NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – Sophomore Kylie Russell (Jersey Shore, Pa./Jersey Shore Area) and junior Morgan Wetzel (Mill Hall, Pa./Central Mountain) led the Lycoming College softball team with four hits a piece on the team's second day at the North Myrtle Beach Sports Complex, which fell to Division II Franklin Pierce, 5-2, and Mount Aloysius, 8-7, in eight innings, on Tuesday afternoon, March 15.
 
Russell led the Warriors with three runs and three hits against Mount Aloysius (2-3 overall), but Whitney Cole hit a double down the line to lift Mount Aloysius to an 8-7 eight-inning win.
 
The Warriors tied the game in the top of the seventh, as senior Morgan Klosko (Kingston, Pa./Wyoming Valley West) singled into right to lead off before first-year Jacqueline Snyder (Cogan Station, Pa./Williamsport Area) came in as a pinch runner and took second on a wild pitch, third on a sacrifice and scored on a two-out wild pitch.
 
First-year pitcher Avery Eiswerth (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport Area) left the winning run stranded at second in the seventh. In the top of the eighth, the Warriors left a runner stranded at third after three groundouts and Mount Aloysius won when Cole doubled down the line to send in the inherited runner at second at the top of the frame in the bottom of the inning.
 
The Warriors jumped out with a pair of runs in the first inning, as Russell led off with a triple before sophomore Kylie Segraves (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport Area) singled off a diving shortstop. Two batters later, Klosko drove Segraves in with a single to right-center. Lycoming added three more runs in the second, with Russell starting the rally with a single with one out . After a lineout, back-to-back-to-back singles from junior Kacee Reitz (Milton, Pa./Milton Area), Wetzel and Klosko brought in the three runs.
 
The Mounties made it 5-3 in the bottom of the second, but Russell started a rally in the fourth with an infield single. Segraves followed with a single and Russell scored on a groundout to make it 6-3. Mount Aloysius used two runs in the fourth and sixth to take a 7-6 lead and set up the late dramatics.
 
Segraves went 2-for-3 with a run and RBI and Klosko went 3-for-3 with two RBI, as Lycoming had 12 hits in the game.
 
Eiswerth allowed eight hits and two earned runs in 3 2/3 innings of relief. Russell (0-1) pitched 1/3 inning, allowing one hit.
 
Cole led the Mounties, going 3-for-5 with a run and five RBI. She had two doubles. Lexi Wilt earned the win in relief, tossing one perfect inning.
 
In the first game, the Lycoming College softball team brought the tying run to the plate in the seventh inning, but Division II Franklin Pierce got a pair of outs to end the threat and take a 5-2 win.
 
After falling behind by five runs through the first four innings, the Warriors broke through in the top of the fifth inning, as senior Angie King (Cooperstown, Pa./Maplewood) led off with an infield single before Russell reached on a bunt single that allowed King to reach third after a throwing error. After Russell stole second, Wetzel drilled a single into center field with two outs to score both runners.
 
The Warriors got one runner on in the sixth and an error and a double by Wetzel helped bring the tying run to the plate in the seventh, but a ground out and a flyout ended the game.
 
The Ravens (7-0 overall) scored three unearned runs in the second off a three-run double from Melissa Kono and added two runs off four hits in the fourth inning.
 
Wetzel led the Warriors, going 3-for-4 with two runs and King went 3-for-3 with a run, as the Warriors finished with nine hits.
 
Anna Erikson led the Ravens, going 2-for-3 with two runs.
 
King (0-1) took the loss, allowing two earned runs in four innings, allowing seven hits and two walks, striking out seven. Sabrina Gonzalez (3-0) earned the win for the Ravens, allowing seven hits and two walks in 4 2/3 innings. She struck out six. Abbey Primavera earned the save, allowing two hits in 2 1/3 innings.
 
The Warriors get back on the field on Thursday, March 17, when they face Medaille College at 1:30 p.m. and Worcester State University at 3:30 p.m. at the North Myrtle Beach Sports Complex.