Jordan Ingalls, Kristen Philen Late-Inning Heroics Lift Softball Past Kent State, 6-5

Sunday, February 13

Elon, N.C.

11 am

Youngstown State University

1-2

Kent State

1-2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Kent State	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	5	8	1
Youngstown State	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	1	6	9	1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Youngstown State	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	3
Elon	1	0	3	0	5	1	10	9	3

Jordan Ingalls runs out of the batters box

Jordan Ingalls, Kristen Philen Late-Inning Heroics Lift Softball Past Kent State, 6-5

2/13/2011 12:00:00 AM | Softball

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Elon, N.C. -- Junior Jordan Ingalls' two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning forced extra innings and junior Kristen Philen's two-out single in the bottom of the eighth lifted the Youngstown State softball team (1-3) to a 6-5 victory over Kent State on Sunday morning.

The Guins dropped their second game of the day to Elon, 10-2, in six innings.

The Golden Flashes broke a 3-3 tie with two runs in the top of the seventh to take a 5-3 advantage.

Senior Kristina Rendle singled down the left-field line with one out and scored on Ingalls' first home run of the season which knotted the game at 5-5.

With the international tie-breaker rule in effect, Erin Gilmour was placed on second base as a pinch-runner and advanced to third on Samantha Snodgrass' sacrifice bunt. Gilmour then scored the game-winning run on Philen's infield single.

Freshman Haley Knight picked up her first win of the season tossing a scoreless eighth inning in relief of freshman Casey Crozier, who pitched seven innings and struck out three.

After Kent State took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning, junior Haley Thomas put the Guins ahead with a two-out, two-run home run in the bottom half of the frame.

Kent State took a 3-2 lead after plating runs in the top of the of the third and sixth innings.

Sophomore Vicky Rumph tied the game at 3-3 with a solo home run in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Rendle, Jordan Ingalls and Philen each finished the game with two hits apiece.

Against Elon, the Guins could only muster four hits and committed three errors.

The Guins trailed 4-0 after four innings but cut the deficit in half in the top half of the fifth inning. Haley Thomas walked and scored on a ground ball out by Kristina Rendle the Vicky Rumph crack a solo home run to cut the deficit to 4-2.

Elon, though, scored five more in the bottom of fifth and one more in the bottom of the sixth in end the game.

The Guins return to action at the North Carolina Central Tournament on Feb. 26-27.