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BALTIMORE, Md. - Amanda Sadowl (Horsham, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham)
tossed a three-hit shutout and Beth Everist (Lansdale, Pa./North
Penn) sparked the offense with a 4-for-4 performance and three RBIs
to lead Mount St. Mary's past UMBC 9-0 in the second game of the
UMBC Tournament on Friday. The Mount fell 2-1 to Liberty in the
opener.
Sadowl picked up her second win of the season after scattering
three hits with four strikeouts in a complete-game effort. With the
win, the junior became the seventh player in program history to win
20 games in her career. Everist went 4-for-4 with three RBIs on the
afternoon and one run scored. Everist got the Mount (2-2) off on
the right foot with an RBI single in the first and added a two-run
double in the fourth.
Taylor Beebe (Olympia, Wash./Capital) added three hits, two runs
scored and an RBI against the Retrievers while Erin Leddy (Great
Mills, Md./St. Mary's Ryken) posted two hits, a run scored and an
RBI in the two games.
Mount St. Mary's posted a run in the first, a run in the second,
two in the third and fourth and then sealed the win with three in
the seventh to end a four-game losing streak against UMBC with its
9-0 win on Friday.
Beebe singled to right field to open the game and came around to
score on Everist's RBI single for a 1-0 lead after the first
inning. Cat Clifford (Hopewell Junction, N.Y./John Jay) got her
first collegiate hit with a single up the middle in the second and
touched home when Leddy coaxed a bases loaded walk to give the
Mountaineers a 2-0 lead.
Everist started a two-run rally in the third with a single.
After Jenna Zimmerman (Walkersville, Md./Walkersville) reached on
an error, Katy Bobbitt (Greencastle, Pa./Greencastle-Antrim)
notched her first collegiate RBI on a single to right field to
plate Everist while Zimmerman crossed the plate on an error on the
play for a 4-0 advantage.
Mount St. Mary's increased its advantage to 6-0 after posting
two more runs in the fourth. Beebe singled to right field and Leddy
walked before Everist plated both runners on a double down the left
field line. The Mount added three runs in the seventh to seal the
victory.
The Retrievers got runners on in the first and second courtesy
of walks and a registered hits in the fourth, fifth and sixth, but
could not get a runner past second base against Sadowl.
In the opener, Liberty scored an unearned run in the second and
third to come away with a 2-1 decision against the
Mountaineers.
Nicole Pagano (Berlin, N.J./St. Joseph) allowed two unearned
runs on three hits with four strikeouts in the complete-game loss.
Pagano pitched in her first game since Mar. 6, 2010. The sophomore
went 4-1 on the mound in her freshman campaign before missing the
remainder of the season due to an injury.
The Flames scored a run in the second on an Amber DePasquale RBI
infield second and recorded the decisive run when Kaylee West
reached on an error in the third.
Mount St. Mary's rallied to make it a 2-1 game with a run in the
fourth. Beebe walked and moved to second on a fielding error.
Courtney Zingle (Ambler, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham) walked before Beebe
scored when Everist reached on a fielding error with one out.
Liberty got out of the one-out jam with a fly out and a
strikeout.
The Mount had one more chance to tie the game in the sixth, but
could not score. Leddy singled and Zingle reached on an error with
one out, but a fielder's choice and a foul out ended the
threat.
Everist moved into seventh place for career RBIs (63). Nicole
Reeder (Glen Burnie, Md./Archbishop Spalding) moved into sixth
place for career games played (155) while Zingle moved into ninth
place for career games played (148) and 10th in at-bats (436).
Mount St. Mary's returns to action on Saturday in the second day
of the UMBC Tournament when the Mount squares off against Iona.
First pitch is 11:30 a.m.