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PITT-JOHNSTOWN MOUNTAIN CATS

Softball

Softball Sweeps Two Non-Conference Games From Seton Hill

Greensburg, Pa.

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2

3418The Pitt-Johnstown got a strong pitching performance from Melissa Wagner in Saturday's 4-0 victory to open a non-conference with Seton Hill University, before completing the sweep with a 12-10 win behind Allessa Morrison's four hits and five RBI.  Pitt-Johnstown improved to 3-8.
 
In game one, Pitt-Johnstown broke open a one-run game with three runs in the fifth inning on its way to the 4-0 win.
 
Taylor Hoover's double to right center in the Pitt-Johnstown first inning made it 1-0.  That's all Wagner would need in the circle.
 
Wagner pitched a complete-game four-hit shutout to earn her first win of the year.
 
With the score still 1-0 in the fifth, Pitt-Johnstown loaded the bases with one out and got a two-run single from Marley Elbin, before Montana Mang's infield single scored Morgan Cannin to make it 4-0.
 
Elbin singled and drove in two, and Mang and Hoover also had RBI for Pitt-Johnstown.  Cannin went 1-for-2 with a runs scored.
 
3414In game two, Pitt-Johnstown opened-up a 7-0 lead after two innings, the held off the Griffins to complete the sweep.
 
Ashley Shor scored on a first-inning wild pitch to start off the scoring in the nightcap.  Two batters later, Morrison drove home two with a base hit, and McKenna Kern's ground out chased home Courtney McMahan to make it 4-0.
 
Pitt-Johnstown tacked on three more in the second, but Seton Hill answered with six runs of its own in the third and two more in the fourth to knot it at eight.
 
However, Kern's RBI single and Kelsey Feeny's two-run base hit in the Pitt-Johnstown half of the fourth made it 11-8.
 
Morrison added a solo homerun in the sixth, and Pitt-Johnstown held on for the 12-10 win.
 
Morrison went 4-for-4 with a homer, five RBI and two runs, and Kern and Feeny each drove in a pair for Pitt-Johnstown.  Shor collected two hits and scored two runs, while Cannin and McMahan had an RBI apiece.
 
Seton Hill fell to 7-11.
 
Pitt-Johnstown travels to Wilmington (DE) University for a non-conference doubleheader on Tuesday, before opening-up PSAC-Central play with home doubleheaders against Mansfield University on Friday at 2:30 p.m. and Clarion University on Saturday at 1 p.m.
 
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Players Mentioned

Marley Elbin

#31 Marley Elbin

OF
5' 2"
Sophomore
R/L
Taylor Hoover

#34 Taylor Hoover

3B
5' 7"
Sophomore
R/R
Montana Mang

#16 Montana Mang

3B/OF
5' 8"
Sophomore
R/R
Melissa Wagner

#12 Melissa Wagner

RHP/3B/1B
5' 9"
Sophomore
R/R
Allessa Morrison

#26 Allessa Morrison

C
5' 4"
Freshman
R/R
Morgan Cannin

#3 Morgan Cannin

OF
5' 5"
Freshman
R/R
Courtney McMahan

#22 Courtney McMahan

INF/OF
5' 4"
Freshman
R/R
Ashley Shor

#43 Ashley Shor

OF
5' 4"
Freshman
R/R
McKenna Kern

#18 McKenna Kern

INF
5' 7"
Sophomore
R/R

Players Mentioned

Marley Elbin

#31 Marley Elbin

5' 2"
Sophomore
R/L
OF
Taylor Hoover

#34 Taylor Hoover

5' 7"
Sophomore
R/R
3B
Montana Mang

#16 Montana Mang

5' 8"
Sophomore
R/R
3B/OF
Melissa Wagner

#12 Melissa Wagner

5' 9"
Sophomore
R/R
RHP/3B/1B
Allessa Morrison

#26 Allessa Morrison

5' 4"
Freshman
R/R
C
Morgan Cannin

#3 Morgan Cannin

5' 5"
Freshman
R/R
OF
Courtney McMahan

#22 Courtney McMahan

5' 4"
Freshman
R/R
INF/OF
Ashley Shor

#43 Ashley Shor

5' 4"
Freshman
R/R
OF
McKenna Kern

#18 McKenna Kern

5' 7"
Sophomore
R/R
INF