Posted 17 March 2008Immediately, March 17, 2008 Contact: Kevin Southard, SID
Royals’ Wrap-up
For Monday, March 17
Men’s Tennis: ROYALS FALL TO WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE IN FIRST OF SIX-MATCH SPRING BREAK TRIP TO HILTON HEAD, SOUTH CAROLINA SUNDAY EVENING; CACERES, MELIDEO POST LONE SCRANTON WINS IN SINGLES
HILTON HEAD, S.C.—Despite wins from freshman Carl Caceres (Teaneck, N.J./Bergen Catholic) and sophomore Scott Melideo (Dix Hills, N.Y./Half Hallow Hills East), the University of Scranton opened a six-match Spring Break trip with a 7-2 loss to the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Sunday evening.
Caceres improved his team-leading record to 6-2 with a 6-1, 7-6 (7-5) victory over Steve Lantz at number one singles while Melideo improved to 4-2 overall and 10-7 in his career with a 6-0, 6-7 (4-7), 1-0 (10-8) win over Kevin Fawcett at number two.
Results of today’s match with Heidelberg will be included in tomorrow’s wrap-up, along with tonight’s baseball doubleheader against St. Thomas (Minn.).
The results of the Scranton-Wisconsin-Eau Claire match are as follows:
Wisconsin-Eau Claire 7, Scranton 2
Singles
1. Carl Caceres (S) def. Steve Lantz, 6-1, 7-6 (7-5)
2. Scott Melideo (S) def. Kevin Fawcett, 6-0, 6-7 (4-7), 1-0 (10-8)
3. Lars Olson (W) def. Tagg McGurrin, 6-3, 6-2
4. Brett Gressick (W) def. Michael Arrighi, 6-2, 6-1
5. Erik Brandner (W) def. Steven Russo, 6-0, 6-0
6. Eric Wollum (W) def. Dan Parisi, 6-0, 6-0
Doubles
1. Steve Lantz/Phil Loprinzi (W) def. Tagg McGurrin/Scott Melideo, 8-2
2. Kevin Fawcett/Lars Olson (W) def. Michael Arrighi/Carl Caceres, 8-4
3. Aaron Johnson/C.J. Rose (W) def. Steven Russo/Kevin Whitman, 8-2
Softball: ROYALS OPEN 8-GAME SPRING BREAK TRIP IN SOUTH CAROLINA BY DEFEATING MITCHELL COLLEGE, 7-4, AND GORDON COLLEGE, 15-9, MONDAY MORNING; ZELENIAK DRIVES IN FIVE RUNS IN WIN OVER GORDON
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.
1st Game (Scranton 7, Mitchell 4)
Mitchell............ 020 110 0 - 4 5 4
Scranton............ 203 020 X - 7 8 1 (1-0)
Pitchers: Mitchell - Aleman. Scranton - Mendez. Win-Mendez(1-0) Loss-Aleman T-1:00 A-50
HR MTCHSB08 - Reynolds; Bordonaro.
2nd Game (Scranton 15, Gordon 9)
Gordon.............. 000 413 1 - 9 15 5
Scranton............ 441 213 0 - 15 14 4 (2-0)
Pitchers: Gordon - Grimes; Levchuck(5). Scranton - Borbidge. Win-Borbidge(1-0) Loss-Grimes T-1:30 A-50
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