WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Freshman Kayla Kline (Mifflinburg, Pa./Mifflinburg) extended her hitting streak to 24 games and tied the school's single-season hits record for the Lycoming College softball team, which ended a 15-year drought against Lebanon Valley College, posting a 12-4 win in the nightcap to split a MAC Commonwealth doubleheader after falling 7-1 in the first game at the Shangraw Athletic Complex on Thursday, April 13.
 
Kline, who now has a tie for the 28^th-longest hitting streak in Division III history, extended the streak with a sixth-inning single in the first game before going 2-for-4 with three runs in the second game, tying the school record for hits with a fourth-inning triple to left center. She tied the mark set by Jeanine Evans (1999) and Jess Nabholz (2010).
 
Senior Morgan Kunes (Beech Creek, Pa./Central Mountain) also had a monster second game, going 3-for-4 with a homer, a double and four RBI, helping Lycoming to break its 24-game losing streak to Lebanon Valley in a 12-4 five-inning win to cap the doubleheader.
 
Kunes' four RBIs give her 29 on the season, just one shy of the school record of 30 set by Susan Leuthner in 1996, while her first-inning two-run homer to center field tied her with Amy Cline '13 for second in school history with nine round trippers in a career.
 
The Warriors (16-8 overall, 5-5 MAC Commonwealth) jumped out to a 2-0 lead thanks to Kunes' two-out homer after Kline singled to right to start the inning. Lebanon Valley (18-10 overall, 7-5 MAC Commonwealth) responded with three runs in the top of the second, but the Flying Dutchmen's lead was short-lived.
 
Lycoming scored seven runs in the bottom of the second to take a 9-3 lead. Junior Rachel Duda (Jersey Shore, Pa./Jersey Shore) started the inning with a single up the middle before Kline reached on an error and freshman Madison Brown (McElhattan, Pa./Central Mountain) loaded the bases with a bunt single. Junior Rachael Shady (Lock Haven, Pa./Central Mountain) followed with a RBI single up the middle before Kunes drove a double into the gap to score two runs. Senior Kelcie Crabb (Millmont, Pa./Mifflinburg) followed by being hit by a pitch to load the bases and junior Ashley Schoenstadt (Gap, Pa./Pequea Valley) singled down the left field line that scored one run before another runner was thrown out at home. Sophomore Liz Nace (Perkasie, Pa./Pennridge) walked and a wild pitch and error allowed both Crabb and Schoenstadt to score. Nace reached third on a wild pitch and after a walk, she scored on a groundout to conclude the inning's scoring.
 
Lycoming tacked on another run in the third, as Shady reached on a one-out error, took second on a two-out walk by Crabb and scored on a single and an error to left from Schoenstadt. The Warriors ensured the quick end to the game in the fifth, as sophomore Lexie Kovin (Yardley, Pa./Pennsbury) singled through the right side to lead off. After a popout, Kline delivered a triple into the left-center field gap to score Kovin. After a lineout, Shady singled to right center to make it 12-3.
 
Nace shut down the Dutchmen in the fifth after they scored a run off three hits, as she got a pair of popouts to end the game with runners on first and second.
 
Kline finished 2-for-4 with three runs and an RBI, Shady went 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs and Schoenstadt went 3-for-3 with a run and RBI, as Lycoming wrapped 13 hits in the game.
 
Sammy Bost went 2-for-2 with a run, a double and two RBI to lead the Dutchmen and Savannah Toth went 2-for-3 with a run.
 
Nace (4-0) earned the win, allowing eight hits and four runs in the five-inning complete game. She walked one and struck out two. Alexa Windsor (6-5) took the loss, allowing seven earned runs and eight hits in 1 1/3 innings. She walked three and struck out two.
 
In the first game, Lebanon Valley used a four-run seventh inning to break open the game and post a 7-1 win behind a three-hitter from Madeline Abbott.
 
Abbott (11-3) struck out five and walked three for the Dutchmen, as she held off a sixth-inning rally that left two runners on to secure the win.
 
Down 3-0 after Lebanon Valley scored a run in the first and two in the fourth, Lycoming got started with a single by Kline in the sixth inning. After a sac bunt, Shady and Kunes both walked to load the bases with one out. Crabb followed with sac fly, but another flyout ended the threat.
 
The Dutchmen used four hits in the top of the seventh, though, to post four runs and break open the game.
 
Shady (8-5) took the loss, allowing 10 hits and seven runs in 6 1/3 innings. She walked four and struck out four.
 
The Warriors get back in action on Friday, April 14, when they head to Susquehanna University for the Cancer Awareness Cup, starting the doubleheader at 3 p.m.