Freshman Katie Boyd's towering blast in game one gave her a share of the ASU single-season home run record (Photo: Tim Richardson) Softball, East Tennessee St. (Game 1), April 9: Game statistics Softball, East Tennessee St. (Game 2), April 9: Game statistics

Softball Splits Doubleheader with ETSU, Wins Opener 4-3, Falls in Finale 2-0
by ASU Sports Information

April 9, 2008 - Boone, N.C. – Appalachian State softball snapped a four game losing streak on Wednesday afternoon against ETSU. The Mountaineers split the midweek doubleheader with the Lady Bucs, taking the opener 4-3 before falling 2-0 in the finale. Appalachian notches their fifth win of the season to improve to 5-23 on the season while ETSU falls to 20-26.

Freshman Katie Boyd (Walkertown, N.C.) put the Mountaineers on top in the third inning with her seventh home run of the season. The bomb was her fourth of the season, tying her for the single season school record with Keri Blackwelder. Boyd had a strong game, hitting 3-for-3 with two runs scored and two RBI and a stolen base.

The Lady Bucs tied the game up in the fifth before ASU posted three more runs in the fifth. Junior Andrea McIntyre (Christiansburg, Va.) scored first in the frame off a hard double by Boyd. Junior Brittany Gaston (Roswell, Ga.) pushed Boyd across to extend the lead to 3-1 with a single. Junior Stephanie Long (Durham, N.C.) plated Gaston later in the inning for ASU’s final run of the frame.

ETSU scored two in the final inning, but Appalachian was able to hold on to score the win. Junior Yancy Moose earned the win to improve to 2-8 on the season. She scattered five hits and allowed three runs. Moose walked only one batter and struck out five.

In the second game, ETSU’s starter handcuffed the Mountaineers. The Lady Bucs dominated the Apps for a three hit shutout.

Junior Ashley Gaston (Roswell, Ga.) notched ASU’s first hit of the game in the fifth inning with a double off the centerfield wall. She was followed by freshman Morgan Price (Kannapolis, N.C.) who accounted for the second Mountaineer hit. Boyd scored the other Appalachian hit by way of a single in the sixth inning.

Junior Kayla Richardson suffered the loss, falling to 3-11 on the season allowing only two runs. ETSU had 11 hits in the game but left 12 runners on base. Richardson fanned four batters and walked two in the game.

Appalachian returns to action this Saturday on the road at Furman. The three game set starts Saturday at 1 p.m.