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Peter Larkins | The Appalachian
Catcher Brett Pomykala, gets a hit in the seventh inning.
ASU had seven errors to four hits for Sunday’s 20-0
bashing at the hands of CofC.
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by Brad Norman
Senior Staff Writer
Baseball loses two to Cougars
ASU 1 CofC 17
Appalachian State University had a season-high seven errors and
got hammered Friday by College of Charleston, 17-1.
Nick Peterson allowed nine runs, only four of them earned, in five
innings of work and got his fourth loss of the season.
The Cougars took advantage of four ASU errors in the third inning
to take a quick 5-0 lead. Charleston scored four more runs the next
inning to increase their lead to 9-0.
Trailing 17-0 in the ninth inning, Brooks Haislip loped a double
into centerfield and scored on a wild pitch to net the only run
of the game for the Mountaineers.
Cougar starter Reed Price went eight innings, allowing seven hits
and striking out five.
ASU 10 CofC 12
The Cougars put up double-digit runs again Saturday, but so did
the Mountaineers.
Appalachian’s 10 runs were not enough, however, and they lost
their second straight game to C of C, 14-10.
C of C jumped out a 5-0 again, but Appalachian managed to counter
with four runs in the third inning. Freshmen Ryan Merz smashed a
three-run homer to move ASU within a run (5-4). The homerun was
Merz’s third of the year.
The Cougars jumped over relief pitcher Taylor Craig in the seventh
inning to take an onerous 12-6 lead.
ASU fought back in the bottom of the seventh, scoring four runs
to bring the game within two runs at 12-10.
They would not get any closer, as Cougar closer Brett Harker held
ASU scoreless the final two innings.
Softball splits double-header
ASU 7 ETSU 2
Jordan Arnold pitched a complete game Saturday to give the Mountaineers
a win in the first game of their double header against East Tennessee
State University.
Arnold allowed four hits and zero earned runs on the afternoon.
The Mountaineers scored five runs in the sixth inning to break a
2-2 tie and claim the win, 7-2.
With the score at 3-2 in ASU’s favor, Amber Handy hit a bases-loaded
single to drive in two runs. Candace Shelton laced a single of her
own the next at-bat, driving in two more runs.
Handy finished the game with two hits, three runs and a stolen base.
Arnold collected the win, moving her record to 5-4.
ASU 3 ETSU 4
In game two, ASU picked up where they left off in the first game,
scoring three runs in the first inning to claim an early 3-0 lead.
However, those would be the only runs Appalachian scored all day.
ETSU brought in reliever Courtney Jenkins who shut the Mountaineers
down the rest of the afternoon.
ETSU scored three runs in the third inning to tie the score and
took the lead for good in the seventh inning off Janine Sprague’s
solo homerun.
Appalachian went down in order in the bottom of the seventh, giving
ETSU the game two win, 4-3.
ASU claims two Athletes of Week
Men’s tennis player Jason Nius and track sprinter Ernest Wiggins
were named athletes of the week for March 24 in their respective
sport.
Nius, a junior, won both of his singles’ matches that week
to lead the Mountaineers to two crucial decisions over Wofford College
and University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Against Wofford’s Jason Mengel, Nius won 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 to
give ASU a 4-3 overall victory.
His win against Chattanooga’s Tim Kutshera put him at 4-0
during conference play this season.
Wiggins was named athlete of the week based on his record-setting
sprint at the Charlotte 49er classic.
Wiggins won the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.23 seconds.
The time is a Belk Stadium and meet record and automatically qualifies
Wiggins for NCAA regionals in May.
Wiggins also placed third in the 200-meter dash with a time of 21.42
seconds.
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