RELEASE DATE: 4/05/03

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MOUNTIE SOFTBALL SPLITS AT WEST CHESTER – ALISON TAGLIAFERRI FANS NINE IN NIGHTCAP 

WEST CHESTER – Alison Tagliaferri (Linden/Jersey Shore) struck out nine and Kriss Kelly and Heather Long each hit home runs to lead Mansfield University to a 7-3 win over West Chester in the nightcap of a PSAC East doubleheader Saturday afternoon. West Chester won the opener 5-2.  

After surviving a shaky first inning, Tagliaferri powered the ball past a career best nine batters during  6.2 innings to pick up her second win of the season.  

Trailing 2-0, the Mountaineers tied the score at 2-2 with two runs in the second inning and went ahead for good when freshman Kriss Kelly (Nineveh,NY/Afton) crushed a two run home run to left field. Heather Long (Pottsgrove/Pottstown) added a solo shot in the top of the sixth inning.

Liz Lyon (Harpursville/Windsor) got a save, coming in to retire the final batter with two runners on. Freshman Sytiva Seitz (Dallastown/Dallastown) was 2-3 with two doubles and an two RBI. Taglaiferri also had a double.  

In the opener, West Chester scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to break up a close 3-2 game. Jes Ricker (Shillington/Governor Mifflin) doubled and Kriss Kelly had an RBI for the Mountaineers. Freshman Kristen Dean (Roaring Branch/Canton) went the distance in taking the loss.  

Mansfield goes to 8-8 overall and 1-5 in the PSAC East.  

GAME ONE 

Mansfield                   001            010            0            2-5-3

West Chester            010            202            x            5-8-1

Mansfield (7-8, 0-5): Kristen Dean (L 3-3) and Marissa Kosydar

2b – Jes Ricker RBI – Kriss Kelly

West Chester (16-10, 4-4): Megan Fuller and Erin Davis

2b – Leah Conley            HR – Conley            RBI – Conley, Fuller, Rachel Shanks

GAME TWO

Mansfield                   022            201            0            7-10-1

West Chester            200            000            1            3-6-2

Mansfield (8-8, 1-5): Alison Tagliaferri (W, 2-2), Liz Lyon (7) (s) and Sytiva Seitz

2b – Seitz 2, Tagliaferri            HR – Kriss Kelly, Heather Long

RBI – Kelly 2, Seitz 2, Jes Ricker, Long, Heather Bensinger

West Chester (16-11, 4-5): Adina DeHainaut (L, 8-4) and Kim Odgen

2b -- Megan Fuller   RBI – Fuller 2, June Lohner