Roundup: Williamsport baseball falls in South Carolina

From staff reports
The Williamsport baseball team dropped its first game of the season on Wednesday, falling to St. Alans, W.V., 15-7, at the Mingo Bay Invitational in South Carolina.

The Millionaires (2-1) used six different pitchers but couldn’t slow a Red Dragon offense that scored five runs each in the third and seventh innings.

Jake Fagnano was 2-for-4 for Williamsport, which returns to the field tonight.

Bald Eagle Area scored in the bottom of the eighth inning to beat Central Mountain in both teams’ Central Penn League baseball opener, 6-5.

• Williamsport’s softball team suffered its third straight one-run or extra-inning loss at the Azalea Invitational, losing 1-0 to Statford, S.C. Stratford had won its pool with a 4-0 record and beat the two-time defending South Carolina state champion in its next game, 3-0. Brittany Peterson pitched well, allowing only a first-inning unearned run and three hits.

• In softball, Central Mountain scored four times in the third inning to pull away from Lewistown in its season opener, 7-1.

• At Lycoming, the Warriors won their fifth straight lacrosse match with an 18-9 win over Richard Stockton in men’s lacrosse. Dan Cannon scored five goals had five assists for the Warriors. Andrew Stoner notched four goals while Ed Williams had three.

At Lock Haven, Kristen Erb extended her consecutive scoreless inning streak to 29 as the Bald Eagles swept a doubleheader from East Stroudsburg, 4-0 and 6-0. Erb pitched 12 innings and allowed five hits, while striking out 12.

Susquehanna rapped out 36 hits in a 13-2, 12-2 doubleheader sweep of Lycoming in Lyco’s home opener.



BASEBALL

St. Albans. W.V. 15, Williamsport 7

St. Albans 015 013 5 — 15 11 1

Williamsport 001 130 2 — 7 9 4

Calvin Bench, Tom Mallory (5) and Colin Southern. Zane Britton, Jed Phillips (3), Sean Ruane (3), Tony Gotschall (6), John Taddeo (7), Mike Seewald (7) and Jon Steele, Jared Mertes (6).

Top Williamsport hitters: Jake Fagnano 2-4, 2B, Mertes 2B, Seewald 2B, Taddeo 2B. Records: St. Albans 4-2, Williamsport 2-1. Next: Williamsport vs. Myrtle Beach, S.C. (Thu.).



BEA 6, C. Mountain 5, 8 inn

Central Mountain 100 112 00 — 5 8 4

Bald Eagle Area 030 011 01 — 6 7 4

C: Houser, Harpster (6) and McGhee. B: Koleno, Schall (6) and Lucas. W— Schall (1-0). L— Harpster (0-1). 3B: C, Heggenstaller. 2B: B, Lucas. MH: C, Heggenstaller 2, Stover 2. B, Schall 3, Lucas 2. Records: B 1-0, C 0-1.



SOFTBALL

Stratford, S.C. 1 Williamsport 0

Williamsport 000 000 0—0 3 2

Stratford 100 000 x–1 3 1

Brittany Peterson and Abby Miller. Prestere and Hudson.

Top Williamsport hitters: Ally Miller, Hannah Person, Jess Weaver 1 hit each

Records: Williamsport 1-4.

Next Game: Williamsport vs. Athens (Thursday).



Central Mountain 7, Lewistown 1

Lewistown 000 001 0 — 1

Central Mountain 104 101 X — 7

Lesser, Casner and Miller. Gearhart, Morningstar and Eby. W— Lesser. L–Gearhart.

3B: L, Gearhart. 2B: CM, Lesser, Shoemaker. Multiple Hits: L, Crosson. Records: CM 1-0, L 0-1.



boys Tennis

Shikellamy 5, South 0

SINGLES

1. Brad Hoagland, Shik, def. Ron Thompson, 6-0, 6-1; 2. Brett Reed, Shik, def. Austin McNeil, 6-0, 6-2; 3. Dustin Lloyd, Shik, def. Alex Hiller, 6-1, 6-1.

DOUBLES

1. Colton Mowry/Jordan Barner, Shik, def. Alden Hiller/Nate good, 6-3, 6-2. 2. Chris Lytle/Kirk Mahaffey, Shik, def. Michael Marcusky/Pedro Carrillo 6-0, 6-0.



Loyalsock 4, Danville 1

Singles

1, Frankie Casale, L, def. Peter Blankenship, 6-1, 6-1; 2, Chris Wyshock, L, def. Greg Bowser, 6-1, 6-4; 3, Michael Hayes, L, def. Jefferson Bohan, 6-3, 6-2.

Doubles

1, Colt Sortman/Nick Tate, L, def. Funchen Lang/Lucas Franklin, 6-2, 7-5; 2, Forrest Strodel/Tom Fausnaught, D, def. Adam Kennedy/Evan Nardone, 4-6, 7-6 (8-6), 10-2.

Records: Loyalsock, 2-0, Danville, 1-1. Next: Loyalsock at Milton Thursday.



College Softball

Lock Haven 4, ESU 0

East Stroudsburg 000 000 0—0 4 2

Lock Haven 400 000 x—4 10 1

K. Halvorsen and A. Feist. Kristen Erb and Amanda Roosa. W— Erb. L— Halvorsen.

Top East Stroudsburg hitters: Malachowski, 2-3. Top Lock Haven hitters: N. O’Connor, 1-3, 3B; E. Eisenbise, 2-3, 2 RBI, 2b. J. Popovich, 2-4, run.



Lock Haven 6, ESU 0

East Stroudsburg 000 000 0—0 2 1

Lock Haven 004 200 x—6 7 0

J. Battaglino, J. Bensinger (5) and S. Capriotti. Erb, J. Popovich (6) and Roosa. WP—Erb. LP— Battaglino.

Top ESU hiters: Racek, 2-3. Top Lock Haven hitters: Sarah Norris, 2-3, 2 RBI; Roosa, 2 RBI; A. Gutmaker, 2 RBI.



Susquehanna 13, Lycoming 2

Susquehanna 312 111 4 - 13 22 0

Lycoming 100 001 0 - 2 9 0

Bekah Bennett and Kelli Holota. Nicole Rhodes and Holly Billow. WP-Bennett. LP-Rhodes

Top Susquehanna hitters: Kelli Holota 3-6 2B, HR; Taylor Crawford 3-6; Megan McCurley 4-4 1 2B; Gretchen Halsey 3-4 2B, 1 HR; Laurie Blaszka 2-5 3B; Kim Rubino 2-5; Katie Connors 2-5 1 2B, 3B; Deanna Anderson 2-4. Top Lycoming hitters: Amber Moyer 2-4 2B; Courtney Black 2-4.



Susquehanna 12, Lycoming 2

Susquehanna 316 02 - 12 14 1

Lycoming 020 00 - 2 4 3

Gretchen Halsey and Cara Bonfanti. Chelsi Apker and Holly Billow. WP-Halsey. LP-Apker.

Top Susquehanna hitters: Cara Bonfanti 3-4; Kim Rubino 2-4; Megan McCurley 2-4 1 HR; Gretchen Halsey 3-4, 2B. Top Lycoming hitters: Dana Marek 2B.

Records: Susquehanna 7-7, Lycoming 1-5. Next game: Widener at Lycoming, 1 p.m. on Saturday.