WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Freshman catcher Isabella Gackenbach (Easton, Pa./Easton Area) singled in two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and threw out the tying run trying to steal second in the seventh to lead the Lycoming College softball team to a 3-2 come-from-behind victory over MAC Commonwealth foe Lebanon Valley College in the nightcap of a doubleheader on Saturday, April 6, at the Shangraw Athletic Complex. Lycoming fell in game one, 3-0.
 
The Warriors (13-7 overall, 2-4 MAC Commonwealth) trailed 2-0 going into the bottom of the sixth inning when junior Kayla Kline (Mifflinburg, Pa./Mifflinburg Area) started the rally by powering a single into left field to lead off the fram. Freshman Morgan Klosko (Kingston, Pa./Wyoming Valley West) followed suit to set up first and second and junior Darci Warriner (Wellsboro, Pa./Wellsboro) singled up the middle to score Kline, while Klosko and Warriner each moved up a bag after the hit kicked off the center fielder. An out on the next play brought Gackenbach to the dish, where she hit the game-winning single with a liner into left center to plate Klosko and Warriner.
 
After a leaping full-extension grab by Kline to start the seventh, freshman Mikayla Aldenderfer (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport Area) allowed the tying run to reach with one out in the inning, but Gackenbach threw a strike to second to diminish the stolen base attempt.
 
Aldenderfer (8-4) allowed a single during the ensuing at bat, but fielded a comebacker to the mound cleanly for the final out to earn the victory. The freshman allowed two runs, one of them earned, in seven innings of work, to earn her team-leading eighth win of the season.
 
Gackenbach was 2-for-3 with two RBI in the victory. Kline and Warriner each finished 2-for-3 with a run scored, with Warriner adding an RBI. Klosko added a hit and a run scored.
 
Alison Noga notched two hits and drove in both of the Flying Dutchmen (14-12 overall, 5-3 MAC Commonwealth) runs to lead the offense.
 
Lexi Windsor was tagged with the loss in her second full game of work, throwing six innings, allowing three runs on seven hits and striking out five.
 
In game one, the Warriors scattered seven hits but left eight runners on base and Lebanon Valley used a three-run fourth inning to seal the victory.
 
Senior Liz Nace (Perkasie, Pa./Pennridge) took the loss, allowing three runs on six hits in seven innings of work. Windsor earned the victory, throwing seven of her 13 innings on the day.
 
Junior Madison Brown (McElhattan, Pa./Central Mountain) and Nace each finished 2-for-4 to lead the Warrior offense.
 
Alison Noga was 2-for-3 with an RBI and Robin Feaster was 1-for-3 with two RBI to lead the Flying Dutchmen.
 
The Warriors are back on the field on Sunday, April 7, when they head to Albright College for a 1 p.m. MAC Commonwealth doubleheader.