NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – With no outs in the bottom of the fifth, senior
Kayla Kline (Mifflinburg, Pa./Mifflinburg Area) ripped an RBI double to score senior
Darci Warriner (Wellsboro, Pa./Wellsboro Area) and freshman
Morgan Wetzel (Bellefonte, Pa./Bald Eagle Area) singled to score junior
Taylor Gessner (Lewisburg, Pa./Meadowbrook Christian) from third as the Lycoming College softball team walked away from the North Myrtle Beach Sports Complex with a 12-4 win over Dean College, after falling short against Greenville, 5-4, in the first game at the Fast Pitch Dreams Classic.
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Wetzel led the Warriors with four hits, three doubles and six RBIs in the two games.
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Sophomore
Angie King (Cooperstown, Pa./Maplewood) had five strikeouts in her five innings of work against Dean to improve to 2-0.
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Leading 5-3, Lycoming (6-2 overall) added five runs in the bottom of the fourth inning, as the Warriors batted around. Warriner hit a single down the left field line before Kline and Wetzel hit back-to-back doubles, Wetzel scored both Warriner and Kline. King's single to center drove in Wetzel, a walk and error in senior
Lydia Yorks' (Jersey Shore, Pa./Jersey Shore Area) at-bat allowed freshman
Madalyn Bechdel (Beech Creek, Pa./Central Mountain) and King to score for a 10-3 lead. Dean scooted a run across in the top of the fifth inning before the Warriors capped a winning week with two runs in the bottom of the inning.
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Ali Nelson went 2-for-3 with a double, run and RBI to lead the Bulldogs (4-3 overall).
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In game one, Greenville (7-4 overall) scored three runs in the first inning and an Emma Deters' solo home run in the second to gain a 4-0 advantage. Greenville tacked on another run in the fifth on a sac fly.
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Lycoming answered with four runs in the sixth inning, as Wetzel's two-run double scored Warriner and senior
Madison Brown (McElhattan, Pa./Central Mountain) and sophomore
Morgan Christine (Reigelsville, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic) hit a double to deep center to score Wetzel and Gessner.
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With runners on the corners in the seventh inning, Maegan Stone got a popup to end the game and earned the save. Morgan Wendling earned the win, going five innings and giving up three hits.
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