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Box Score 2 CLARION, Pa. – On Senior Day in Clarion Tuesday, Golden Eagle upperclassmen
Kacie Nemeth and
Amanda Gough both delivered RBIs but it wasn't enough to help the Golden Eagles beat visiting IUP in PSAC Central action.
The Crimson Hawks won Game One 7-3 and Game Two 9-1 in six innings.
Nemeth, playing in career games No. 112 and 113, the eighth most at Clarion since 1993, went 1-for-4 in the doubleheader with an RBI and a double. It was her 43
rd career RBI and her 21
st double, the fourth-most doubles and fifth most RBIs at Clarion since 1993. She is hitting .273 on the season.
Gough, a two-year starter after playing four years of volleyball and two of women's basketball, was 2-for-6 on the day with a run scored and an RBI. The leading hitter for Clarion this year at .380, Gough has appeared in 57 career games for the Golden Eagles and is a .343 career hitter with 13 doubles, one triple and four home runs. She has driven in 23 career runs including 15 this season.
In Game One, IUP (22-15 overall, 5-9 PSAC West) jumped out to a 7-0 lead after five innings thanks to run in the first, three in the second, two in the fourth and one in the fifth.
Clarion made things interesting with a three-run sixth.
In the sixth,
Kirsten Wilcox led off with a double to center and moved to third on a passed
ball. An out later, Gough drove her home with a single to center. Gough then moved to second when
Taylor Sherry walked,
Emily Leininger pinch ran for Sherry and both runners went up 60 feet on a base hit by
Nicole Lindner. Gough then scored when Nemeth was hit by a pitch before Elizabeth Shirting grounded out and
Taylor Powell popped out.
Clarion then put a pair of runners on in the seventh thanks to a walk by
Kayla Henderson leading off and a one-out single by
Megan Anderson, but Gough hit the ball sharply right at the second baseman for a game-ending double play.
Julie Sokol took the loss going five innings and allowing seven runs, all earned, on 11 hits.
Chelsea Zola finished the final two innings allowing two hits and a walk.
In the second game, IUP jumped out to a 4-0 lead after two innings with a pair of runs in each of the first two frames. The Crimson Hawks then made it 6-0 with a pair of runs in the fourth before Clarion got an unearned run in the bottom of the inning.
Anderson led off with a double to center before Gough lined the ball right at the third baseman who tried to double Anderson off second base but threw the ball into right-center field allowing Anderson to advance to third. The right fielder then threw the ball out of play trying to get Anderson at third allowing the Golden Eagle freshman catcher to score.
IUP, though, added three more runs in the sixth to make it an eight-run game, and Clarion failed to score in the bottom of the inning ending the contest.
Clarion (4-24, 0-14) concludes its season at Bloomsburg Friday.
