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Taylor Hoover had four hits and two RBI to lead Pitt-Johnstown to a 7-3 win to open Sunday's PSAC doubleheader at Clarion, but the Golden Eagles came back with a 2-0 victory in game two to secure a split.  Pitt-Johnstown is now 10-10 overall and 2-4 in the PSAC Central Division.
 
In game one, Pitt-Johnstown used six first-inning hits to race out to a 4-0 lead.  Hoover's RBI single plated Marley Elbin with the game's first run, and Amanda O'Toole followed two batters later with a two-run double.  Pitt-Johnstown then made it 4-0 on McKenna Kern's RBI single.
 
Clarion came back with a pair of runs in bottom of the second on an RBI double from Kira Smith and a run-scoring single from Cassidy Runyan.
 
However, Pitt-Johnstown answered with three more runs in fourth.  Hoover and Kern each drove in runs with singles, and Ashley Shor was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to push the led to 7-2.
 
The Golden Eagles got another run back in the fifth, but Melissa Wagner didn't allow it to get any closer.  Wagner tossed a complete-game and held Clarion to three runs on eight hits.  Wagner also struck out eight and walked two.
 
Hoover finished 4-for-4 with a double, two RBI, and two runs.  O'Toole had two hits, including a double, and two RBI, while Kern had two hits and drove in a pair for Pitt-Johnstown.  Montana Mang and Elbin also had two hits apiece in Pitt-Johnstown's 13-hit attack.
 
In game two, Clarion scored a run in each of the first two innings off of Pitt-Johnstown starter Emily Moore and went on to the 2-0 win.
 
O'Toole doubled, while Morgan Cannin, Amber Maurer, Elbin, and Kern also had base hits for Pitt-Johnstown.
 
Moore, who slipped to 2-5 on the season, pitched six innings and allowed two earned runs.
 
With the split, Clarion is now 4-28 overall and 1-7 in the PSAC Central Division.
 
Pitt-Johnstown travels to a PSAC doubleheader at Indiana (PA) on Monday, before playing non-conference doubleheaders at Seton Hill on Tuesday and at Salem International (WV) on Wednesday.