March 9, 2009 | Game One | Game Two

Softball Drops Pair to IPFW, Penn

    Kissimmee, Fla. -- The Youngstown State softball team cranked out 11 hits, including two each from freshmen Jordan Ingalls, Kristen Philen and Haley Thomas, but left nine runners on base in a 4-3 loss to Penn on Monday afternoon at the Fortune Road Softball Complex. The Penguins also lost to IPFW, 9-0, earlier in the day.

    Against the Quakers, Thomas led off the game with a single, stole second and scored on Kristen Rendle's single to center field to to put the Penguins up, 1-0.

    Rendle stole second base and scored on Kim Klonowski's single to center.

    The Quakers, though, responded with a four-run bottom of the first inning to take a 4-2 lead.

    The Penguins threatened in the top of the third with runners on second and third with one out after a single by Autumn Grove and a double by Ingalls, but stranded the two runners.

    In the top of the fourth, Philen singled and scored on a double by Thomas to cut the Quakers' lead to 4-3.

    The Penguins had an opportunity to tie the game in the fifth but Rendle was thrown out at home after a single from Ashley Conger.

    Junior Cheryl Cale was the hard-luck loser scattering seven hits, only two after the first inning, and struck out two with just one walk.

    In the opener against IPFW, the Penguins were limited to just five hits and committed five errors in the 9-0 loss.

    The Penguins take a day off before taking on SIU-Edwardsville and IPFW on Wednesday at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m., respectively.