Hounds Open NCAA Tournament with 3-2 Win over Penn State-Berks
ROCHESTER, N.Y. --- The No. 17-ranked and top seed Moravian College softball team opened the 2015 NCAA Division III Rochester Regional with a 3-2 victory over third seed Penn State-Berks Friday in the opening game of the three-team regional being hosted by the University of Rochester.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. --- The No. 17-ranked and top seed Moravian College softball team opened the 2015 NCAA Division III Rochester Regional with a 3-2 victory over third seed Penn State-Berks Friday in the opening game of the three-team regional being hosted by the University of Rochester.
The Greyhounds, now 35-5 on the season, will get back on the field at 4:00 p.m. against the host Yellow Jackets in the final game of the opening day of the tournament.
Moravian jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Junior right fielder Mary Schlosbon singled with one out, and senior center fielder Dior George followed with a two-run homer to left field on a 2-0 pitch. The home run was George's seventh of the season and the 13th of her career as she moved into a tie for sixth in the school record books, and George also moved into a tie for tenth in career RBIs with 94. Sophomore left fielder Julie Siragusa doubled down the left field line after George's round tripper. Siragusa raced home on an RBI single to right field by sophomore third baseman Victoria Conner.
However, despite nine hits in the game including a 3-for-4 performance by Schlosbon, who became the 42nd player in school history to reach 100 career hits, now with 101, the Greyhounds were unable to push another run across the play, stranding seven runners on base.
"One more run would have been huge," said Moravian Head Coach John Byrne. "We had plenty of chances – bases loaded, first and third – but we couldn't get the key hit we needed."
The Lions got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the fourth with a run, and Penn State-Berks scored again in the bottom of the fifth to make it a 3-2 game.
Freshman Amanda Carisone won her 19th straight decision in the circle for the Hounds as she struck out six batters to raise her season total to 102, the 12th 100-strikeout season in school history.
Photo by Jonah George.
