NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – Senior Kayla Kline (Mifflinburg, Pa./Mifflinburg) hit a game-tying three-run triple in the seventh and senior Darci Warriner (Wellsboro, Pa./Wellsboro) hit a walk-off winner in the eighth to lift the Lycoming College softball team to a dramatic 5-4 extra-inning win over Norwich to highlight a sweep on the team's second day at the North Myrtle Beach Park and Sports Complex. In the second game, the team used a four-run first inning to propel it to a 10-1 five-inning win over Penn State Abington.
 
Down 4-0 against Norwich, the Warriors rallied in the bottom of the seventh, with junior Lydia Yorks (Jersey Shore, Pa./Jersey Shore) starting the rally with a single into right with one out. Senior Madison Brown (McElhatten, Pa./Central Mountain) and Warriner followed with opposite field singles to load the bases before junior Taylor Gessner (Lewisburg, Pa./Meadowbrook Christian) blooped a single into center to score a run. Kline tied the game in the next at bat, drilling a triple into right center that rolled to the fence.
 
Freshman Payton Whary (Coal Township, Pa./Shamokin Area) threw a perfect top of the eighth, getting Lycoming back to the plate, where sophomore Kacee Reitz (Milton, Pa./Milton Area) walked to lead off before Whary and Yorks both reached on sacrifice bunts that didn't yield outs to load the bases. After a flyout, Warriner blasted the first pitch she saw past a diving shortstop for the win over the Cadets (2-2 overall), who reached the GNAC Tournament in 2019.
 
After five scoreless innings, where both teams left two runners stranded at third, the Cadets scored four runs in the top of the sixth, using a walk, two errors and two hits to score the runs, with Sydney Parkhurst delivering the big blow with a two-run single.
 
Lycoming had 12 hits in the game, as the 2-3-4 hitters went 6-for-11 with two runs and five RBI, as Warriner, Gessner and Kline each had two hits. Yorks also went 2-for-3 with a run.
 
Dara Kelly and Parkhurst each had two hits for the Cadets.
 
Sophomore Angie King (Cooperstown, Pa./Maplewood) threw 5 1/3 innings, allowing five hits, three walks and two earned runs. She struck out three. In relief, Whary tossed 2 2/3 innings, allowing one hit to take the win. Brittan Vandergroef took the loss for the Cadets, allowing 12 hits, five runs, four walks and four strikeouts.
 
The Warriors scored in all four frames of the second game en route to the run-rule shortened 10-1 win over Penn State Abington.
 
Whary (3-1) allowed four hits and one run in four innings to earn the win, as she walked and struck out one.
 
The 2-through-5 batters went 7-for-11 with eight runs and three RBI to power the team, with Warriner going 2-for-2 with two runs and a triple, Gessner going 2-for-3 with two runs, Kline going 1-for-3 with two runs and a RBI and freshman Morgan Wetzel (Mill Hall, Pa./Central Mountain) going 2-for-3 with two runs, a double and two RBI. King went 2-for-3 with two RBI out of the eight spot in the order as well.
 
The Warriors got going in the first when Warriner reached on a walk with one out. After a fielder's choice, Kline doubled down the line before Wetzel singled when a shorthop at third hit the bag. After a pair of walks loaded the bases, King singled into center and Reitz drew a walk to drive in a run.
 
The Warriors added another three runs in the second, using singles from Warriner and Gessner to propel the three-run inning. In the third, a triple from Warriner led to her scoring on a single by Gessner to get back a run that Norwich scored in the top of the inning. In the fourth, Wetzel led off with a double and after a groundout and walk, King doubled down the line to score a run. A wild pitch helped the last run score.
 
Freshman Kaleigh Kinley (Bellefonte, Pa./Bald Eagle Area) threw a scoreless fifth to secure the run-rule win.
 
Mary Kate Smith (0-1) took the loss for the Lions, as she allowed three hits, four walks and four runs in 2/3 innings. She led the team at the plate with two of the team's five hits.
 
The Warriors get back on the field on Thursday, March 10, as they face Lancaster Bible at 1:30 p.m. and Greenville University at 5:30 p.m. at the North Myrtle Beach Park and Sports Complex.