WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Senior Rachael Shady (Lock Haven, Pa./Central Mountain) struck out seven and left 13 on base, while also adding two hits at the plate, but the Lycoming College softball team fell to King's College, 5-2, in the opener of the doubleheader before dropping the nightcap in nine innings, 7-1, Thursday afternoon, March 22, at the Shangraw Athletic Complex in a non-conference doubleheader.
 
In the twin-bill opener, Lycoming (3-7 overall) took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning as Shady reached base on a one-out single, stole second and sophomore Madison Brown (McElhattan, Pa./Central Mountain) laced a two-out single to center field for the 1-0 advantage. In the top half of the inning, with the bases loaded and behind in the count 3-0, Shady was able to get out of the jam and strand three of her 13 runners on base.
 
King's scored a run in the fourth and fifth innings before Lycoming tied the game in the bottom of the sixth. Junior Cayla Treaster (Williamsport, Pa./Montoursville Area) started the inning with a leadoff double to deep center field. Sophomore Darci Warriner's (Wellsboro, Pa./Wellsboro Area) sacrifice bunt moved her to third. Then a pitch later, Treaster scored on a wild pitch to tie the game at two.
 
The Monarchs, though, scored three runs in the top half of the seventh to take the win.
 
Shady led Lycoming at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a run and Brown also picked up two hits, going 2-for-3 with an RBI. Treaster went 1-for-3 with a double and a run scored.
 
Samantha Bloom earned the win for King's in relief, throwing 6 2/3 innings of six-hit ball. Kelcie Senchak and Megan Beaupre each went 3-for-4 at the plate to lead the Monarchs.
 
In the second game, junior Liz Nace (Perkasie, Pa./Pennridge) was perfect through 3 1/3 innings and allowed two hits and no runs through the first seven, but after the international tiebreaker rule in which a runner is placed on second in extra innings, King's scored a run in the seventh and six in the ninth to put the game away.
 
The Warriors fell behind 1-0 in the top of the eight, but after being placed on second to start, Warriner advanced to third on a wild pitch and scored on junior Lexie Kovin's (Yardley, Pa./Pennsbury) single to tie the game at one. Shady hit a fly ball to the warning track, nearly winning the game for the Warriors with two outs in the inning.
 
In the ninth, King's used five hits to score six times.
 
Nicole Kirse earned the win for King's, allowing two hits and striking out four in the complete game. Mackenzie Yori went 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI and Lexi Wolk picked up two hits for the Monarchs.
 
The Warriors return to action on Saturday, March 24, when they host Albright College in a MAC Commonwealth doubleheader at 1 p.m. at the Shangraw Athletic Complex.