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Golden Eagles softball continue to struggle
Megan Daley loses her fifth game of the year on Wednesday. (Archive Photo / The Clarion Call)
The Clarion Golden Eagle’s softball team has dropped nine games in a row, including its last two doubleheaders against Bloomsburg and West Chester University.
With the losses, the Golden Eagles fall to 5-11 overall and 0-6 in the PSAC West.
On Wednesday, March 30, Clarion was in Bloomsburg attempting to end its losing streak.
In game one Clarion freshman Elizabeth Shiring went 3-3 with three singles.
Those three singles were half of the hits Clarion had in the game and only resulted in one run.
It wouldn’t be enough as Bloomsburg scored six runs and took the first game 6-1.
Junior Megan Daley received the loss and dropped to 3-5 for the year.
The second game was a rough one for Clarion. Bloomsburg exploded in the bottom of the third scoring 10 runs, and took a 15-1 lead.
The game only went five innings due to the eight-run rule, and Clarion dropped game two 16-1.
Shiring went 2-3 in the game making her 5 for 6 on the day.
“I wasn’t thinking about what I was doing right or wrong,” Shiring said.
“I just stepped into the box relaxed and focused on the pitcher.”
Senior Nicole Lollo went 1-2 with a double ,giving her two doubles in the day. Sophomore Erica Burkey took the loss, sending her to a 2-5 record.
This past Saturday, April 2, Clarion dropped another doubleheader, this time to West Chester.
Game one was competitive and would be decided in the final inning.
In the bottom of the seventh, the score was tied at two.
Thanks to back-to-back doubles by Kelly Anderson and Erin MacNamee, West Chester got the walk off win 3-2.
Senior Carlie Cook went 3-3 in the game, and freshman Kaylynn Barco went 1-1 with an RBI.
Despite a solid outing for Daley, she took the loss, making it her sixth of the year.
The only highlight in game two was a two-run home run from Cook in the fourth inning.
The game was already out of reach, and West Chester completed the sweep, winning 10-2 in five and two thirds innings.
Burkey was given the loss and is now 2-5 on the season.
“Basically we shut down mentally,” Lollo said.
“Our frustrations we had internally within ourselves got taken out on others. That needs to not be the case. We have to stay strong and continuously pick up our teammates.”
Clarion will try to get back in the win column this Friday, April 8, when it hosts Lock Haven in a doubleheader.
First pitch is scheduled for 2:30 p.m.
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