DIFFERENT BUT SIMILAR

LADY LIONS SWEPT IN HOME OPENER

Up & In vs SHU 285 x 235
Two different kinds of games, two similar outcomes.

Concord's Softball team opened its home schedule with a WVIAC doubleheader against Seton Hill Monday afternoon, and fell to the visiting Griffins 13-6 and 4-0.

Seton Hill pounded out 15 hits in winning the first game, and got a complete-game four-hitter from starting pitcher Lyndsey Nusser in the lower-scoring nightcap.


GAME ONE
BOXSCORE / PLAY-BY-PLAY

Both squads traded blows early, each scoring twice in the 2nd inning. Stefanie Wiegand had a two-run single for Seton Hill; CU scored on 3B Liz Piekut and Ericka Davies' infield RBI single.

The Griffins countered with four runs in the top of the 3rd, keyed by Nusser's three-run home run.

Concord scored in the bottom of the inning, on an RBI fielder's choice by Stephanie Harper, to get within 6-3.

Becca Gleason Single vs SHU 240 x 235
SHU came back with two runs in the 4th, but Becca Gleason (left) hit a two-run single in the bottom of the frame to make the score 8-5.

The Lady Lions pulled within one run in the 5th, on Tiffany Kobordo's RBI grounder.

Seton Hill began to pull away in the 6th, when Felicia Domasky lofted a three-run double to left field to stretch the Griffins' lead to 11-5.

Brandi Piccolino hit a two-run homer to left in the 7th to close the scoring.

Gleason topped CU by going 1-2 with two RBIs, a run scored and a stolen base.

For Seton Hill, Louanne Wiegand was 4-5, Domasky went 3-4 with four RBIs and Piccolino finished 3-5 with three RBIs and three runs scored.



GAME TWO
BOXSCORE / PLAY-BY-PLAY

Nusser and CU's Brooke Bowling each threw complete games as the teams combined for only nine hits. The Griffins scored once in the top of the 1st on a double steal, and Nusser made that lone run seem enormous.

Casey Ord AB vs SHU, CF View 274 x 235
The senior right hander held the Lady Lions hitless until the bottom of the 4th, on Bowling's two-out infield single.

Meanwhile, Bowling limited SHU to only one hit through four innings. But she ran into trouble in the 5th.
Domasky reached on error to start the inning and moved to second on a groundout. Beth Swartzvelder singled to center to drive in Domasky and double the Griffins' lead.
Bowling fanned Jessi DiVottorio for the second out, but then yielded a two-run home run to Stefanie Wiegand that stretched the visitors' advantage to 4-0.

Concord's best chance against Nusser came in the bottom of the 5th. Katelyn Williams led off with a double and advanced to third on a groundout, but was left stranded.

Williams' 2-3 performance paced the Lady Lions. Bowling gave up only five hits and one earned run but was saddled with the loss.
Nusser scattered four hits, walked just one and struck out eight.


Up next for Concord (8-14, 0-6) is a non-conference doubleheader at West Virginia Tech on Wednesday, March 23. First pitch is scheduled for 3:00 pm.
Concord's next home date is a doubleheader against Kentucky State on Friday, March 25, starting at 2:00 pm.

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