Angelica Titor	Karey Fortier	Kaitlin O'Sullivan
Alison Kucharski	Caitlin McHenry	Shannon Stricker

Box Score (Game 1)
Box Score (Game 2)

Photo Gallery (courtesy of Dan Ceccacci)

SCRANTON, Pa.—Turnabout was fair play for The University of Scranton and Marywood University in a non-conference softball doubleheader today at Pacer Field.

After Marywood belted out 11 hits in winning the first game, 12-4, in six innings, the Royals came back to take the nightcap, also by the score of 12-4, behind a 3-hit, 5-RBI performance by freshman Angelica Titor (Bellrose Village, NY/Floral Park Memorial).

Marywood broke open the first game with a five-run rally in the third inning to extend a 2-1 lead into a 7-1 cushion.  Sophomore Stephanie Bagniewski (Cranford, NJ/Cranford) and senior Chelsea Zimmerman (Reading, Pa./Reading Central Catholic) combined for four hits and four RBI and senior Samantha Rayhon (Glen Gardner, NJ/North Hunterdon) and sophomore Kathleen Rossi (Jessup, Pa./Valley View) each belted a triple.  

Freshman pitcher Lindsey Gibbs (Philadelphia, Pa./Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls) went four innings and struck out five batters to pick up the win on the mound.  She is now 8-3 on the season.

Senior Caitlin McHenry (Cortlandt Manor, NY/Walter Panas) finished with two hits, including a double, and drove in two runs and junior Karey Fortier (Warrington, Pa./Central Bucks South) smacked a double for Scranton.

In the nightcap, the Royals exploded for five runs in the fifth and three more in the sixth to break a 3-3 tie.

In addition to Titor, Scranton also received three hits apiece from freshmen Shannon Stricker (Morrisville, Pa./Conwell Egan) and Kaitlin O’Sullivan (Bensalem, Pa./Nazareth Academy) and two apiece from junior Stephanie Romano (Oak Ridge, NJ/West Milford), McHenry, and freshman Jenna Snyder (Thornwood, NY/Westlake).

Sophomore Alison Kucharski (Hampton, NJ/North Hunterdon) picked up the win on the mound to improve to 3-6.  She struck out two, scattered 11 hits, and allowed only three earned runs.

Junior Diana Butash (Throop, Pa./Mid Valley) led the Pacers in the second game with four hits, including a double and a triple, and freshman Brooke Labs (Perkasie, Pa./Pennridge) and Bagniewski chipped in two hits apiece.

McHenry’s four hits today gives her 97 for her career.

Marywood is now 15-9 on the season while Scranton is 7-16.

Weather-permitting, the Royals will return to action tomorrow afternoon against Moravian College in a Landmark Conference doubleheader beginning at 4:00 p.m. at the Jessup Youth Sports Complex.

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