1

East Stroudsburg           010       000       0          1-3-0

 

Mansfield (18-9, 5-6): Amy Martino (W, 3-1) and Sytiva Seitz

2b – Kris Kelly, Nancy Quinn, Alison Tagliaferri    3b – Tricia Bailey

HR – Tagliaferri (7)         RBI – Tagliaferri 2, Bailey

East Stroudsburg (10-14-1, 4-6-1): Sobolesky (L, 7-8) and Dibble

2b – Veronesi                RBI – Dibble

 

GAME TWO

Mansfield                      000       210       0          3-7-0

East Stroudsburg           220       200       x          6-9-1

Mansfield (18-10, 5-7): Kristen Dean (L, 7-4), Christine Ross (2), Alison Tagliaferri (4) and Marissa Kosydar

East Stroudsburg (11-14-1, 5-6-1): Wontroba (W, 4-6), Soblolsky (7) and Dibble

2b – Miller, Wontroba                 RBI Veronesi, Dibble, Miller, Wontroba 3

 

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