Softball

Lycoming College 6, Delaware Valley 3 (Game 1 - 9 innings)
Lycoming College 8, Delaware Valley 0 (Game 2 - 5 innings)

DOYLESTOWN (PA) - The Lycoming College softball team snapped a four-game losing streak by sweeping a pair of Freedom Conference games from host Delaware Valley College. The Lady Warriors needed nine innings to post a 6-3 victory in the opener, then blanked the Aggies 8-0 in the nightcap (second game called after five innings due to the eight-run mercy rule).

The two victories upped Lycoming's record to 7-9 overall and 2-4 in the Freedom Conference. Delaware Valley fell to 6-13, 1-5.

Down 3-2 with two outs in the seventh inning of the opener, Aggie pitcher Michelle Smith tied the contest and forced extra innings by drilling a double to right field that scored Amy DeBuck. DeBuck had opened the inning with a single.

Both teams failed to score in the eighth, but the Lady Warriors broke through in the ninth with three runs on three hits and one Delaware Valley error. Jen Shaffer opened with a triple and scored on Jana Reitz's single. Kathryn Kresge delivered a two-out single that scored Shaffer from second. Kresge later scored on an Aggie miscue.

Lycoming pitcher Amanda Gery then got Delaware Valley out in order in the bottom of the ninth for her first win of the year. She allowed just three runs and five hits in nine innings of work. Amy Curry had two RBI to pace the Lady Warriors.

Smith suffered the loss as she allowed six runs (four earned) in nine innings. DeBuck went 2-for-3 with two runs scored while Christine Bowie went 1-for-4 with a two-run double in the third inning that gave Delaware Valley a brief, 2-1 lead.

In the nightcap, Morgan Mantle improved her record to 3-4 as she hurled a four-hit shutout and struck out nine. The lone extra-base hit she allowed was a double by Nicole Bodell in the bottom of the fourth.

Lycoming scored four times in the first inning as five consecutive walks brought home three runs and Kresge added an RBI single. The Lady Warriors upped their advantage with a run in the second and three more in the fifth. Amy Curry went 3-for-3 with three RBIs while Shaffer was 2-for-3 with three runs scored and two RBIs.