Scranton Softball Starts Trip In Fine Fashion

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - The University of Scranton belted out 22 hits in posting victories over Mitchell College (Conn.), 7-4, and Gordon College (Mass.), 15-9, in the first two games of an 8-game Spring Break trip Monday morning.

In the Royals' win over Mitchell, freshman Mia Collarini (Jessup, Pa./Valley View) had two hits, including a triple, and scored two runs and sophomore Samantha Russo (Manalapan, N.J./Manalapan) chipped in two hits, including a double, and drove in a run to support winning pitcher Isabel Mendez (Rutherford, N.J./Rutherford), who struck out seven and scattered five hits. Sophomore Ashley Regan (Old Forge, Pa./Old Forge) drove in two runs with a sacrifice fly during a three-run rally in the third inning and drove in another run with a single in the bottom of the fifth.

Freshman Annie Zeleniak (Taylor, Pa./Scranton Preparatory) provided the fire power in the win over Gordon. She drove in two runs with a triple in the first inning, knocked in two more with a double in the second, and had an rbi single in the third as Scranton jumped out to an early 9-0 lead. Sophomore Nikki Malloy (Shavertown, Pa./Bishop Hoban) finished with three hits and an rbi and winning pitcher Kasey Borbidge (Glenolden, Pa./Springfield) and junior Molly Matyas (Scranton, Pa./Scranton Preparatory) drove in two runs apiece.

Borbidge struck out four in picking up her first victory of the season.

Scranton, now 2-0, will take on Ohio State-Newark and Frostburg State (Md.) tomorrow morning at 9:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., respectively.