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Winner Pitt-Johnstown UPJ-S 6-9, 2-1 PSAC C
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Clarion CLAR-S 4-17, 1-4 PSAC C
Winner
Pitt-Johnstown UPJ-S
6-9, 2-1 PSAC C
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Final
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Clarion CLAR-S
4-17, 1-4 PSAC C
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Pitt-Johnstown UPJ-S 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 7 0
Clarion CLAR-S 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 1

W: Melissa Wagner (1-4) L: Gossard, Sarah (2-7)

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Winner Pitt-Johnstown UPJ-S 7-9, 3-1 PSAC C
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Clarion CLAR-S 4-18, 1-5 PSAC C
Winner
Pitt-Johnstown UPJ-S
7-9, 3-1 PSAC C
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Final
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Clarion CLAR-S
4-18, 1-5 PSAC C
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Pitt-Johnstown UPJ-S 0 2 0 0 1 6 0 9 15 0
Clarion CLAR-S 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 4 6 2

W: Ashley Pagliei (2-2) L: Rubin, Macy (1-4)

Game Recap: Softball |

Softball Drops Both Ends of Twinbill to UPJ

CLARION, Pa. – The Clarion softball team played its 2018 home opener on Tuesday, dropping both ends of a doubleheader to Pitt-Johnstown at the Memorial Stadium Complex.  The Golden Eagles fell 3-1 in the early game and 9-4 in the late game.  Clarion (4-18, 1-5 PSAC Central) will be back in action tomorrow with a non-conference doubleheader against Edinboro.
 
Game 1
Jessica Cartia provided the offensive punch for the Golden Eagles in the first game, cutting Pitt-Johnstown's late lead in half and putting Clarion in position to possibly come back and send the game to extra innings.  The Mountain Cats scored two unearned runs in the top of the third inning to take a 2-0 lead, with Sarah Gossard (2-7) taking the impact of the hard-luck loss.
 
In the bottom of the fifth inning, the Golden Eagles put themselves back into contention.  Cartia led off the frame with her third home run of the season, launching the ball over the fence in dead center field to cut the Mountain Cats' lead to 2-1. 
 
Pitt-Johnstown added an insurance run in the top of the sixth inning when Stacey Walling hit her own solo home run, making it 3-1.  Aryn Boyer had a chance to score in the sixth inning when she reached third base with two outs, but a strikeout swinging ended the threat.
 
Game 2
Cartia tagged another home run in the second game, once again hitting one over the center field fence to make it 2-1 in the third inning.  The Mountain Cats led by a 3-1 score in the fifth inning before a three-run outburst briefly put Clarion on top.  Taylor Nonnenberg reached on a bunt single with one out, and two-out walks by Cassidy Runyan and Moriah Lynn helped keep the rally alive. 
 
Natalie Else busted the game wide open with a bases-clearing double to the right-center gap, scoring all three baserunners and putting the Golden Eagles ahead 4-3.  Pitt-Johnstown responded with their own big inning, scoring six runs in the top of the sixth to secure the win.
 
Macy Rubin (1-4) took the loss in Game 2, throwing 6.0 innings and allowing nine runs, though only three were earned.
 
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