bolyea at second base 2026 season opener
Nate Kurtz
7
Point Park PPUSB 1-6
8
Winner California (PA) CAL-S 3-6
Point Park PPUSB
1-6
7
Final
8
California (PA) CAL-S
3-6
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Point Park PPUSB 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 7 11 5
California (PA) CAL-S 1 0 3 0 0 3 1 8 12 2

W: Nidoh, Megan (1-0) L: Julia Johnson (1-3)

2
California (PA) CAL-S 3-7
8
Winner Glenville State GSUSB26 0
California (PA) CAL-S
3-7
2
Final
8
Glenville State GSUSB26
0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
California (PA) CAL-S 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 8 1
Glenville State GSUSB26 2 4 0 0 1 1 X 8 7 1

W: Maci Boggess (0-0) L: Bielecki, Autumn (1-3)

Game Recap: Softball | | Matthew Kifer, Director of Athletic Communication

Softball splits on opening day in Florida

Four players tally multi-hit games against Point Park; Hollerich delivers walk-off double in the 7th

BARTOW, Fla. (March 9) – The California (PA) softball team posted a split on Monday afternoon while opening play at THE Spring Games against a pair of fellow Atlantic Region programs, earning an 8-7 walk-off victory over Point Park before dropping an 8-2 contest to Glenville State.

VS POINT PARK
• The Pioneers (1-6) and Vulcans were meeting for the first time since Point Park joined NCAA Division II.
• Cal scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth to tie the score before senior shortstop Jenna Hollerich delivered a walk-off RBI double to score freshman right fielder Savanna Benish from second base, 8-7.
• Sophomore third baseman Makayla Jerin posted three hits and four RBI, while sophomore second baseman Amarah McCutcheon finished with two hits and two runs scored.
• Benish and freshman left fielder Indyana Bolyea both collected two hits and one run scored in the victory.
• The Vulcans scored on two errors in the first and added three runs in the third inning to claim a 4-3 lead.
• Point Park responded in the top of the fifth with four runs (three unearned) to seize a 7-4 advantage.
• Cal mounted a two-out rally in the sixth by loading the bases on two singles and a walk before Jerin delivered a three-run, game-tying double.
• Senior Megan Nidoh earned the victory after working 2.1 innings of scoreless relief without surrendering a hit.

VS GLENVILLE STATE
• The Pioneers (11-3) finished last year with 36 overall victories, their most since the 2013 campaign.
• Glenville State scored twice in the first before shortstop Delany Warnick belted a grand slam with two outs in the bottom of the second, 6-0.
• In the sixth, McCutcheon lined a two-out triple and scored on a single by Jerin.
• The Vulcans added a run on a fielder's choice in the seventh after senior Lakyn Blackburn led off the inning with a pinch-hit double.
• Freshman Autumn Bielecki (1-3) suffered the loss after surrendering six runs (all earned) on five hits and three walks in 1.2 innings.
• Bolyea logged 3.1 innings of relief and allowed one run (earned) on one hit and five walks.

NEXT
• Cal returns to action in Florida tomorrow, Tuesday, March 10, when it faces McKendree (IL) and Northwood (MI) with play starting at 10 a.m.
 
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