WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Junior Rachael Shady (Lock Haven, Pa./Central Mountain) tossed a four-hitter to win her 10^th game of the season to lead the Lycoming College softball team in a twinbill split with Alfred University on Tuesday, April 18, winning the first game 3-1, before falling in the second, 4-1, at the Shangraw Athletic Complex.
 
Shady (10-5) became the fourth pitcher in program history to win 10 games in back-to-back seasons and the first since Holly Lansberry did it in 2010-11, as the junior allowed just six baserunners and one past second base in a 3-1 win in the first game.
 
Shady struck out five in the complete game and also got the benefit of several nice plays in the field. Senior catcher Kelcie Crabb (Millmont, Pa./Mifflinburg) caught a runner stealing in the second. In the sixth, with runners on first and second and no outs, freshman Madison Brown (McElhattan, Pa./Central Mountain) effectively ended a rally by catching a line drive at second base and tagging the runner moving from first base for the double play. In the seventh, freshman Kayla Kline (Mifflinburg, Pa./Mifflinburg Area) picked up a redirected ball in the hole and made a long throw from shortstop for an out.
 
Alfred (14-14 overall) took the lead in the fourth inning, with Liz Thompson leading off with a  single, stealing second, taking third on a wild pitch and scoring on a sac fly.
 
Lycoming rallied in the bottom of the frame, though, as senior Morgan Kunes (Beech Creek, Pa./Central Mountain) led off the frame with a single through the left side before Crabb delivered a 3-2 pitch through the right side to put runners on the corners. Junior Ashley Schoenstadt (Gap, Pa./Pequea Valley) followed with a game-tying single into right field that moved freshman pinch runner Lydia Yorks (Jersey Shore, Pa./Jersey Shore) to third. After a strikeout, sophomore Rachel Duda (Jersey Shore, Pa./Jersey Shore) hit a grounder to third to score Yorks. Junior Samantha Fischer (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport) followed with a line single into center field to score Schoenstadt.
 
Lycoming put a runner on third in the fifth, but that was as close as either team could get to scoring the rest of the game.
 
Brown went 2-for-2, Kunes went 2-for-3 with a run and Schoenstadt went 2-for-3 with a run, RBI and double for the Warriors. Thompson went 2-for-3 with a  run to lead Alfred.
 
Shannon Schaefer (5-5) took the loss for the Saxons, allowing three runs, six hits and a walk in three innings. She struck out three.
 
In the second game, Lycoming was held to three hits, while a three-run third inning rally by Alfred was enough to post a 4-1 win.
 
The Saxons scored a single run in the first, as Thompson singled, stole second and scored on a pair of groundouts. In the third, they added three runs thanks to five hits to get a 4-0 lead.
 
The Warriors got the run back in the bottom of the third, as Kline singled to center to lead off before taking second on an error. She took third on a groundout and scored on another grounder before Kunes singled into center field.
 
Lycoming only got one more runner into scoring position, though, and Alfred reliever Jessica Wilcox struck out the side in the seventh to earn the save.
 
Sophomore Liz Nace (Perkasie, Pa./Pennridge) (4-2) took the loss for Lycoming, allowing four runs and six hits in 2 1/3 innings before sophomore Cayla Treaster (Montoursville, Pa./Montoursville) allowed two hits in 4 2/3 innings of scoreless relief.
 
Jillian Murray (2-2) earned the win for Alfred, allowing three hits and a run in five innings. Wilcox tossed two innings, allowing a walk, to get her first career save.
 
Kline led the Warriors, going 2-for-3 with a run, as she moved her games-reached-base streak to 28. Thompson went 2-for-3 with two runs for Alfred and Haley Powers also added two hits.
 
The Warriors get back in action on Thursday, April 20, when they head to Messiah for a key MAC Commonwealth doubleheader, with first pitch slated for 3:30 p.m.