READING, Pa. – Senior Angie King (Cooperstown, Pa./Maplewood) hit a two-run homer with one out in the top of the seventh to bring the Lycoming College softball team all the way back from an eight-run deficit to post a 10-9 win in the second game of a non-conference doubleheader at Alvernia University on Sunday, April 24, at Angelica Park. The Golden Wolves edged the Warriors, 3-2, in the first game.
 
The Warriors (8-22 overall) were down 9-1 at the start of the fourth when their comeback effort began with a four run inning, as a hit batter was followed by four straight walks to get two runs in before sophomore Kylie Segraves (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport Area) hit an infield single. A sac fly brought in King to make it 9-5.
 
First-year Rachel Daub (Honesdale, Pa./Honesdale) led off the fifth with a double before moving to third on a single from junior Morgan Wetzel (Mill Hall, Pa./Central Mountain) and scoring on a sac fly to move within three runs.
 
In the seventh, sophomore Kylie Russell (Jersey Shore, Pa./Jersey Shore Area) led off the inning with an opposite field single. She moved to second on a groundout before scoring on a double down the line from Wetzel and Klosko drove Wetzel in with another opposite field single, setting up King, who cleared the left-field fence with her first career homer.
 
Russell (2-5), who came on in relief in the fourth, retired the last 10 batters she faced, striking out the last batter swinging to clinch one of the most dramatic comebacks in program history. She tossed four innings, allowing one hit and striking out three to earn the win.
 
Alvernia (12-16 overall) scored two in the first, four in the second and three in the third, while sophomore Rachel DeWolfe (New Cumberland, Pa./Cedar Cliff) singled and came around to score in the third to make it 9-1 at the end of the inning.
 
Wetzel finished 2-for-3 with two runs, a double and RBI, King scored two runs and drove in three and Daub also scored twice.
 
Jacklyn Barbera went 2-for-4 with two runs, a homer and three RBI to lead the Golden Wolves. Maggie Loomis (9-4) took the loss, allowing four runs and four hits in the seventh inning.
 
Alvernia scored two runs in the fifth inning of the first game to come-from-behind for a 3-2 win in the first game.
 
The Warriors scored twice in the third inning to take the lead, as Russell and Daub reached on errors before an RBI double from Wetzel and a sac fly from senior Morgan Klosko (Kingston, Pa./Wyoming Valley West) scored them.
 
Alvernia got a run in the bottom of the inning to get within a run before they scored two runs in the fifth, with Barbera highlighting the inning with a RBI double.
 
Loomis earned the win, allowing five hits and no earned runs in the complete game. First-year Avery Eiswerth (Williamsport, Pa./Williamsport Area) (2-6) pitched five innings, allowing four hits and no earned runs in the loss for the Warriors. She walked two and struck out two.
 
The Warriors get back on the field on Wednesday, April 27, when they head to Wilkes University for a 4 p.m. MAC Freedom doubleheader.