Peru State College Athletic Media Release
For Immediate Release Contact:
Dave Walker
Sports Information Director
402.872.2344 or
dwalker@oakmail.peru.edu
Bobcats Open MCAC
Softball with Sweep of York
(YORK, NE)
The Peru State Bobcats officially opened MCAC action
after a one day weather delay and swept a
doubleheader from York College by identical 11-2
margins. The 'Cats are 14-12 for the season, 2-0 in
the MCAC.
The games were similar in many regards: the Bobcats
had 11 runs 12 hits in each contest, pitching and
defense was solid in both games and Brittany Fry
(Fort Calhoun) led the Bobcats offense.
Fry finished 2-for-4 in the opener with a pair of
doubles and five RBI. Her encore in the nightcap
included a homerun and four additional RBI in going
2-for-3. "Brittany had a great afternoon," said
Bobcats coach Mark Mathews of his new found slugger.
Fry leads the team with a .411 average, including a
.699 slugging percentage. Fry did have plenty of
help in both games, however, as Liz Cunningham
(Fremont), Nicole Mercer (Wichita, KS) and McKayla
Clark (Ashland) all added two hits in each shortened
contest. Dani Metzler (Omaha) also collected two
hits in the opener with Alyssa Mangum (Nebraska
City) repeating the feat in game two.
The Bobcats received strong pitching as Laura Kjar
(Wood River) scattered six hits in the opener to
shut down York with Lauren Fiori (Colorado Springs,
CO) performing at the same high level in game two.
Fiori allowed only four hits and struck out five in
her dominating performance.
"We played with a focus that I haven't seen all
year," added Mathews. "We wanted to make a statement
as league play begins and I think we did that."
The Bobcats host a pair of league doubleheaders this
weekend as Haskell University comes to Peru on
Friday (3:00 p.m. start) with Park University
visiting on Saturday (1:00 p.m. start).
PSC's
"Campus of a Thousand Oaks," an arboretum campus, is
nestled in historic southeast Nebraska. The state's
first and fastest-growing college, Peru State offers
a unique mix of innovative online and traditional
classroom undergraduate and graduate programs,
including online graduate degrees in education and
organizational management. PSC is a member
institution of the Nebraska State College System.
For more information, visit
www.peru.edu or call
1-800-742-4412.
