WPIAL 5-A and 6-A Classifications Sports News
Marina Manuppelli hit .692 (9-for-13) in a pair of doubleheader sweeps last week for Geneva College. She finished the week with 11 RBIs, three doubles, a home run and a pair of runs scored. Manuppelli drilled a three-run walk-off homer in last Wednesday’s 5-4 game one victory over Carnegie Mellon University. In last Tuesday’s sweep… More »
The top-ranked Class 5A softball team couldn’t get anything going through the first four innings against Franklin Regional. After not getting a hit, Penn-Trafford erupted for 11 in the final three innings, scoring four runs in the fifth and three more in the seventh to come away with a 7-1 Section 1-5A road win to… More »
Madi Beining was 2-0 with a 0.00 ERA last week against Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference teams, striking out 16 while not walking any and allowing just one run. The junior gave up just five hits in a 6-1 win over Slippery Rock University and five hits in a 4-0 shutout of Mercyhurst University, her third… More »
Penn State-Behrend senior AJ Nichols appeared in three game last week, starting in game one against D’Youville and Mt. Aloysius. In both starts, Nichols registered a win while pitching complete games. Nichols registered 21 strikeouts on the week, including a season-high 12 against Mt. Aloysius. She pitched 14.2 innings, giving up just 10 hits and three runs… More »
There are only two unbeaten teams left in Class 5A and now only one in Section 1 after Penn-Trafford defeated Latrobe 6-2 on Wednesday afternoon. The Warriors scored half their runs in the third inning and the other half in the sixth inning. Sophomore Brooke Cleland led the offense, going 4 for 4 with a pair… More »
Lauren Miller hit .571 (12 for 21) over six starts last week for 6-0 Saint Vincent College. She totaled 10 RBI, four runs scored and four doubles. Miller finished the week with a .522 on-base percentage. Her .473 batting average leads the Presidents’ Athletic Conference this season while her .523 on-base percentage and 22 RBI… More »
The Trinity softball team still wishes the outcome of its Class 5A WPIAL quarterfinal game against West Allegheny last year was different, falling 4-3. However, the Hillers were able to exact some revenge, knocking off the Indians, 9-4, at home on Wednesday. The loss was the first in nearly two years against a WPIAL opponent… More »
The North Allegheny softball team knocked off the top-ranked and reigning state champion Hempfield Spartans on Thursday afternoon, 11-6, in Section 2-6A action. Senior Rachel Martindale reached base five times, going 3 for 3 with a majestic grand slam in the sixth inning on her way to Wright Automotive Player of the Game honors. Hempfield scored the… More »
Leah Vith had an outstanding week for Slippery Rock University with the team in Clermont, Florida for the Spring Games. Over her last eight games, Vith has hit .522 (12-for-23) with two home runs, three doubles, a triple and 11 RBI. She has a seven-game hitting streak going and has bumped her average from .150… More »
Krystyna Burdelski went 3-1 with a 2.52 ERA last week for Westminster College. She totaled 16 strikeouts while walking just two over her 25.0 innings. Burdelski’s three victories came in complete game fashion. She tossed a one-hit shutout in the Titans’ 6-0 victory over Eastern Connecticut State last Monday. Burdelski’s 20 strikeouts and 2.62 ERA… More »