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Baldwin-Wallace College Softball Team Loses Twice at Marietta, 5-0 and 5-3

BEREA, OHIO -- The Baldwin-Wallace College softball team lost a pair of Ohio Athletic Conference games against Marietta College in an OAC doubleheader today (Thursday, April 18, 2007) at Marietta Field in Marietta. The Pioneers won the first game, 5-0, and captured the nightcap, 5-3.

With its losses, the Yellow Jackets are now 6-18 overall and 0-10 in the OAC. With its wins, Marietta is 23-7 overall and 8-4 in the OAC.

In the first game, the Pioneers scored two runs in the third inning and three in the fourth innings as five runs were enough as Marietta’s Kristen Quintana pitched a no-hitter.

On the mound, sophomore Katey Munshower (Natrona Heights, Pa./Highlands) suffered the loss for the Yellow Jackets as she gave up five runs on 11 hits and striking out four Pioneer batters.

In the second game, Marietta scored twice in the second inning for a 2-0 lead before B-W closed to within 2-1 with a run of its own in the top of the fourth inning when senior catcher Molly Sersig (West Salem/Northwestern) hit a homerun to left field. Marietta would answer in the bottom of the fifth with a run, before B-W tied the game in the top of the sixth when sophomore pitcher Jessica Shaffer (Brookfield) hit an RBI single scoring freshman left fielder Monica Brasee(Wellington) while sophomore first baseman Caitlin Myor (Sheffield Village/Elyria) scored on a Pioneer error on the play. Marietta would then score two runs in the bottom of the sixth and go onto the 5-3 win.

Despite the loss,Brasee (Wellington) had a pair of hits to pace the Yellow Jacket offense. Shaffer suffered the loss on the mound.

The Yellow Jackets next play on Friday, April 20, when they host Heidelberg College in an OAC doubleheader at the Fairgrounds Field at 3:30 p.m. and ends the week by hosting Muskingum College for two games on Saturday, April 21 at 1:00 p.m.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, please contact B-W Sports Information Director Kevin Ruple by telephone at 440-826-2327, by FAX machine at 440-826-2329 or via e-mail at kruple@bw.edu. To contact Head Coach Joe Yocabet, please call him at 440-826-3398, FAX him at 440-826-2192 or e-mail him at rcochran@bw.edu. You can get all of the latest B-W athletics information by visiting our Web site at www.bw.edu/athletics.