Feb. 27, 2006

Stats

Ft. Myers, Fla. - Mercyhurst came up short, 8-4, to Concordia of Minnesota before blanking Wheeling (W.Va.) Jesuit, 5-0, Monday. The Lakers are now 3-5 in their Florida trip.

Concordia scored twice in the second and three in both the third and fourth to open an 8-0 lead. The Lakers closed the gap with a pair of runs in each of the fifth and sixth innings. The Lakers used a trio of pitchers with starter Kim Griffin absorbing the loss. The Golden Bears got a complete game four-hitter from Mandy Turba. Jessica McNurlen cracked a double for Mercyhurst, which collected six hits, but made four errors.

Mercyhurst: 0-0-0-0-2-2-0= 4-6-4
Concordia: 0-2-3-3-0-0-x= 8-9-1

Mercyhurst pitchers: Griffin: 3 innings, 8 hits, 5 runs, 5 earned runs, 0 walks, 4 strikeouts; Katie Clark: 1-1-3-3-3-2; Brittany Strier: 2-0-0-0-2-2

Concordia pitcher: Mandy Turba: 7-6-4-4-4-3

Mercyhurst got a one-hitter from Jen Feret in the second game to get a split. Feret also helped herself with her second homerun of the spring and a triple.

Mercyhurst: 0-1-3-0-0-0-1= 5-6-0
Whg Jesuit: 0-0-0-0-0-0-0= 0-1-3

Mercyhurst pitcher: Feret: 7 innings, 1 hit, 0 runs, 0 earned runs, 3 walks, 9 strikeouts

Wheeling pitcher: Carrie Swart: 7-6-5-5-3-2

Mercyhurst will play a doubleheader against Florida Gulf Coast tomorrow.