Bloomsburg Softball Splits Pair of Games

SALISBURY, NC--The Bloomsburg University softball team gained a split of its doubleheader with Catawba College on Wednesday with a 5-0 win in game two after falling in the opener 1-0.

In the nightcap, the Huskies got on the board in the top of the first inning when Tara Reed (Williamsport/Williamsport) doubled to lead off the game and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Tiff Corliss (Lewsiburg/Mifflinburg). Bloomsburg made it 3-0 in the fifth when Stacey Krupiewski (Trooper/Methacton) hit a two-run homer and went in front 4-0 on a solo homer from Courtney Rhone (Bloomsburg/Central Columbia) in the sixth.

Ashley Lynn (Riverside/Danville) earned the victory pitching for the Huskies going the distance and striking out four.

In game one, the Huskies managed just one hit against Lindsay Ettinger in falling 1-0. The only run of the game came in the bottom of the first when Jessie Whitesides scored on a wind-blown single after reaching via a walk. Bloomsburg's only hit was a single by Tiff Corliss in the fifth inning.

With the victory in game two, Bloomsburg coach Jan Hutchinson moves to within six wins of becoming the NCAA Division II all-time leader in career softball wins. Hutchinson now has 1,006 for her career.

The Huskies, 3-6, play at Elizabeth City State on Thursday.

Top Hitters: Bloomsburg: Tiff Corliss 1-2

Top Hitters: Catawba: Ashlee Rhoades 1-2

Game Two								R	H	E
Bloomsburg	1	0	0	0	2	1	1--	5	5	0
Catawba	0	0	0	0	0	0	x--	0	5	0
Pitching
Bloomsburg	IP	R	H	K	BB
Ashley Lynn	7	0	5	4	1
Catawba	IP	R	H	K	BB
Lindsay Ettinger	7	5	5	4	1

Top Hitters: Bloomsburg: Stacy Krupiewski, 2-3, HR, 2B, 2 RBI, Courtney Rhone 1-1, HR, Tara Reed 2-4, 2B

Top Hitters: Catawba: Ryanna Baker 1-2