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Where: North Campus Field on the campus of
Game Info
The Golden Bears (27-5) will head into Wednesday’s doubleheader with 
t. The 18th ranked team in the nation swept Millersville and Mansfield this past weekend, which tied them at 4-0 with Shippensburg atop the division. KU has won 18 of it’s last 19 games and six straight, including a pair of 9-0 wins at Millersville on Friday and a pair of 4-3 wins at home against
Last year, KU won five of the team’s six meetings, but ESU was the team who ended the Golden Bears’ season when they eliminated them from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Tournament.
Probable Starting Lineups
Kutztown:
1. Kim Morrison – 2B
2. Maria Schiavo – LF
3. Steph Denlinger – 1B
4. Ashley Fitzgerald – CA/DH
5. Krista Cameron – 3B
6. Krista Tedjeske – SS
7. Caitlin Hague – CA/DH
8. Maggie Reifsnyder – RF
9. Kathy Gregg – CF
SPs: Kait Arbogast & Monica Glomb/Mary Hoch
ESU:
1. Jamie Mingis – LF
2. Brittany Racek – 2B
3. Briana Malachowski – SS
4. Ali Hale – 1B
5. Amanda Feist – CA
6. Candice Pastor – 3B
7. Kara Darcey – RF
8. Laura Snyder – CF
9. Sam Bastian – DH
SPs: Kristen Halvorsen & Jackie Battaglino
Scouting Report
The Golden Bears are the far superior team here and should be able to easily dispose of the rival Warriors. KU is far better offensively and now, with the additions of Mary Hoch and Monica Glomb, have the pitching depth necessary to win even if Kait Arbogast does not have the ball.
Ashley Fitzgerald (.415-8-28) has flown under the radar over the past few seasons due to the almost surreal number put up by Steph Denlinger (.398-7-31), but she has led the offense in 2008. Krista Cameron (.379-3-25) has been stellar in protecting Fitzgerald, while Krista Tedjeske (.247-1-14), Caitlin Hague (.250-1-9), Maggie Reifsnyder (.250-2-5), and Kathy Gregg (.291-5-13) [pictured] round out what is possibly the toughest lineup in the PSAC. Not to be forgotten are the tablesetters: Kim Morrison (.270-3-14) and Maria Schiavo (.333-0-12), who will called upon to get on base for the meat of the Kutztown order.
Arbogast (14-3 1.77) has certainly not been a victim of a sophomore slump as she’s proved she can be the ace of the KU pitching staff. Hoch (5-0 1.17) has been lights out as a rookie, while Glomb (6-2 2.10) has joined with Hoch to form a deadly freshmen tandem.
As a team, KU is hitting .308 and has belted 32 homers. The team ERA is a whopping 1.84 and opponents are batting just .212 against the KU pitching staff.
The Warriors will look to counter the KU offense with the pitching duo of Kristen Halvorsen (3-8 2.77) and Jackie Battaglino (2-5 2.67). KU saw a lot of Halvorsen last season, while Battaglino made just four appearances in 2007.
The ESU offensive load will be carried by Briana Malachowski (.345-1-2), who leads the team in batting average. Brittany Racek (.294-1-11) has driven in a team-high 11 runs and scored a team-best 10 runs. She will be counted on to provide a majority of the pop from the front end of the ESU lineup. Leadoff hitter Jamie Mingis (.263-1-4) is hitting just .263, but has walked a team-high eight times. Other than those three, the ESU lineup has been rather unimpressive in 2008. Other than Sam Bastian (.300-0-1), who has just 10 at-bats this season, none of the remaining probable starters have a batting average higher than .222.
The Golden Bears are one of the top teams in the nation and should have no trouble with the Warriors. A loss in either game would be a big shocker, as ESU will be lucky to get out of the fifth inning if KU comes in focused. There is no reason to believe this will be a trap game for the Golden Bears, since most players are back from last year’s team—the team whose season was ended by the Warriors.
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