Youngstown State University
Saint Louis
Freshman Hana Somogyi Picks Up First Win, Softball Splits
3/10/2010 12:00:00 AM | Softball
Orlando, Fla. -- Freshman Hana Somogyi pitched six solid innings allowing just five hits and two earned runs and the Penguins offense pounded out 12 hits en route to a 5-3 win over Saint Louis on Wednesday afternoon at the Rebel Games. The Penguins dropped their second game to South Dakota, 4-3.
After falling behind 2-0 after four-and-a-half innings, the Penguins scored five times in the bottom of the fifth to take a 5-3 lead advantage.
Junior Kim Klonowski doubled home Kristina Rendle, Jordan Ingalls, who went 3-for-4, singled home pinch-runner Kristina Davidson, and senior Autumn Grove doubled to left-center field and plated Ingalls and freshman Vicky Rumph. Sophomore Amanda Palmore's single to right field plate Grove with the Penguins fifth run.
Senior Cheryl Cale picked up her first save of the season pitching a scoreless seventh inning.
In the night cap, South Dakota capitalized on three Penguins errors and scored three unearned runs - two in the third and one in the sixth inning.
Thomas and Klonowski each collected two hits and Klonowski drove in two runs.
The Penguins face Wagner and Bryant, Thursday, at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m., respectively.
