LH grad Pierce opens season with victory
Laurel Highlands graduate Mia Pierce earned a victory in the discus competing for Duquesne University this weekend in the 49er Classic at the Irwin Belk Track & Field Center in Charlotte, N.C., to open the outdoor track & field season.
Pierce, a sophomore, won the discus with a throw of 45.56 meters (149-6), which was 0.27 meters short of her personal-best, which is fifth best in program history.
Pierce finished seventh in the javelin after throwing 36.62 meters (120-2).
The Dukes compete in their lone invitational in Pittsburgh next weekend at the CMU Invitational at Gesling Stadium.
Baseball
Allegheny 15, Waynesburg University 0; Allegheny 11, Waynesburg 7 — The Yellow Jackets’ opening series in Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) play wasn’t the most memorable, as conference contender Allegheny swept a doubleheader at the Waynesburg University Baseball & Softball Complex on a rainy Saturday afternoon.
The Gators (7-7, 2-0 PAC) discord five runs in the sixth innings and sixth in the seventh to close out Game 1. Allegheny had 15 hits.
Waynesburg (4-14, 0-2 PAC) had three hits in Game 1, but McGuffey graduate Seth Burgdolt doubled in the first inning.
West Greene graduate Dalton Lucey yielded four earning runs through five innings, but allowed five earned in the sixth before exiting the game. He gave up 10 hits in 5 鈪�.
The Gators had an 11-0 lead in the top of the seventh during Game 2, but the Yellow Jackets battled back to score three runs in the bottom of the frame to cut the deficit to 11-3 and avoid the 10-run mercy rule.
Dalton Mount and Trent Giraffa both doubled in the seventh.
Waynesburg scored four runs in the ninth to cut the final deficit to four.
Kaden Flambard singled in two runs, advanced to second on the throw and third on an error before scoring on a base hit from Mount.
Allegheny turned a double play to end the game with the tying run in the hole.
Burgdolt was 3 for 5 and scored one run. Mount had two hits with an RBI and run scored. Giraffa and Aidan Williams had one RBI and run scored apiece.
The Yellow Jackets return to PAC play on Tuesday at Franciscan.