The Tyrone Lady Eagles softball team opened the 2005 season on Tuesday at Wingate in a Mountain Athletic Conference Division II contest. The Tyrone girls jumped out in front of their hosts Bald Eagle Area with a run in the top of the first, but the Tyrone bats went silent.
Katie Whitby led off the game with a walk for the Lady Eagles, advanced to second on a passed ball and to third on a groundout by Hilary McNelis. Whitby, the Eagles senior center field then was able to score on a groundout by Missy Stager.
Bald Eagle Area came right back with two scores in the bottom of the first and three more in the third, behind some heavy hitting by D. Noll who cracked out a pair of doubles and Weaver who doubled and homered.
The Lady Eagles committed five errors to just one for the winners to make it easier for Bald Eagle Area.
McNelis and Ashley Pennabaker had Tyrone’s only two hits, both singles.
Bald Eagle Area, the state runnerup last year and returning virtually their entire team, losing only two girls, got out of the gate in 2005 in winning style.
Garner limited the Lady Eagles to two hits, striking out six, while walking just one batter.
McNelis struck out two and walked one for the Lady Eagles.
“We threw the ball around too much,” said Tyrone coach Lois Loncher. “The girls have had very few opportunities to practice outside. They have to learn on the fly. We need to work the bugs out. Without our errors, it would have been a much closer score.”
Tyrone will entertain Mount Union on Thursday at the Harry Sickler Athletic Complex. The first pitch is set for 4 p.m.
Bald Eagle Area 6 Tyrone 1
Tyrone- Whitby, cf, 2-1-0; McNelis, p, 3-0-1; Stager, 2b, 3-0-0; Cherry, c, 3-0-0; Bryan, ss, 3-0-0; Turiano, 3b, 3-0-0; Stanton, 1b, 3-0-0; Ripka, lf, 1-0-0; Pennabaker, rf, 2-0-1. TOTALS 23-1-2.
Bald Eagle Area – D. Noll, ss, 3-2-2; M. Noll, 2b, 2-1-0; McClain, dp, 3-1-0; Weaver, c, 3-1-2; Penland, rf, 2-0-0; Brown, ph, 1-0-0; Garner, p, 2-0-0, Becker, ph, 1-1-1; Kilmer, 1b, 2-0-0; Sampsel, ph, 1-0-1, Riser, 3B, 2-0-0; Maney, cf, 3-0-0. TOTALS 24-6-6.
Tyrone 100 000 0 1-2-5.
Bald Eagle Area 203 001 X 6-6-1.
2B: D. Noll 2, Weaver, Garner (BEA).
HR: Weaver (BEA)
Multiple Hits: (BEA) Weaver 2, D. Noll 2.
RBI: (T) Stager 1 (BEA) Weaver 2, McClain 2, Sampsel 1.
SO- (T) McNelis 2, (BEA) Garner 6.
BB: (T) McNelis 1, (BEA) Garner 1.
WP: Garner LP: McNelis.
