FREDERICK, Md. – Sophomore Kelcie Crabb (Millmont, Pa./Mifflinburg) hit a 3-run homer in the first inning of the second game to help pace the Lycoming College softball team during a 16-hit attack as it posted an 11-5 win to salvage a split with Hood College after falling 8-7 in eight innings in the first game to open its Commonwealth Conference season on Monday afternoon, March 23.
 
Lycoming jumped out with five runs in the top of the first inning, knocking six hits in the inning. Freshman Heather Secord (Elizabethtown, Pa./Elizabethtown Area) led off the inning with a single before senior Katie Pugh (Sykesville, Md./Century) reached on a catcher's interference call, setting up junior Kristi Weaver (Milton, Pa./Milton Area), who delivered a two-RBI double into the left-center gap.
 
Lycoming kept rolling, as senior Nikki Marianelli (Old Forge, Pa./Old Forge Area) delivered a single through the left side before a strikeout set up Crabb, who delivered a three-run one-out blast to dead center field.
 
The Blazers closed the gap in the fourth inning, as Ashley Fourcade hit a three-run homer to right field to make it 5-3. Lycoming answered back in the fifth, as sophomore Morgan Kunes (Beech Creek, Pa./Central Mountain) reached on a single before moving to third on two groundouts, setting up an RBI single from senior Caroline Lapano (Harrisburg, Pa./Trinity).
 
Lycoming scored four more in the sixth to break open the game, bashing five hits in the inning. Freshman Rachael Shady (Lock Haven, Pa./Central Mountain) started the rally with a double. After a strikeout, Secord singled up the middle, setting up a single through the left side by Kunes to drive in Shady. An error helped Secord score before Marianelli singled to load the bases. Lapano followed with an infield single to score a run and a wild pitch helped the fourth run score.
 
Hood's Kayli Paugh homered in the bottom of the inning to make it 10-4. Lycoming added one more in the seventh inning, as junior Chelsey Poorman (Bellefonte, Pa./Bald Eagle Area) singled to lead off before Secord doubled to center field. After an error to center field and a line out, Poorman scored on a sac fly. Hood rounded out the scoring with two hits that helped lead to a run in the bottom of the inning.
 
Secord went 3-for-5 with two runs and Kunes, Marianelli, Lapano, Crabb, Shady and Poorman each posted two hits. Weaver posted two runs and two RBI, Kunes added two runs and Lapano notched two RBI. Crabb finished with a double, a homer and three RBI.
 
Lapano (4-0) pitched a complete game, allowing 10 hits and four earned runs. She struck out four. Sophia Leaman (0-5) took the loss, allowing 14 hits and seven earned runs. She struck out five.
 
In the first game, the Warriors took an early 5-0 lead, but Hood came back to take the lead before eventually edging out the Warriors, 7-6, in eight innings.
 
Lycoming tied the game at six in the top of the fifth inning, using a one-out single down the left field line by Shady with the bases loaded to tie the game, but Hood threw out the second runner trying to score to end the rally.
 
In the bottom of the eighth, the Blazers scratched a run across thanks to two Lycoming errors that put runners on second and third before Kristen Scott delivered an RBI single to left field.
 
Lycoming took a 2-0 lead in the top of the second inning, thanks to two hits and a walk. Marianelliled off with a single through the right side before Crabb drew a walk. After a fielder's choice, junior Dominique Thomas (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport Area) delivered a double into left center to score a run. A groundout brought in another run.
 
Lycoming added three more runs thanks to two hits, a walk and three errors in the third inning. Junior Elisa Novak (Ambler, Pa./Germantown Academy) reached on a bunt single before an error on an attempted sacrifice helped Pugh reach second. Another error helped Weaver reach base to load the bases and after a fielder's choice cut a runner down at home, Crabb walked in a run and Lapano delivered a sac fly to right field. Thomas followed with an RBI infield single off a diving third baseman's glove.
 
The Blazers fought back, though, scoring four runs on four hits and an error in the third before taking the lead on a two-run homer by Sophia Leaman in the bottom of the fourth.
 
Lycoming tied the game in the next inning, with Lapano singling through the left side to lead off. After a fielder's choice, junior Ashley Burger (Montoursville, Pa./Montoursville Area) drew a walk. A wild pitch moved the runners up before Kunes reached on an infield single to load the bases, setting up Shady's liner down the line.
 
Weaver and Marianelli finished the game 2-for-5 with a run and Thomas went 2-for-4 with a  double, a run and two RBI to lead the Warriors.
 
Kristy Erfurdt led the Blazers, going 3-for-4, and Kelsey Ritner went 3-for-3 with two runs and Scott went 2-for-5 with a run and RBI.
 
Shady (0-1) took the loss for the Warriors, going three inning in relief and allowing four hits and an unearned run. She walked one and struck out two. Beth Laque (1-1) earned the win for Hood, allowing three earned runs and 11 hits in the complete game. She walked three and struck out three.
 
The Warriors get back on the field on Thursday, March 26, when they head to York for a 3 p.m. non-conference doubleheader.