March 8, 2009 | Game One | Game Two

Softball Falls Twice on Day Two at the Rebel Games

    Kissimmee, Fla. -- The Youngstown State softball team fell to 1-7 after dropping a pair of games on its second day at the Rebel Games. The Penguins fell to South Dakota, 9-4, and Maine, 12-5, at the Osceola Softball Complex.

    Against South Dakota, freshman Haley Thomas went 2-for-3 with a run scored and drove in a run.

    Sophomore Kim Klonowski drove in three of the Penguins' runs against the Coyotes.

    Against Maine, the Penguins, who committed six errors, trailed 4-0 after two-and-a-half innings before using a five-run third to overtake the Black Bears, 5-4.

    Senior Allyse Ledford led off the frame with a walk and after two strikeouts, Thomas singled and Kristina Rendle was hit by a pitch to load the bases.

    Junior Autumn Grove followed with a bases-clearing double to right-center field bring the Penguins within one, 4-3.    

    Freshman Jordan Ingalls double to right-center field to plate Grove to knot the game and Klonowski followed with the Penguins' third-straight double to right-center field scored Ingalls to give the Penguins a 5-4 lead.

    Maine, though, capitalized on four Penguins errors in the top of the fifth inning en route to a five-run frame and to a 9-5 lead.

    The Black Bears added a run in the sixth and two more in the top of the seventh to close out the scoring.

    The Penguins face IPFW and Penn on Monday at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m., respectively.