The Lady Bearcats opened their Florida trip with a pair of losses in Cocoa Beach.

St. Mary's of the Woods College defeated SVC by a score of 15-7 in the opener.  Angela Doyle doubled for Saint Vincent, while Shannon Ballantyne, Bethanie Kern, Leanna Seminsky and Rachel Komarinski each singled.  Angela Sleith took the loss.

In the second game, SVC fell by a score of 13-0 to Saint Anselm.  Kern took the loss, while Doyle (double) and Mollie Stock (single) provided the only Lady Bearcat hits.

The Lady Bearcats dropped a doubleheader to King's College in Florida by scores of 8-0 and 9-1.

SVC was held to two hits in the first game, both by Angela Doyle, who singled and doubled.  Mollie Stock took the loss.

In game two, Rachel Komarinski had a single and an RBI, while Stock, Leanna Seminsky and Shannon Ballantyne all singled.  Angela Sleith went the distance and took the loss.

The Lady Bearcats earned a split decision in a doubleheader against Marywood University to conclude the team's Florida trip.

SVC dropped the first game in a close contest, falling 2-1 despite a strong pitching performance from Angela Sleith.  Leanna Seminsky went 3-for-4 at the plate, while Angela Doyle had a double.

Saint Vincent won the second game by a 9-2 decision, with Mollie Stock picking up the win.  Doyle hit a home run for the Lady Bearcats, who finish their week in Cocoa Beach with a 1-5 record.

The Lady Bearcats were defeated 7-2 in the opening game of a doubleheader with Pitt-Greensburg then won game two by a score of 7-3.

In game one, Saint Vincent jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first, when Leanna Seminsky, who walked to lead off the frame, scored on a double off the right field fence by Angela Doyle.

Pitt-Greensburg answered right back in the top of the second, scoring three runs, with the big hit coming from Nicole Linsenbigler, who blasted a two-run home run.

The Lady Bearcats got one run back in the bottom of the fourth, when a pinch-hit double by Maura Wahl drove in Mollie Stock, who singled to lead off the frame.  An unearned run in the top of the fifth then put UPG up 4-2, before the Bobcats put the game away with a three-run homer by Haley Kimmel to close the scoring at 7-2.

Angela Sleith started and took the loss for SVC (1-6), working three innings and giving up three runs on seven hits.  Kimmel earned the win for UPG (4-5), throwing a complete game and scattering six SVC hits while striking out six.

In game two, the Lady Bearcats took the lead in the bottom of the second inning.  Ashley Whipkey, who also started on the mound, led off with a single down the left field line, then moved to second on a Stock sacrifice bunt.  After Emily Petrowsky walked, both runners moved up on a ground out.  Jenna Bealko drove home Whipkey with a single, then Petrowsky scored on a double by Seminsky. 

After UPG got a run back in the third, SVC broke the game open in the bottom half of the third.  Doyle led off with a double down the left field line, then moved to third on a Whipkey single.  A single by Stock drove home Doyle to make it 3-1.  Both runners moved up on a passed ball, then Petrowsky singled and drove both home, making it 5-1.   Later in the inning, SVC scored another run thanks to a bases loaded single by Wahl.  

UPG cut the gap to 6-3 in the fourth inning, but SVC added another run in the fifth inning when Seminsky, who had gotten on base with a single, scored on an error to make it 7-3.

Whipkey, who went 3-for-4 at the plate, went the distance and earned the pitching win, scattering eight hits and giving up three runs, all unearned, striking out four.    

The Lady Bearcats earned a doubleheader split on the road at Juniata College.

In game one, Maura Wahl went 2-for-3 with an RBI, and Jostalyn Klosky was 1-2 with a run batted in as SVC lost 10-2 in five innings.  Angela Sleith took the loss.

Game two belonged to Saint Vincent behind a strong pitching performance from Mollie Stock.

Stock went the distance, giving up just three hits.  Both Juniata runs were unearned.  

The bats came alive in game two as well, as SVC pounded out 11 hits.  Leanna Seminsky and Emily Petrowsky each went 2-for-4, while Jenna Bealko doubled.   

Ashley Whipkey picked up a pair of pitching wins as the Lady Bearcats used the longball to earn a doubleheader sweep, 5-4 and 7-0, over visiting Penn State-Fayette.

The opener began as a pitcher's duel between SVC's Angela Sleith and PSU-Fayette's Jennifer Lewellen, as the teams combined for just four base runners and no runs over the first three innings.

The Lions took the lead in the top of the fourth without the aid of a hit, as they took advantage of a pair of SVC errors to score an unearned run and go up 1-0.   SVC answered right back in the bottom half.  With two outs, Shannon Ballantyne reached on an infield single and moved to third on another one-base hit by Jenna Bealko.  Ballantyne was then able to score on a wild pitch, tying the game at one.

Fayette quickly regained the lead in the top of the fifth, as Ashley Ruble led off the frame with a line drive homer down the left field line to make the score 2-1.  The next three PSU-Fayette batters walked, before a Dana Yekel RBI single through the right side gave the Lions some insurance, as they went ahead 3-1.

The Lady Bearcat again answered right back in the bottom of the fifth. Maura Wahl led off with a double off the center field fence, and moved to third on a Rachel Komarinski single.  Mollie Stock then singled home Wahl, and after a pair of walks, Jostalyn Klosky laid down a perfect squeeze bunt, scoring Stock to tie the game at 3-3.  Ballantyne followed with a fielder's choice to score Stock, giving SVC it's first lead of the game.

As was the case throughout the contest, the Lions came back to tie it in the top of the sixth, but Komarinski put the Lady Bearcats ahead to stay in the bottom half, sending a solo shot over the right field fence to give SVC the 5-4 advantage.

The one-run lead was plenty for Whipkey, who relieved Sleith in the top of the fifth to work 1 1/3 innings, allowing just one hit while striking out three, to earn the win.

Wahl and Komarinski each finished 3-4 at the plate in the opener, as the Lady Bearcats out-hit the Lions 11-5.

In the nightcap, SVC got on the board early, scoring a pair of runs in the bottom of the first, with Komarinski and Angela Doyle each stroking RBI doubles.  The Lady Bearcat bats then went quiet over the next three frames, as the squad only managed two base runners between the second and fourth innings, but SVC quickly awoke.

Leanna Seminsky opened the bottom of the fifth with her first home run of the season, a line drive over the fence in right center, while on the very next pitch, Wahl did the same, stretching the Lady Bearcat lead to 4-0.

Later on in the inning, Whipkey and Doyle each singled, and both were driven in on a Jostalyn Klosky double to the gap in right center, putting SVC in front 6-0.

The hosts closed the scoring in the bottom of the sixth.  After Wahl stroked her third hit of the game, a ground rule double to left, Komarinski drove her in with a single to right, making the score 7-0.

Whipkey, who started in the circle, made quick work of the PSU-Fayette batters, going the distance and allowing just three hits and no walks while striking out five for her second win of the day and third in as many appearances on the season.

Wahl again led the way at the plate for the victors, going 3-4 with a single, double, and homer, and three runs scored.  Komarinski went 2-4 and Doyle 2-3, as the Lady Bearcats once again banged out 11 hits.

The Lady Bearcats extended their win streak to five games with a doubleheader sweep of Thiel College on the road.

In the opener, the Lady Bearcats took advantage of six Thiel errors to score an 8-5 win, while in the nightcap, Lady Bearcat pitcher Ashley Whipkey picked up her fourth win of the season, working a complete game and allowing just one hit, as the Lady Bearcats won 3-0.

In the day's first game, Whipkey propelled the SVC offense, going 2-3 at the plate with a triple and two RBIs.  Leanna Seminsky and Angela Doyle also had two hits apiece, with Seminsky also scoring a pair of runs and Doyle driving in two RBIs and scoring once.

Mollie Stock went all seven innings in the circle for the win, scattering 14 hits and striking out six while only issuing one walk.

Saint Vincent got off to a hot start in the nightcap as well, scoring twice in the first inning on the strength of a Whipkey RBI triple and a Doyle run scoring single.

The two runs were more than enough for Whipkey, as she faced just two batters over the minimum and allowed just four batters to reach base.

The Lady Bearcats closed the day's scoring in the fifth when Maura Wahl, who tripled to lead off the frame, scored on a fielder's choice off the bat of Whipkey.

Whipkey struck out four without any walks in the circle, while she helped her own cause by reaching base in all three of her plate appearances.  Rachel Komarinski reached base twice for the Lady Bearcats, and joined Whipkey and Wahl as SVC's run scorers.

Visiting Waynesburg University used a pair of comeback wins to sweep the Lady Bearcats in Presidents' Athletic Conference softball action in Latrobe.

In the day's first game, Waynesburg used a pair of home runs in the seventh inning to come back from a one-run deficit and win 4-3, while the Yellow Jackets earned the sweep with a 5-4, nine-inning win in the nightcap.

Leanna Seminsky started things well for the Lady Bearcats in the opener, as she led off the game with a double, advanced to third on a Maura Wahl single, and scored on a Rachel Komarinski squeeze bunt.

Waynesburg was able to even the score in the bottom of the first, and then neither team was able to find the scoreboard for the next three frames.

SVC took a 2-1 lead in the top of the fifth, with Wahl singling and Komarinski driving her home with a double to right center.  Again, Waynesburg responded, tying the score up in the sixth.

The back-and-forth theme continued in the seventh, with Komarinski again doubling home Wahl, who reached on an error, giving the Lady Bearcats the 3-2 lead heading into the bottom of the seventh.

Waynesburg's Kristen Lautsenschlager led off the inning with a home run to right field, tying the game at three, and then with two outs, Amanda Baughman ended the game in walk-off fashion, curling a home run around the left field foul pole to give the Yellow Jackets the 4-3 win.

Komarinski led the offensive charge for the Lady Bearcats, going 3-for-3 with three RBIs, while Wahl, Mollie Stock, and Jostalyn Klosky each had two hits apiece.  Stock went the distance in the circle for SVC and took the hard-luck loss, scattering eight hits and striking out five.

Lautenschlager and Autumn Minor each had two hits to lead the Jackets, while Minor earned the complete game win on the mound.

In the nightcap, Waynesburg got on the board first, scoring an unearned run in the top of the first inning.  The Lady Bearcats quickly countered, as Seminsky and Wahl led off with singles and were both driven home by a Stock base hit to give SVC the 2-1 lead.

Saint Vincent added onto its lead with a run in the bottom of the second, with Klosky, who walked to lead off the inning, scoring on a ground out from Seminsky, making the score 3-1.  The Lady Bearcats then pushed the lead to 4-1 in the bottom of the third, with Stock knocking another RBI single, scoring Komarinski, who reached via walk.

After Waynesburg cut the deficit to 4-2 with an unearned run in the top of the fifth, the Yellow Jackets again used the long ball to tie it up in the sixth, with a two-run blast from Samantha Volponi knotting the score at 4-4.

The Lady Bearcats managed baserunners in each of the next two frames, but were unable to score the decisive run.  In the top of the ninth, Minor doubled home Lautenschlager to put the Yellow Jackets up 5-4, and SVC faced its last at bat.

With one out in the bottom of the ninth, Seminsky legged out an infield single, and then Wahl followed by reaching on an error, giving SVC runners at first and second.  However, the Lady Bearcats were once again unable to bring home a run, and Waynesburg escaped with the extra inning win.

Seminsky, Stock, Wahl, and Angela Doyle had two hits apiece for SVC, with Stock tallying three RBIs, but despite pounding out 10 hits as a team, SVC stranded nine runners on base.  Whipkey was saddled with the loss on the mound, working all nine innings and allowing five runs - three earned - on nine hits, while striking out seven.

Thanks to late game heroics by senior Jostalyn Klosky, Saint Vincent split a doubleheader against W&J on the road.

SVC dropped game one by a score of 3-0.  Mollie Stock took the loss, as the Lady Bearcats were held to just one hit, a single by Ashley Whipkey in the 4th inning.

In game two, SVC was down 2-1 going to the seventh and final inning.  Klosky evened the game on the first pitch of the inning with a home run that ultimately sent the game to extra innings.

In the 8th, winning pitcher Ashley Whipkey singled with one out, then Angela Doyle followed with a single that moved Whipkey to third.  A wild pitch then allowed the game winning run to score for a 3-2 SVC victory.

Doyle and Maura Wahl each went 2-for-4, while Klosky had 2 RBI.  Whipkey went the distance to improve to 5-1 on the year, striking out five.

The Lady Bearcats split a road doubleheader at Mount Aloysius, dropping the opener 6-1 before regrouping for a 7-4 win in the nightcap.

In the day's first contest, the Lady Bearcats jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the fourth, when Maura Wahl, who walked, scored on a Rachel Komarinski double.

The lead was short-lived, however, as the Mounties responded with three runs in the bottom of the fourth before closing out the game's scoring with three more runs in the sixth.

SVC's offense struggled in the opener, as the team was held to four hits, with one apiece from Komarinski, Emily Petrowsky, Shannon Ballantyne, and Jenna Bealko.

Angela Sleith took the loss in the circle, working six innings and allowing six runs on five hits, walking two and striking out two.

After spotting the Mounties a 1-0 lead in the first inning of the nightcap, the Lady Bearcats countered with four runs in the third, all scored with two outs.

Wahl and Komarinski started the rally with back-to-back singles, with Whipkey following with a double to score Wahl and tie the score.  Angela Doyle then reached on an error, plating Komarinski, before Jostalyn Klosky cleared the bases with a double, giving the Lady Bearcats a 4-1 advantage.

Mount Aloysius cut the SVC lead in half with a run in the bottom of the fourth, before the Lady Bearcats added insurance with a pair of runs in the fifth.  Komarinski and Whipkey each singled to begin the frame, and both were then brought home on a Doyle triple, putting SVC ahead 6-2.

The Mounties scored twice in the sixth, making the score 6-4, before the Lady Bearcats closed out the day's scoring in the seventh, with Ballantyne singling home Petrowsky, who reached on a fielders choice.

The SVC offense shook off its rust from the first game to finish with 11 hits in the nightcap.  Doyle, Klosky, Whipkey, and Komarinski all had two hits apiece, with Komarinski reaching base in all four of her plate appearances.

Whipkey worked the complete game for her sixth win of the year, scattering six hits and striking out five while walking just one.

The Lady Bearcats were swept in a road doubleheader by Bethany College, 8-2 and 9-0.

In the opener, the host Bison jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning, and  the Lady Bearcats were unable to recover.  Bethany then tacked on one run in the fourth and three more in the sixth to cruise to the win.

SVC used small ball in the third inning to score its first run of the game.  Emily Petrowsky singled to lead off the inning, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt, advanced to third on a wild pitch, and then came home on an RBI ground out from Jenna Bealko.

The Lady Bearcats then scored their final run in the sixth, on a solo home run from Rachel Komarinski.

The Bison were able to take advantage of a four Lady Bearcat errors to score six unearned runs.  Bethanie Kern started and went the distance for SVC in the circle, allowing 10 hits and two earned runs, walking four.

In the nightcap, the Lady Bearcat bats continued to struggle, as the team amassed just four singles, including two from Komarinski and one apiece from Petrowsky and Leanna Seminsky.

Bethany scored three runs in the third, and then capped off the five-inning contest with six more runs in the top of the fifth.

Mollie Stock was saddled with the loss in the circle, working all five innings and allowing six earned runs on nine hits, while striking out two.

The Lady Bearcats were swept in a home doubleheader by Presidents' Athletic Conference leader Thomas More, 10-1 and 10-0.

In the opener, the Saints took advantage of three SVC errors in the top of the first to take a 3-0 lead.  The visitors then added one run in the second, two in the third, and four more in the fifth.

The Lady Bearcats scored their lone run in the bottom of the second.  Mollie Stock led off the frame with a single, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt from Jostalyn Klosky, and scored on an RBI single from Shannon Ballantyne.

SVC managed just four hits on the afternoon, led by two from Ballantyne.  Angela Sleith went the distance in the circle for the Lady Bearcats, allowing nine hits and striking out two.

In the nightcap, Thomas More got off to a fast start, taking a 6-0 lead after just two innings.  The Saints then closed out the scoring with four runs in the fourth.

Thomas More pitcher Dana Bors limited SVC to just two singles - one from Stock and one from Rachel Komarinski - while striking out 13 Lady Bearcat batters.

The Westminster Titans were powered by five homeruns as they swept the Lady Bearcats in a President’s Athletic Conference doubleheader 6-1, 9-3, on Thursday.  Jennifer Emery had the hot stick for Westminster going 5-5 on the day with four home runs, eight RBIs, and two walks.

Mollie Stock (3-6) started game one for the Lady Bearcats and suffered the loss.  The senior threw six innings allowing five runs, only two of which were earned, while scattering nine hits.

The game remained scoreless through the first two innings.  In the top of the third, Stock retired the first batter she faced before allowing a single to shortstop AJ Beltz who would later be thrown out attempting to steal second by catcher Angela Doyle.  Amy Cornicelli then reached on an error and Emery stepped to the plate and unloaded on the delivery from Stock driving her first homerun of the day deep over the centerfield fence.

The Lady Bearcats would get one run back in the bottom of the fourth when Maura Wahl lead off by drawing a walk off of Westminster pitcher Amber Crompton.  Rachel Komarinski came up next and reached on an infield single before both runners were sacrificed ahead 60 feet by Doyle.  Wahl would score on a sacrifice fly by Stock, cutting the Titan lead to 2-1.  It would be the only time the Lady Bearcats would be able to get to Crompton.

Emery added home runs in the fifth and seventh innings finishing game one 4-4 with three home runs and five RBIs.

Senior Ashley Whipkey (6-2) got the nod in the circle for game two.  She allowed nine runs, six earned, while allowing eight hits and striking out five.

Westminster was able to get to Whipkey early.  After striking out the first batter she faced, shortstop Beltz reached on an error and Cornicelli singled up the middle, bringing up Emery who was doing the pitching in game two.  Her homerun to right field put Westminster up 3-0 and her battery mate, Sarah Woodward would follow it up with a shot of her own to left center and quickly Westminster was up 4-0, a lead they would never relinquish.

Saint Vincent got on the board in the fourth when Komarinski reached on an error, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Whipkey, went to third on a wild pitch, and scored on a sacrifice fly by Doyle.

In the sixth, Leanna Seminsky led off with a single and scored when Wahl doubled to right.  Wahl would move to third on Komarinski’s groundout and eventually scored on Whipkey’s groundout to first.

For the day, Komarinski led the Lady Bearcats at the plate going 3-6.  Jostalyn Klosky was the lone other Bearcat with more than one hit, tallying two.  Seminsky, Wahl, Doyle, and Shannon Ballantyne each added one hit apiece.

The Lady Bearcats swept visiting Grove City on Senior Day at Bearcat Field, thanks to a pair of stellar pitching performances from two fourth-year Lady Bearcats.

In the opener, senior Mollie Stock earned the complete game victory as the Lady Bearcats came back from an early deficit to earn the 4-2 win.  In the nightcap, Stock's classmate, Ashley Whipkey, turned in another complete game effort in the circle and allowed just two baserunners over the first six innings, as SVC never trailed in a 4-1 victory.

In the day's first game, the Lady Bearcats jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first.  Leanna Seminsky reached second on an error to lead off the frame, moved to third on a wild pitch, and scored on a Rachel Komarinski RBI ground out.

The visiting Wolverinegs took the lead in the top of the second, scoring a pair of runs, but the Lady Bearcats answered right back in the home half of the third.

Jenna Bealko began the frame with a basehit up the middle, and scored two batters later on a Maura Wahl double to the fence in right center.  Wahl then stole third, and gave SVC the 3-2 lead after Komarinski reached base on an error.

SVC scored its final run of the game in the bottom of the fifth, after Seminsky, who tripled to right field, was plated by a Wahl single.

Stock kept the Wolverines at bay for the final four frames, and received big boost from the Lady Bearcat defense in the top of the seventh.  

With runners on first and second, Grove City's Brittany Young laced a double to center field.  Seminsky threw a perfect strike to shortsop Emily Petrowsky for the cut, who gunned down the Wolverine's lead runner at the plate.  Lady Bearcat catcher Angela Doyle then fired a strike to third base to retire Grove City's second runner in a run down and complete the unconventional 8-6-2-5 double play, snuffing out the Grove City comeback attempt.

A pair of SVC seniors led the Lady Bearcats at the plate in the opener, as Wahl went 2-3 with two RBIs and a stolen base and Whipkey 3-3.  Stock worked all seven innings and scattered 10 hits for the victory.

The nightcap began as a pitcher's duel between Whipkey and Grove City's Lauren Pennell, with Whipkey retiring 12 of the first 14 batters she faced over the first four frames, and Pennell stranding SVC runners in scoring position in each of the first three innings.

SVC finally cracked the scoreboard in the top of the fourth.  Doyle led off the inning with a double down the left field line, and two batters later, another SVC senior came through in a big way, as Jostalyn Klosky homered to left-center to give SVC the 2-0 lead.

Another Wahl double drove in Seminsky in the fifth to give the Lady Bearcats a three-run lead, before SVC scored its final run in the sixth.  Jenna Bealko reached on an error to lead off,  and two batters later, Wahl stroked an RBI single to center.

Grove City attempted to mount another late rally in the seventh, scoring one run after stringing together three singles, but Whipkey shut down the threat by inducing a ground out and pop up to end the game and give the hosts the sweep.

SVC managed nine hits in the nightcap, with Seminsky, Wahl, and Ballantyne notching two apiece. 

Whipkey improved to 7-2 in the circle with her seventh complete-game victory of the season, as she allowed one run on four hits while striking out five and issuing just one walk.

The Lady Bearcats wrapped up the 2009 season by dropping both ends of a doubleheader at Geneva College, falling by scores of 8-0 and 9-4.

Angela Sleith took the loss in game one, and Shannon Ballantyne had a pair of hits at the plate.

In game two, Bethany Kern suffered the loss.  Leanna Seminsky doubled, while Maura Wahl, Jenna Bealko and Ballantyne all singled.