SB3-20

ESU Softball

OSCEOLA, Fla. – Casey Dixon and Erika Lee both hit two-run singles as East Stroudsburg University downed Erskine, 6-2, in the first game of a Rebel Spring Games softball doubleheader Monday.

The Warriors, now 2-2, dropped the second game to Merrimack, 2-1.

In the opener, freshman Tina Morak pitched a complete game for the victory, giving up six hits and striking out four batters. The Warriors scored in two-run bursts in the first, third and fifth innings.

Two walks and a sacrifice set up Dixon’s single in the first. An error brought home the runs in the third following Tara Greig’s single and a walk. Lee delivered two runners in the fifth after a single by Deana Geist, a walk and a sacrifice.

The Warriors took a 1-0 lead in the second game in the first inning as Greig reached on an error and came around to score on Lee’s single. Lee went 2-for-3.

Merrimack used big hits for its two runs in the sixth inning. Lana Garzone belted a one-out homer over the centerfield fence to tie the game. Heather Faria then reached on an error and Sheryl Marshall drove in the winning run with a triple over the centerfielder’s head.

(first game)

East Stroudsburg 202 000 2 6-5-1

Erskine, S.C. 000 002 0 2-6-1

Tina Morak and Erika Lee; Amy Gray and Jamie Howell

2B – ES, Mary Beth Scotch

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(second game)

Merrimack 000 002 0 2-6-4

East Stroudsburg 100 000 0 1-5-4

Jennifer Connolly and Michele DeVito; Tina Morak and Erika Lee

3B – M, Sheryl Marshall

HR – M, Lana Garzone 6th (none on)

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