WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Freshman Mikayla Aldenderfer (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport Area) tossed her third shutout of the season in game one and picked up her first save in game two to lead the Lycoming College softball team to a non-conference sweep of Elmira College, winning 8-0 in five innings, before taking the nightcap, 3-1, on Wednesday, March 20 at the Shangraw Athletic Complex.
 
Reigning MAC Commonwealth Pitcher of the Week, Aldenderfer (6-1), threw five complete innings, allowing no runs on one hit while striking out six in the first game of the doubleheader. Senior Liz Nace (Perkasie, Pa./Pennridge) (3-0) picked up the win in game two, allowing one run on a scattered five hits in six innings of work before handing the ball over to Aldenderfer in the seventh, who retired the side.
 
In game one, the Warriors (9-1 overall) struck for two runs in the third to break a scoreless tie. Junior Madison Brown (McElhattan, Pa./Central Mountain) and Nace singled and moved up a base after a groundball by sophomore Taylor Gessner (Lewisburg, Pa./Meadowbrook Christian). A single from junior Kayla Kline (Mifflinburg, Pa./Mifflinburg) and a Elmira throwing error scored Brown and Nace.
 
The Warriors broke things open in the bottom of the fourth, bringing nine batters to the plate to tack on six runs to gain an 8-0 advantage. Freshman Morgan Klosko (Kingston, Pa./Wyoming Valley West) doubled and was pinch ran for by freshman Angie King (Cooperstown, Pa./Maplewood), who was driven in by a single from senior Lexie Kovin (Yardley, Pa./Pennsbury). Senior Rachel Duda (Jersey Shore, Pa./Jersey Shore) reached on a fielder's choice and Brown walked to load the bases before an error scored a run. Gessner and junior Darci Warriner (Wellsboro, Pa./Wellsboro) followed with a pair of two RBI singles to round out the scoring.
 
A leadoff single in the fifth broke a span of 12 straight Elmira hitters retired, but that was all the Eagles manufactured as Aldenderfer recorded the final three outs.
 
Seven Warrior players recorded a hit, led by Brown and Kovin, who each finished 2-for-2. Warriner and Gessner each knocked in a pair of runs, while Kline and Kovin added a RBI.
 
Game two was a pitchers duel, as both teams were held scoreless through the first four innings. The Warriors struck first in the fifth to take a 1-0 lead. Klosko led off with a single and was pinch ran for by King, who later scored on a single from freshman Kacee Reitz (Milton, Pa./Milton Area).
 
Elmira scored their lone run in the top of the sixth, but the Warriors immediately answered with two runs to regain the lead. Singles by Nace and Kline sandwiched a sacrifice bunt from Gessner, setting up first and third with one out. Klosko and Kovin each reached on Elmira errors, which scored Kline and Nace.
 
Nace allowed a double to lead off the seventh, but Aldenderfer retired the final three batters to earn the save.
 
Reitz was 1-for-2 with an RBI and Kline added a single to extend her hitting streak to 17 games. Nace, Klosko and Duda also added hits.
 
Mckenzie Slaven allowed one earned run in six innings of work, also going 1-for-3 with an RBI to lead the Eagles.
 
The Warriors are back on the field on Thursday, March 21 for a 3 p.m. doubleheader against non-conference opponent King's (Pa.) College at the Robert L. Betzler Athletic Complex.