Glenville Defeats Softball in Sweep on Senior Day

FROSTBURG, Md. – The Frostburg State Softball team dropped its home doubleheader to Glenville State by final scores of 13-1 and 6-0 on Sunday afternoon.
 
After the games had concluded, FSU honored its five seniors in Cristina Sommerkamp, Allyssa Albright, Samara Funk, Hanna Binek, and Katie Chapple as they round out their Bobcat careers.
 
The Pioneers wasted no time in their first at-bats, knocking a pair of singles either side of a sac bunt to plate the game's first run. After a fielder's choice put two outs on the board, GSU kept the inning going with another couple singles to score once more for an early 2-0 advantage. Frostburg was able to load the bases in the bottom half, as junior Gracie Nelson put a double into left-center while classmate Arden Miller walked and Funk followed with an infield single to third. Glenville was able to get out of trouble with a strikeout and groundout keeping the visitors in the lead.
 
Each side managed one hit in the second, as Sommerkamp lined a single to left-center and moved up on a sac bunt but was held stranded after a pair of pop ups. After two quick outs, the Pioneers were once again able to benefit from keeping their inning alive, as a walk and single were followed by a double into the gap in right-center, scoring both runners to go up 4-0. Once FSU went down in order, GSU broke the game open in the fourth with three straight singles to start the frame, followed by a sac fly and two-run home run combining for four runs and an 8-0 score.
 
The Bobcats again went quietly in their trip to the plate, while Glenville kept their offense churning in the fifth. Two singles and a fielder's choice put a run home followed by an RBI groundout and a three-run homer to put things at 13-0. Down to their final at-bats due to mercy rule, junior Ashlynn Routzahn drew a walk to start the bottom half, being pinch-run for by freshman Ava Fair, who moved to second after a wild pitch. Coming on as a pinch-hitter, sophomore Maddy Shaw ensured there wouldn't be a shutout, as she ripped a ball up the middle to score Fair, as the final stood at 13-1.
 
Game two began in similar fashion to the first, as a walk and hit by pitch put a pair of runners on with two outs, as a dropped pop-up allowed both to score for a 2-0 Pioneer lead. FSU didn't manage a hit until the bottom of the second when junior Olivia Stetler smacked a ball up against the fence in right-center for a double, but she would be left there after a pop up and foul out. GSU padded their advantage in the third with three singles and a double plating two more runs to move ahead 4-0.
 
Shaw drew a walk to start the bottom half while freshman Bri Russo looped a ball over first for a single, but two more balls caught in the outfield kept the Bobcats off the board. The Pioneers still racked up the hits in the fourth, with three singles, a sac bunt, and a double steal putting things at 6-0. There would be only one hit between the sides during the fifth and sixth innings, while Funk reached twice on Glenville errors but never made it past first. Back-to-back singles to start the seventh threatened to put more Pioneer runs on the board, but Miller made a great catch in left and caught the runner off with a force at second to end the frame. Binek lined a single into left-center leading off the bottom of the seventh but would be left on base following a pop-up, strikeout, and fly out for the six-run loss.
 
With the sweep, Frostburg drops to 10-28 on the year, while Glenville improves to 28-13. The Bobcats are right back in action on Monday, April 14 for another home doubleheader against Concord beginning at 12 p.m. Information and updates will be posted to frostburgsports.com.