Beaver downs Penn State Berks for first win of season

By Bert DeSalvo, staff writer
Monday, March 7, 2011

Myrtle Beach, SC - The Penn State Beaver Lady Lions (1-1, 0-0 PSUAC) offense came alive in their second game of the day to rebound with a 6-4 win over Penn State Berks.

Beaver scored their first run of the year when junior Lindsey Scialdone (Ellwood City High School/Ellwood City, PA) drove in junior Ashley Watkins (Seneca Valley High School/Cranberry, PA) with an RBI single up the middle in the first inning. Beaver upped its lead to 2-0 when junior Jamie Karpinski (Quigley Catholic High School/Beaver, PA) scored on a Berks error in the second inning. 

Beaver added three more runs in the fifth inning as Lauren Pier (New Brighton High School/New Brighton, PA), Korey Freyermuth (Perry Traditional Academy/Pittsburgh, PA), and Myranda Raymond (Brashear High School/Pittsburgh, PA) all had base knocks in the inning. Raymond also added two RBI's to give Beaver its largest lead of the game at 5-0. 

Berks mustered some offense in the sixth inning as Brittany Hicks launched a two-run homer, capping off a three-run inning, but Beaver added another run in the seventh as Karpinski drove in Scialdone to give Beaver a 6-3 lead. 

Berks (0-2) scored a lone run in the game's last frame, but Freyermuth came in to relieve starter Alyssa Carver (New Brighton High School/New Brighton, PA) to earn the save and seal the win for Beaver.

In the win, Raymond went 2-4, which included a double and 2 RBIs. Scialdone scored two runs, stole one base and an RBI. Pier and Freyermuth each had two hits.

Carver pitched 6 1/3 innings in the victory (1-0), striking out eight batters, walking none, and allowing just one earned run in her first appearance of the season.

The Lady Lions get to redeem themselves against Milligan College tomorrow as they face the Lady Buffaloes at 9:30 a.m., followed by a game against Wentworth Institute of Technology at 1:30 p.m.