Chatham Softball Drops Both VS. Penn State Beaver

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 BEAVER, Pa - March 24th, 2016 -- The Chatham University Softball team traveled to Beaver County yesterday afternoon to take on Penn State Beaver in a double header. The Cougars still looking to earn their first win of the season, fell to Penn State Beaver in both games by scores of 7-2 and 4-2.

The first game began at 3:00 yesterday afternoon, and the Cougars jumped out to an early lead scoring one run in the top of the first inning. The Penn State Beaver bats however would come alive in the bottom of the third inning, and would rally to score five runs. Chatham would then lead off the top of the fourth inning with a solo home run by Sophomore Kasandra Petersen (Faribault, Minn. / Benilde-St. Margaret's), making the score 5-2 in favor of Penn State Beaver. However, from there on out Penn State Beaver would take control of the game, tacking on two more runs in the sixth inning, and would end up winning the first game by a score of 7-2. Senior Leigha Pehrson (Mt. Pleasant, Pa. / Mount Pleasant) would end the first game with 2 hits of her own, and have 1 RBI. First Year Katelyn Gonos (Kent, Ohio / Theodore Roosevelt) would go 2-3 at the plate, with one of her hits being a double.

The second game of the double header yesterday started around 5:00 p.m. Chatham would come out immediately and score two runs in the top half of the first inning, but Beaver would get one run back in the bottom half of the first. Chatham's offense however would not be able to produce any more runs after that, and Penn State Beaver would rally in the fourth inning, scoring three runs, and would win by a final score of 4-2. Senior Leigha Pehrson would have three hits in the game, and score one of the two runs.

The Chatham University Softball team will have the weekend off, but will return to the field on Monday, March 28th when they host the Celtics from Carlow University in a double header beginning at 3:00 p.m. up on Varsity Field. This will be the first time the Cougars play home this season.

For more information on the Chatham University Softball team, please visit the official website of Chatham Athletics; http://www.gochathamcougars.com .

About Chatham Athletics
Chatham University in Pittsburgh, PA is a member of the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) and offers nine Division III women's sports and seven men's sports. The athletic program is housed on Chatham's historic and beautiful Shadyside Campus in the $18 million, 74,000 square foot Athletic and Fitness Center (AFC). Chatham Cougar athletes excel on the field and in the classroom, as illustrated by recent accomplishments such as 18 fall student athletes being selected to the 2015 Presidents' Athletic Conference Academic Honor Roll.

Women's sports at Chatham include basketball, cross country, ice hockey, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, track & field, and volleyball. Chatham will add women's lacrosse beginning play in 2017-2018. Chatham has added five new men's sports in the 2015-2016 academic year: baseball, basketball, cross country, swimming & diving, track & field. Chatham will add two more men's varsity sports beginning play in 2017-2018; ice hockey and lacrosse.

For more information, call 1-800-837-1290 or visit www.gochathamcougars.com

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Players Mentioned

#13 Katelyn Gonos: IF/P; 6' 2"; Freshman

#21 Leigha Pehrson: IF/P; 5' 7"; Senior

#22 Kasandra Petersen: IF; 5' 8"; Sophomore

Players Mentioned

#13 Katelyn Gonos
: 6' 2"; Freshman
: IF/P

#21 Leigha Pehrson
: 5' 7"; Senior
: IF/P

#22 Kasandra Petersen
: 5' 8"; Sophomore
: IF

Players Mentioned

#13 Katelyn Gonos

#21 Leigha Pehrson

#22 Kasandra Petersen

Players Mentioned

#13 Katelyn Gonos

#21 Leigha Pehrson

#22 Kasandra Petersen