MORGANTOWN — Julianna King was near royalty on the mound Monday at Mylan Park.
Steubenville’s pitcher hurled a one-hit shutout and the Big Red took advantage of seven University High errors in route to a 16-0 victory.
The Hawks showed their youth, with nearly half of their 13 players either freshmen or sophomores.
The game was stopped after five innings due to the mercy rule.
The Big Red jumped in front early when Sena Smith singled up the middle to open the scoring. The Hawks would only allow one run in the first, but struggled against the strong pitching of King, who also struck out 11, while walking only one.
The Hawks (7-5) lone hit came on a single by senior Meysa Heitmann in the second inning. However, three straight strikeouts from King ended any chance of UHS gaining momentum.
Paige Matteson went 3 for 4 with three RBIs to lead Steubenville and Smith also drove in three runs.
Errors plagued the Hawks as they tallied seven of them, something UHS don’t typically do.
“This game doesn’t define the team that we are. We have never made the errors we made tonight. Their pitcher was definitely the best we have faced this season,” UHS head coach Mindy Parks said. “I’m hopeful that they will bounce back and be the team that they are capable of being for tomorrow night.”
The Hawks will meet crosstown rival Morgantown at 5 p.m. today at Mylan Park.
STEUBENVILLE 1 4 5 0 6 – 16 10 0
UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 1 7
SHS
Julianna King 3 2 1 1 Gracie Bowman 4 2 1 2 Paige Matteson 4 2 3 3 Sena Smith 4 0 2 3 Amaria Swearengen 5 0 0 0 Adrianna Brown 3 1 1 0 Gia Bowman 3 2 1 0 Hiliary Rauch 2 2 0 0 Caitlin Lukacena 2 1 0 0
UHS (7-4)
Anna Argabrite 2 0 0 0 Lauren Huebsch 2 0 0 0 Ally Jansen 2 0 0 0 Autumn Stemple 1 0 0 0 Meysa Heitmann 2 0 1 0 Ashlynn Weaver 1 0 0 0 Paige Conrad 1 0 0 0 Allyssa Spadafore 1 0 0 0 Riley Alexander 1 0 0 0 Kaylee Riffle 1 0 0 0
Baseball
University 9, Wheeling Park 5
WHEELING — Aaron Forbes went 2 for 3 with a home run and four RBIs to lead the Hawks.
On the day, University had 10 hits in support of Kyle Wyatt’s complete-game effort on the mound.
Wenkai Campbell and Chase Edwards also added two hits for the Hawks and Campbell also drove in two runs.
After falling behind 2-0, UHS scored four runs in the third and five runs in the fourth to seal the outcome.
Wyatt pitched all seven innings and allowed eight hits and four earned runs, while walking just one.
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