Lady Barons Struggle in Spring Break Matches

The Lady Barons traveled to Florida for a series of matches over the course of the university's spring break.  They played six matches over the course of three days of competition, but were unable to win any of the games.

Their first contest was against Keene State College of New Hampshire.  The Lady Barons struggled in their first game of the season, losing 8-0.

The next game of the day was against Morrisville State College of New York.  The Lady Barons showed more of an offensive spark in this game, and they managed to score three runs in a 13-3 loss.  Katie Quitney led Franciscan with 1 hits and 1 RBI.

On the second day of competition, the Lady Barons fell to Philadelphia Biblical University, 16-1.  Later in the day, they lost again to Franklin Pierce University from New Hampshire, 8-0.

The final day of competition was equally difficult for the Lady Barons, as they lost to Midland Luthern College, 8-0, and to Bethel University, 13-0. 

Coach Gutowski felt that the spring break competition in Florida was an extremely positive experience for her team.  "It was a lot of fun, the girls had a great time," she said.  "We were playing against teams that were massive and composed mainly of upper-classmen, but our girls held their own.  Even though the scores looked like we were dominated, that was not the case---the games were closer than the scores would indicate.  We did have a lot of errors, but, if you take out the errors, we were right there with them."

The Lady Barons (0-6) have a home double-header against Chatham University Tuesday night at 3:30 p.m.