Softball Walks Off to Sweep PSUGA on Saturday
Game 1
Game 1
Penn State Greater Allegheny
0-9, 0-9
1
Penn State Mont Alto
3-14, 2-7
12
| TOP 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | R | H | E |
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0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
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2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | X | 12 | 15 | 0 |
Game 2
Game 2
Penn State Greater Allegheny
0-10, 0-10
5
Penn State Mont Alto
4-14, 3-7
6
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | R | H | E |
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1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 |
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1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 3 |
April 6, 2019
By: Frank Maira, Assistant Director of Athletics/Sports Information Director
MONT ALTO, Pa. – After a commanding 12-1 win in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader, the Penn State Mont Alto softball team trailed PSU Greater Allegheny 5-4 entering the bottom of the seventh inning. Mont Alto churned out three straight singles and Helayna Thomas (Biglerville, Pa. / Biglerville) gave her team the walk off 6-5 win with a double.
Penn State Mont Alto 12, Penn State Greater Allegheny 1
- PSUMA scored two or more runs in each inning that they swung their bats. Brooklyn Wagner (Newville, Pa. / Big Spring) and Krista Feaser (Shippensburg, Pa. / Faith Tabernacle) each drove in a game-high four RBIs.
- Delaney Wagner (Lewisburg, Pa. / Lewisburg Area) sparked her team in the bottom of the first with a double and scored with smart base running on a dropped third strike.
- Feaser and Brooklyn Wagner (Newville, Pa. / Big Spring) each drove in a pair in the second frame. The Nittany Lions scored two more runs within the inning as Meagan Smith (Littlestown, Pa. / Littlestown) and Delaney Wagner (Lewisburg, Pa. / Lewisburg Area) each recorded RBIs.
- Katie McCauslin (Biglerville, Pa. / Biglerville) gave up the lone unearned run in the third inning as she held PSUGA to five hits, while striking out a pair. The freshman improved to 3-9 on the season with her two victories on Saturday.
Penn State Mont Alto 6, Penn State Greater Allegheny 5
- Both teams scored a run within the first inning. Delaney Wagner (Lewisburg, Pa. / Lewisburg Area) drove in Brooklyn Wagner (Newville, Pa. / Big Spring) on a sacrifice fly.
- PSUGA scored three more runs in the top of the third stanza before Mont Alto responded again this time with a pair of runs. Krista Feaser (Shippensburg, Pa. / Faith Tabernacle) hit a RBI single and scored when Helayna Thomas (Biglerville, Pa. / Biglerville) drove her in on a sacrifice fly out.
- Feaser made it 5-4 scoring in the bottom of the fifth on a passed ball. Thomas played hero for Mont Alto as she slapped her game-winning double down the left field line.
The Penn State Mont Alto softball team returns to action on Sunday, April 7 when they conclude their season series with Greater Allegheny. The doubleheader is slated to begin at 11 a.m.
