Pioneers Split With St. Francis (PA)
9/11/2002 12:00:00 AM | Softball
April 20, 2002
LORETTO, PA - Junior Stacy Scofield (Stewartstown, PA/Kennard-Dale) pitched an eight-inning four-hitter and scored the game-winning run as St. Francis (22-20, 9-8 NEC) defeated Sacred Heart (16-27, 11-9 NEC), 3-2, in Northeast Conference softball action on Saturday.
The Pioneers came back to post a 7-4 win over the Red Flash in the second game of the NEC doubleheader.
Scofield scattered four singles over eight innings, striking out two and walking six to improve to 12-7 on the season. She singled to open the bottom of the eighth inning and was sacrificed to second before scoring the game-winning run on a single by senior first baseman Brooke Keiper (Johnstown, PA/Johnstown). Keiper was two-for-four with a run scored.
Sacred Heart scored four runs in the top of the seventh in the nightcap to earn the split. Freshman Lauren Lapinski (Clifton Park, NY/ Shenendehowa) posted the win, allowing four runs on four hits. The rookie righthander struck out two and walked four to improve to 6-10 on the year.
Junior first baseman Michele Walker (Paramus, NJ/Paramus) went two-for-four with an RBI in the nightcap for the Pioneers. Scofield drove in three of St. Francis' four runs in game two, belting a bases-clearing double in the second inning.
Senior pitcher Cindi Ciotti (Minersville, PA/Minersville) took the loss for the Red Flash, allowing seven runs in seven innings to fall to 10-11 on the season.
