FINAL SCORE: #8 Penn State Beaver - 1, #10 Penn State Brandywine - 3
RECORDS: Penn State Beaver (26-23) | Penn State Brandywine (24-17)
LOCATION: Firestone Stadium in Akron, Ohio
IN BRIEF: Penn State Brandywine got on the score board early, scoring runs in both the bottom of the first and second innings. Brandywine added another run in the bottom of the fifth inning to take a 3-0 lead. Beaver, who was held scoreless despite leaving runners on the bases in all but one inning, finally got on the board in the top of the seventh, but they weren't able to tie the game as Brandywine hung on to win by a final score of 3-1.
HOW THEY SCORED: Brandywine started the game with a leadoff single from Arianna Segich who would score on a sacrifice bunt from Robyn Gannon in the first. Brandywine added a second run in the second as Julie Foeldes hit a leadoff triple and scored on a Grace DeRosa groundout.
Segich scored again in the fifth inning on an error by Beaver, giving Brandywine a 3-0 lead.
In their last at bat, Beaver's first two batters reached safely and a stolen base by Searra Thumm put runners on the corners. Vanessa Jackson hit a sacrifice fly to score Thumm, making the score 3-1 which would be the final score of the game as Brandywine forced Beaver to leave two runners on base to close the game.
BEHIND THE BOX SCORE: Brandywine was led by their starting pitcher, Katie DeStefano who limited Beaver to just two hits in the game. Offensively, she saw support from Segich who went 2 for 3 and Julie Foeldes who went 1 for 2 with a triple to lead off the second inning.
Beaver's hits came off the bats of Brenna Cepull and Jenna Petrucci, with Petrucci hitting a double in the sixth. On the mound was Vanessa Jackson who threw the complete game facing 25 batters, striking out 5 and giving up 4 hits.
NEXT UP: Brandywine stays alive in the loser's bracket, facing the loser of the #2 Carlow, #6 Penn State Hazleton matchup at 6:00 pm tonight. Beaver will compete in the 7th place game this afternoon against the loser of the #3 NHTI and #9 Cleary University game. The seventh place contest is scheduled for 4:00 pm this afternoon.