March 29, 2009 | Box Score

Miscues, Walks Costly in 11-4 Loss to Wright State

    Dayton, Ohio -- Wright State capitalized on five Penguins errors and seven walks en route to an 11-4 win over the Youngstown State softball team in the series finale on Sunday afternoon.

    The Penguins fall to 4-19 overall and 2-4 in the Horizon League while the Raiders improve to 15-14 overall and 3-3 in the league.

    Freshman Haley Thomas led the Penguins offensively going 3-for-4 with a double and a run scored.

    The Penguins jumped out to a 3-0 lead after one-and-a-half innings plating one run in the first and two more in the top of the second frame.

    Thomas led off the game with a single and advanced to third after a wild pitch and a passed ball. Sophomore Kim Klonowski infield singled scored Thomas to put the Penguins ahead 1-0.

    In the second, freshman Amanda Palmore's two-run single up the middle plated Kristina Rendle and Kristen Philen to give the Penguins a three-run cushion.

    After the Raiders knottted the game at 3-3 in the bottom half of the second, sophomore Ashley Conger belted her first career home run in the top of the third to regain the lead, 4-3.

    Wright State, though, scored two in the bottom half of the third to retake the lead, 5-4, then added two more in the fourth and four more in the fifth.

    The Penguins return home to host Horizon League foe Detroit in a doubleheader, Wednesday, April 1, at 5 p.m.