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DALLAS – The Misericordia and King’s softball teams split a doubleheader Saturday at Anderson Field. Misericordia took the opener, 8-0, with King’s taking the nightcap, 13-0.
In game one, Maria Kidron drilled a pair of three-run home runs, including a game-ending shot in the bottom of the sixth inning while Hollie Sarnak added two solo homers of her own.
In the nightcap, Amanda Cardone and Britney Baynes combined for seven hits and 10 RBI to pace King’s. Cardone hit a school-record three homers for the Lady Monarchs while, Baynes had a grand slam.
Colonels swept
Wilkes received a pair of quality starts from Lindsay Behrenshausen and Alysha Bixler, but the offense was shut down as the Lady Colonels were swept by DeSales in a doubleheader, losing 4-0 and 2-1.
Behrenshausen and Bixler combined to scatter 13 hits in the 14 total innings, giving up six earned and striking out eight. Cindy Diemer had a season-high three hits in game one.
Baseball
Colonels Drop Two
Wilkes combined with FDU-Florham for 64 runs on 66 hits as the Devils swept a doubleheader, 24-15 and 14-11 Saturday at Artillery Park.
Carmen Lopresto led the way for Wilkes in the first game going 3-for-6, including a home run, with three runs scored and four RBI. His teammate Tyler Marino also had a huge game with five hits and a pair of RBI.
In Game 2, catcher Joel Watson went 3-for-4 with a homer, three runs and four RBI for Wilkes and Tay Sidler was 2-for-3 with three runs batted in.
Cougars Sweep Manhattanville
Andres Gonzalez’ squeeze bunt in the eighth inning of the second game of a doubleheader scored Andrew Tressa and gave Misericordia the sweep over Manhattanville by scores of 5-3 and 2-1.
Men’s Lacrosse
King’s 11, DeSales 7
Ryan Bullock, Sean Rulon, Lenny Fox and Pat Bennot each scored two goals to lead King’s.
Misericordia 14, Alvernia 3
L.R. Lauri and Kyle Calabro both scored four goals for the Cougars (7-4), who set a new school record for wins in a season.
Women’s Lacrosse
Arcadia 10, King’s 9
Chelsea Manes scored three goals for the Lady Monarchs, while Krystina Villarrael and Amanda Harney each netted two.
Eastern 21, Wilkes 2
Keri Meerholz scored her team-leading 26th goal of the season while Gabby Ford tallied the other goal for Wilkes.
Alvernia 17, Misericordia 7
Freshmen Jenny Perucca had two goals and Kate Pagnotta had three, but Misericordia still fell to Alvernia. Sydnie Battle and Gabriella Cerrone also scored for the Cougars.
Pink Out Slated
Wilkes’ women’s lacrosse team will hold a Pink Out during its home game against Rosemont on Monday – slated for 4 p.m. at the Ralston Athletic Complex – to support the Susan G. Komen breast cancer awareness foundation.
The Lady Colonels have sold many pink shirts and a limited amount of them will be made available at the gate for $10 with all proceeds going to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. The game will also look to feature a pink ball.
Men’s Tennis
Manhattanville 8, King’s 1
Monarch freshman Chris DiMino won the lone winners for his team, improving his singles mark to 8-2.
Wilkes 9, FDU-Florham 0
Evan Katz, Wes McCollum, Clarke Freeman, Dakkota Deem, Alex Makos and Brandon Helfrich were all two-time winners for Wilkes.
Eastern 8, Misericordia 1
Fred Hockenbury and Justin Muthler won at second doubles for the Cougar’s lone win.
Women’s Tennis
Misericordia 8, Eastern 1
Michelle Cameron, Ashley Mangaban, Courtney Otto and Cassie Foy all won twice on Saturday to lead the Cougars to the victory.
Wilkes 9, FDU-Florham 0
Seven different Lady Colonels picked up wins in the Freedom Conference shutout over FDU-Florham Saturday afternoon in New Jersey.
King’s 7, Manhattanville 2
The Lady Monarchs won their first Freedom Conference match of the season as Rachel Hoffnagle, Maria Cometa, Nicole Molina, Jen Bader and Lauren Breen were all singles winners.
Track & Field
Cougars’ Dunn sets records
Jillian Dunn (100, 400 hurdles) set school records in both events for Misericordia at Messiah.
Her teammate Marina Orrson (800) was third, but also set a school record, while Stephanie Grow won the 400 and Ashlee Ward won the high jump.
On the men’s side Sean Ciborowski won the 400 hurdles and was second in the 110 hurdles.
Senior Frank Redmond set a new school mark finishing sixth in the 1500.