The Mount Vernon Nazarene Cougars spoiled the Lady Bearcats' home opener, winning by scores of 4-0 and 7-3.

In game one, Lesa Bauer suffered the loss, while Jenna Bealko went 1-for-2 with a double.

In the second game, Rachel Komarinski went three-for-three with a home run, a double, a single and a walk.  Jostalyn Klosky was 3-for-4 with three singles, and Theresa Adams doubled.  Ashley Whipkey took the loss.

The Saint Vincent offense pounded out 16 hits, including seven for exta bases, as the Lady Bearcats defeated visiting Grove City 11-9.

Each starter had at least one hit for SVC, while Rachel Komarinski, Mollie Stock, and Shannon Ballantyne each connected for home runs.

After two scoreless frames, Grove City was able to plate a trio of runs in the third on a homer from third baseman Abby Greiner.

SVC then answered in a big way, scoring seven runs in the bottom of the third.

Stock doubled to lead things off, and was driven in by a Ballantyne single to left.  Ashley Whipkey then reached on a fielders choice and was followed by a Terri Bundridge single up the middle.  Jenna Bealko then hit a double down the left field line to drive in both runs to tie the game at three.

April Hawkey and Theresa Adams both singled, scoring with the second base knock scoring Bealko to give the Lady Bearcats their first lead of the afternoon.  Komarinski then followed with a blast over the centerfield fence to give SVC a 7-3 advantage.

Grove City came right back, scoring six times in the next half inning, sending nine batters to the plate, to take a 9-7 lead.

Ballantyne's long ball in the bottom of the fifth brought SVC to within one, and the Lady Bearcats took the lead for good in the sixth, when Stock took a 2-1 offering over the centefield fence, driving in Adams who singled to lead the frame off, making the score 10-9 in favor of the hosts.

Jostalyn Klosky and Whipkey each doubled following Stock's blast, giving SVC an insurance run and closing out the scoring for the day.

Lesa Bauer started and picked up the win, working five innings while striking out four.  Stock came on in the sixth and pitched a pair of shutout innings to pick up her first save of the season.

Stock also led the way offensively, going 3-4 with two runs and two RBIs.  Adams, Bundridge, Hawkey, Ballantyne, and Komarinksi each picked up a pair of hits on the afternoon, with the latter finishing the day with three RBIs.  Every position player scored at least one run for the Lady Bearcats, while Adams and Stock both crossed the plate twice.

The Lady Bearcats were swept in a doubleheader with Point Park, falling 5-3 and 3-1. 

Rachel Komarinski went 2-for-4 with a double and a triple in the first game, while Terri Bundridge was 1-3.  Lesa Bauer took the loss.

In game two, Ashley Whipkey suffered the loss, while Bundrige, Theresa Adams, April Hawkey and Bauer each singled.

Mollie Stock tossed a four-hitter and drove in all three runs in a 3-2 Saint Vincent victory over Ursuline College.

SVC fell behind 2-0 after the first two innings, but rallied in the third.  Ashley Whipkey and Lesa Bauer led off the inning with a pair of singles.  After two outs, Rachel Komarinski popped up on the right side of the infield, but Ursuline let the ball drop and the bases were loaded for Stock, who doubled and cleared the bases. 

Ursuline was unable to get another hit off Stock, who went the distance for her first win of the season.

The Carlow Celtics shut out the Lady Bearcats by a score of 2-0 in the first game of a doubleheader, but SVC returned the favor in game two, winning 1-0.

In game one, Lesa Bauer pitched well but took the loss.  Theresa Adams was 1-2 with a double and a walk, Mollie Stock was 1-3 with a triple, Ashley Whipkey was 1-2 with a walk, and Terri Bundridge was 1-3.

In game two, Mollie Stock picked up the win in relief of Ashley Whipkey.  As she did on Saturday, Stock drove in the game's only run, with a single that followed Rachel Komarinski's double in the bottom of the seventh.  The offensive heroics followed a big out at the plate that kept SVC in the game.

 The Lady Bearcats split with visiting Waynesburg, dropping the opener 2-1 and winning the nightcap 5-2.

The opener was a true pitcher's duel, as the two teams combined for just seven hits.

The Yellow Jackets scored unearned runs in the first and fourth, aided by a pair of SVC errors.

SVC manufactued their lone run in the bottom of the sixth.  Rachel Komarinski doubled to the centerfield fence, advanced to second on a wild pitch, and scored on a Mollie Stock ground out. 

Lady Bearcat starter Lesa Bauer was extremely effective, allowing just four hits and two unearned runs while striking out eight and walking none in six innings worked to take the hard luck loss.

Waynesburg hurler Autumn Minor was equally effective, holding SVC to just one run on three hits while striking out five to earn the win. 

Offensively, Komarinski had two of the three Lady Bearcat hits, with Jostalyn Klosky adding the third with a fifth inning single.

In the day's second game, Waynesburg once again took a quick 2-0 lead in the first, aided by another SVC miscue.

The Lady Bearcats then evened the score in the third.  April Hawkey and Komarinski hit back to back singles, and were driven in by a double to the fence in left center off the bat of Stock.

SVC added a third run in the next inning.  Ashley Whipkey doubled to right, went to third on a Jenna Bealko sacrifice bunt, and scored on a single up the middle by Klosky.

A two-run double in the fifth inning by Bauer, who started the second game at designated hitter, gave the Lady Bearcats a 5-2 lead, ending the scoring for the day.

Stock started on the mound for SVC and worked five innings, giving up two runs on six hits while striking out three.  Whipkey came on in relief in the sixth inning and worked two scoreless frames for the save.

Stock also led the Bearcat offense, with three hits and a pair of RBIs.  Bauer and Hawkey each went 2-4, while Komarinski scored a pair of runs. 

The Westminster Titans swept the Lady Bearcats in a doubleheader in Latrobe.  Scores were 6-1 and 5-4.

In game one, Westminster opened an early 4-0 lead and held on for the win, despite 10 strikeouts by SVC pitcher Lesa Bauer. 

Bauer gave up 9 hits, but just two earned runs. 

In game two, Westminster, this time batting second as the home team, scored in the bottom of the first, but SVC answered in the top of the second, as a single from Shannon Ballantyne scored starting pitcher Ashley Whipkey.

The Titans managed five hits in the bottom of the third off Whipkey to take a 4-1 lead.  Mollie Stock came on in relief of Whipkey and shut down Westminster to keep the margin at three runs. 

In the top of the fifth, SVC's Jostalyn Klosky hit a three-run home run to left-center, her first of the year, to tie the game.

It remained tied until the bottom of the seventh, when a hit batsman and a pair of errors loaded the bases for Westminster with no outs, setting up a game-winning single by Amy Cornicelli.

The Lady Bearcats won two extra-inning contests on the road at Thiel winning the opener 4-1 in eight innings and the nightcap 4-3 in 11.

In the opener, neither team found the scoreboard for the first seven innings.

With one out in the top of the eighth, the Lady Bearcat offense erupted.

Rachel Komarinski, Mollie Stock, and Lesa Bauer all hit consecutive singles, with Bauer's plating Komarinski.  Jostalyn Klosky then doubled home Bauer and Stock, and Theresa Adams drove in Klosky with a single of her own.

Thiel scored with one out in the eighth, and threatened again wth two down, but the game ended with SVC left fielder April Hawkey gunning down Thiel's Leah Snyder at the plate.

Bauer was the star of the day's first game, earning the win on the mound with a complete game and 13 strikeouts, while also going 2-4 at the plate with an RBI and a run scored. Komarinski also managed a pair of hits, while Klosky led the Lady Bearcats with two RBIs.

Game two was much of the same, with both teams locked in a scoreless tie through nine frames.

Thiel, which was considered the visiting team in the nightcap, scored once in the top of the tenth, but was answered right back in the bottom of the frame with a Lady Bearcat tally.

Using tiebreaker rules, leadoff hitter Adams was placed on second base.  Shannon Ballantyne laid down a sacrifice bunt, advancing Adams to third.  The subesequent throw by Thiel's second baseman was wild, however, and Adams crossed the plate.

The Tomcats managed to score two more in the top of the eleventh before a three run bottom half of the inning by SVC propelled it to victory.

Komarinski started the inning at second, which was led off with consecutive singles from Bauer and Stock, with the latter scoring Komarinski.  A one-base hit by Adams scored Bauer to tie the game at three, while Ballantyne reached on an error, plating Bauer to win the game.

Ashley Whipkey went all 11 innings on the mound for the win, also striking out 13 batters while allowing just six hits and one walk.  Adams and Stock led the offensive attack in the nightcap with two hits apiece.

 The Lady Bearcats stranded 11 runners in scoring position, falling 2-1 at Grove City.

A day after two dramatic extra-inning wins at Thiel, the SVC bats struggled, managing just seven hits on the afternoon. 

After two Grove City runs in the fifth, SVC scored its lone tally in the top of the sixth, when three consecutive batters reached base.   A single by Rachel Komarinski scored Theresa Adams, who reached on an error, but it was the only damage the Lady Bearcats could inflict in the inning, leaving the bases juiced for the second time in three innings.  At least two runners were stranded in three other frames.

Komarinski finished the day 3-4, while Mollie Stock had two hits in four at bats. Stock went the distance for the Lady Bearcats on the mound, and was saddled with the hard-luck loss, giving up two runs, one earned, while striking out four and scattering seven hits.

It was a far cry from the two teams' previous meeting on March 27th, when SVC defeated the Wolverines 11-9, with the two teams combining for 12 extra-base hits, including four home runs.

The Lady Bearcats earned a split on the road against Geneva College, trading shutouts.

SVC won the first game 4-0 behind a strong pitching performance by Lesa Bauer.  Mollie Stock went 2-for-4 with a double, while April Hawkey also had a pair of hits.  Rachel Komarinski, Ashley Whipkey, Theresa Adams and Terri Bundridge each went 1-3.

In game two, the game was scoreless through seven innings before Geneva scored in the eighth to win, 3-0.  Whipkey took the loss.  Adams was 2-3, while Shannon Ballantyne was 1-3. 

The Lady Bearcats lost a doubleheader on the road to Thomas More College by scores of 10-1 and 8-0.

April Hawkey and Jostalyn Klosky had the only SVC hits in game one.  SVC managed only two hits in game two as well, this time by Mollie Stock and Lesa Bauer.

The Lady Bearcats split a doubleheader with Bethany College on the road.  Fifteen innings were needed to decide game one, with SVC pulling out an 11-8 victory.  In a shortened game two, the Bison prevailed 6-3. 

In the opener, SVC was able to take a 2-0 lead in the top of the sixth after a two-run single by April Hawkey.   After a Bethany homer to lead off the home half of the seventh, the Bison were able to push another run across the plate with two outs to send it to extra frames.

Both teams scored one run in each of the next five innings, and the game was tied at eight heading into the 15th frame, where SVC scored a trio of runs.

Adams was placed on second due to tiebreaker rules, advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by Ashley Whipkey, and both advanced an additional base on a Bethany error, putting the Lady Bearcats up 9-8. With two outs, Rachel Komarinski singled, scoring Whipkey and Shannon Ballantyne, to close out the scoring and give SVC the win.

Komarinski picked up three hits, scored four times, and drove in two runs in the win.  Adams and Jenna Bealko both had three hits and two RBIs, while Whipkey scored a trio of runs.

Lesa Bauer started on the hill and worked eight innings, giving up three runs and striking out nine.  Stock picked up the win, working the final seven and giving up two hits and striking out three.

In the second game of the day, the Lady Bearcats, playing as the home team, broke open a 1-1 tie in the fifth inning, with a solo home run by Whipkey giving SVC the one-run advantage.

Bethany stormed right back in the top of the sixth, scoring five times and putting the game away.

The Lady Bearcats countered with a run of their own in the sixth, but it wasn't enough, as Bethany came away with the split in the game that was shortned due to darkness. 

Whipkey and Bauer each went 2-3 at the plate for SVC, with the former driving in a pair of runs.

The Lady Bearcats lost the first game of a doubleheader at Juniata College before rebounding with an extra-inning win in game two.

The final scores were 5-0, Juniata, and 5-4, SVC in nine innings.

Saint Vincent struggled in game one, managing only three hits and committing three errors in the field.  Lesa Bauer struck out seven for SVC, but took the loss.

In game two, Ashley Whipkey went the distance as SVC rebounded twice from deficits.  Shannon Ballantyne's bunt single scored Jostalyn Klosky to tie the game at 3-3 in the top of the seventh.  In the top of the ninth, Ballantyne's triple brought home Klosky again, helping SVC take a 2-run lead.  Juniata got one run back in the bottom of the ninth, but could not re-tie the game and SVC took home the win.

On Senior Day for the Lady Bearcats, SVC split with Washington & Jefferson, winning the opener 7-3 before dropping a heartbreaking nightcap 2-1.

In the opener, senior pitcher Lesa Bauer, in her last appearance in front of the Lady Bearcat faithful, worked a complete game, striking out nine and scattering eight hits.

Offensively, Bauer and Mollie Stock led the way for SVC, with both posting two hits and two RBIs, while April Hawkey, Rachel Komarinski, and Stock all scoring a pair of runs.

The Lady Bearcats opened the scoring in the third, with Bauer and Stock knocking back-to-back RBI singles.  A double by Bauer in the fifth drove in Stock, who walked to lead off the frame, for SVC's fourth run of the day.

Washington & Jefferson managed to score a pair of runs in the sixth, but SVC answered right back with three more runs in the bottom half of the frame.

Hawkey led off with a single and was driven in by a Komarinski double.  Stock's second hit of the day drove in Komarinski, while Jostalyn Klosky doubled home Komarinski to close out SVC's scoring.

Game two was a pitchers duel throughout, with SVC's Ashley Whipkey taking the hard-luck loss, despite scattering five hits with five strikeouts in the complete game.

Komarinski and Jenna Bealko each had two hits for the Lady Bearcats, with Bealko driving in the team's only run.

W&J took a 1-0 lead with an unearned run in the third, and that's how the game stood until the sixth.

Whipkey, Shannon Ballantyne, and Bealko hit consecutive singles with two outs, with Bealko's driving in Whipkey to tie the game at one. 

W&J, playing as the home team, ended the game in the bottom of the seventh, scoring the game-winner on a passed ball with two outs.