Gannon University Athletics - Dragon Tosses Perfect Game as Gannon Softball Team Wins Two of Three Fall Games

Dragon Tosses Perfect Game as Gannon Softball Team Wins Two of Three Fall Games

Chastity Guerrero drove in Gannon's first run while Megan Dragon tossed a perfect game during a 4-0 victory against Washington & Jefferson.

Dan Teliski, Director of Athletic Media Relations

10/5/2009 10:26:40 AM

AKRON, Ohio - The Gannon softball team completed their fall season with a 2-1 record Sunday afternoon at the Breast Cancer Awareness Tournament in Akron, Ohio. The Lady Knights fell to Bethany (6-2), before shutting out Penn State Beaver (8-0) and Washington & Jefferson (4-0). Freshman Megan Dragon tossed a perfect game against the Presidents, striking out 17 of 19 battters during a time-limited shortened game.

Sunday, October 4 - Breast Cancer Awareness Tournament

Game One (Runs-Hits-Errors)
Gannon 2-5-3
Bethany 6-7-1

Losing Pitcher: Kelsey Brickman.

Game Two (Runs-Hits-Errors)
Penn State Beaver 0-3-3
Gannon 8-7-0

Winning Pitcher: Erica Bartholow (3 innings, 0 runs, 1 hit, 3 k's)
Highlights: Katie Killian allowed no runs on two hits in two innings of relief work, striking out four / Sam Scott was 2-4 / game was called after 5 1/2 innings due to a time limit.

Game Three (Runs-Hits-Errors)
Washington & Jefferson 0-0-2
Gannon 4-6-0

Winning Pitcher: Megan Dragon (6 innings, 0 runs, 0 hits, 17 k's)
Highlights: Dragon tossed a perfect game, striking out 17 of 19 batters / Dragon struck out the first 10 batters of the game / Washington & Jefferson's only contact was a foul out and ground out to third base / Gannon scored the winning run in the fourth inning when Casee Piquet and Carol Kienzl had singles / Castity Guerrero then had a two-out, RBI single / game called after 6 1/3 innings due to a time limit.

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Athletes of the Week

Greg Radwan

Baseball

Radwan earned two of the Gannon baseball team's four victories last weekend in Winter Haven, Florida. The senior righthander went 2-0 with a 1.93 earned run average in two starts. He allowed only three earned runs while tossing two complete games. Radwan struck out 17 compared to only four walks. The Farnham, N.Y., native limited the opposition to a .226 average. He was even tougher in clutch situations, limited hitters to a .154 (4-26) average with runners on base. Radwan began the week with an 8-1 victory over Hillsdale, striking out 10 and walking two. During a victory against Findlay, he allowed two earned runs on five hits, striking out seven and walking two.

Tiffany Crocker

Women's Basketball

Crocker led the No. 1 Gannon women's basketball team to its first-ever Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championship last weekend at the Hammermill Center. The Lady Knights won the tournament with victories over Edinboro (81-67), Kutztown (81-65) and California (Pa.) (77-68). Crocker was named PSAC Tournament Most Valuable Player after averaging 15.7 points, 7.3 assists, 4.7 rebounds and 2.7 steals in three games. She scored a career-high 27 points against Cal in the PSAC title game, including 22 in the second half. Crocker narrowly missed her second career double-double with nine assists. The Dublin, Ohio native was 7-of-11 from the field, 3-of-5 from three-point range and 10-of-10 from the free throw line. She began the week with 16 points, seven rebounds and six assists against Edinboro in the quarterfinals. Crocker had four points, seven rebounds and seven assists against Kutztown in the semifinals. In all, she dished out 22 assists compared to 10 turnovers in 114 minutes during the tourney.

The Gannon athletic department is in the midst of a fabulous winter campaign. Which Gannon team will finish highest at their respective national championship? (Note all national rankings are as of February 8)

No. 3 Gannon Women's Basketball Team
Gannon Men's Basketball Team
No. 8 Gannon Wrestling Team
No. 6 Gannon Women's Swimming & Diving Team
No. 23 Gannon Men's Swimming & Diving Team

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