LANGHORNE, PA – The Cairn Softball team hosted the Cedar Crest College Falcons on Saturday, splitting with their Skye Division foe, 5-1 in game one and 8-5 in game two.
GAME ONE
Offense opened up in the second inning of game one as freshman pitcher
Evelyn Johnson (Yardley, PA / Calvary Christian) singled through the right side for a two-out single. Sophomore outfielder
Jolene Zefferi (Bristol, PA / Bristol) worked a walk to move Johnson into scoring position for freshman left fielder
Ella Quince (Morrisville, PA / Morrisville) to drive in with a single to the outfield and moved into scoring position on an error. Junior infielder
Julia Bruestle (Abington, PA / Abington) beat out an infield single as Zefferi came in to score. Cairn (3-21 / 1-7 UNITED EAST SKYE DIVISION) put on the double steal to put pressure on the Falcons where Quince made it home safely to put the Highlanders up 3-0.
Cedar Crest (2-16 / 2-6 UNITED EAST SKYE DIVISION) answered with a run on the top half of the fourth, scoring on an error after a two-out walk. Cairn put some distance between them and the Falcons in the bottom half as Johnson led off with a single and moved over on a wild pitch. Quince had her second single on the day to move Johnson to third before stealing second and putting two runners in scoring position. Bruestle walked to load the bases for sophomore catcher
Myiah Petroro (Long Island, NY / Liberty University Online Academy) and classmate
Sydney Wright (Souderton, PA / Souderton) who each walked in a run to go up 5-1 and that would be all for Cedar Crest as the Highlanders held on for the game one victory.
GAME TWO
Petroro walked to get things started in game two, bring driven in on a double from Johnson to go up 1-0. Cedar Crest tied the game in the third with a run on two hits. The Highlanders answered right back in the fourth with Quince leading off with an infield single, moving to second on a passed ball and putting runners at the corners as Bruestle beat out another infield single. The doubles-steal was on again with another fruitful result of Quince scoring to take the lead back, 2-1.
The Falcons came right back in the fifth with three runs on two hits and an error to go ahead 4-2 with Cairn cutting the lead to one in crunch time in the sixth as Bruestle scored after reaching on a hit and coming around via sophomore first baseman Abby McIntry (Galloway, NJ / Pilgrim Academy) getting the ball in play on the infield.
Cedar Crest added four runs to put the game out of reach in the seventh on five hits with the Highlanders scratching across two in the bottom half with a double from junior infielder
Abbi Heacock (Media, PA / Delaware County Christian School) and another single from Quince.
NOTABLES
- Quince had four hits on the day with two RBI and three runs scored for Cairn.
- Johnson took the complete game victory in game one with nine strikeouts and a single run allowed while surrendering only two hits.
- Johnson, Heacock, and Bruestle each had three hits in the series.
The Highlanders matchup next with Saint Elizabeth on Monday in their rescheduled matchup from April 4 at home inside the Stillman Athletic Complex at 3 & 5 p.m.
