March 10, 2005
Game 1: Lock Haven 5, American International 0
Game 2: St. Cloud St. 4, Lock Haven 0
Orlando, Fla.

Softball Wins One of Two Shutouts, 5-0, 4-0

ORLANDO, Fla. – Great pitching was the theme of the day, as the Lock Haven University softball team (10-4) split a pair of shutouts today (March 10), blanking American International College 5-0 before falling to St. Cloud State University 4-0. The Lady Eagles are now 5-3 at the Rebel Games Tournament.

Against AIC, junior Jeanette Middlestead (Downingtown, Pa./La Salle University) dealt the complete-game shutout, scattering five hits and striking out 11. Middlestead’s win pushes her record to 3-0.

Senior Lynn Spiezio (Trooper, Pa./Methacton) and junior Julie Robitaille (Mississauga, Ontario/Chipola J.C.) both went 2-for-4, but junior Ashley Barber (Rockford, Md./Richard Montgomery) had the big hit, a two-RBI single.

One pitch made all the difference in the Lady Eagles’ loss to St. Cloud State. In the third inning, starter Shona M. Guevara (Chino Hills, Calif./Humboldt State University) walked a batter, another runner got on with an error, and then gave up a single, setting up a grand slam for the 4-0 loss.

Guevara threw five innings, striking out two and allowing five hits, as her record dipped to 4-3. The LHU hitters mustered up just two hits against the Huskies.

Middlestead, Spiezio, Robitaille, Barber, Guevara and the rest of the Lady Eagles are back in action Friday, March 11 at 2:20 p.m. against the University of Southern Indiana.