Box Score
BALTIMORE, Md. - Coppin State defeated Mount St. Mary's 3-1 in
non-conference softball action on Wednesday. The second game of the
doubleheader was cancelled due to the weather.
Erin Leddy (Great Mills, Md./St. Mary's Ryken) paced the Mount
(8-14) with a hit and an RBI while Taylor Beebe (Olympia,
Wash./Capital) scored the squad's lone run of the afternoon.
Stacey Burgos fueled the Eagles (6-7) with a 3-for-3 performance
with two RBIs and a run scored while Charma Robinson added two runs
scored, an RBI and a base hit. Paige Arnold allowed one run on one
hit with seven strikeouts to earn the victory.
Coppin State posted a run in the bottom of the third to break a
1-all standstill and held on for its second-straight win against
Mount St. Mary's.
After the Mount tied the game at 1 in the top of the third, the
Eagles scored a run in the bottom of the frame to take the lead for
good. Robinson walked with one out, moved to second on a wild pitch
and touched home on Burgos' RBI double down the left field line for
a 2-1 advantage.
After Coppin State took the lead in the third, Mount St. Mary's
had a runner on in each of the next three innings but could not
score. The best chance came in the sixth when Courtney Zingle
(Ambler, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham) reached on an error and moved to
second on a Beth Everist (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn) sacrifice bunt.
Arnold then recorded the next two outs with a strikeout and a line
out to end the threat.
The Eagles jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first after Robinson
smacked a homer to left field.
The Mountaineers tied the game in the top of the third. Beebe
walked and touched home non Leddy's two-out double to left center.
Coppin State scored in similar fashion in the bottom of the inning
to earn the victory.
Nicole Pagano (Berlin, N.J./St. Joseph) had eight strikeouts in
the loss.
Mount St. Mary's returns to action on Saturday when the squad
opens up Northeast Conference play at Quinnipiac. First pitch is 12
p.m.