Sage Smeltz
Sage Smeltz spun a six-hitter to sink Scranton
4
Winner Lycoming LYCOMING 7-14
1
Scranton SCRANTON 15-11
Winner
Lycoming LYCOMING
7-14
4
Final
1
Scranton SCRANTON
15-11
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Lycoming LYCOMING 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 4 9 1
Scranton SCRANTON 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 3

W: Smeltz, Sage (5-4) L: Carley Noble (3-2)

0
Lycoming LYCOMING 8-14
8
Winner Scranton SCRANTON 15-12
Lycoming LYCOMING
8-14
0
Final
8
Scranton SCRANTON
15-12
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Lycoming LYCOMING 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Scranton SCRANTON 0 0 0 3 5 8 9 1

W: Emma Douglas (10-3) L: Engel, Isabelle (1-6)

Game Recap: Softball |

Smeltz spins gem to lead Lycoming in split at Scranton

SCRANTON, Pa. — First-year right-hander Sage Smeltz (Tower City, Pa. / Williams Valley) spun a complete-game six-hitter to lead the Lycoming College softball team to a game one victory as they split a twinbill with the University of Scranton in Landmark Conference action, winning 4-1 in game one before falling 8-0 in five innings, in the nightcap on Saturday, April 11.

Lycoming (8-14, 4-6 Landmark) held even with Scranton (15-12, 4-6 Landmark) in the Landmark Conference race, swatting nine hits in the opener to start the day with a win.

The Royals took the early lead, as Celia Totaro tripled with one out and scored on a Gianna Muliero RBI single in the opening frame.

Lycoming controlled the rest of the opener. Senior Mallory Rodarmel (Montoursville, Pa. / Loyalsock Township) tied the game on a RBI single in the third, then fellow senior Hailee Sobieski (Wharton, N.J. / Morris Catholic) lifted a sacrifice fly to give the Warriors a 2-1 advantage. 

In the fifth, first-year Isabelle Engel (Jersey Shore, Pa. / Jersey Shore Area) roped an RBI double, then sophomore Ashley Forrest (Red Hill, Pa. / Upper Perkiomen) followed with a sacrifice fly to cap off Lycoming's second two-run frame.

With the 4-1 edge, Smeltz did the rest, blanking Scranton over the final six frames and retiring 11 of the final 12 hitters to close the contest.

Forrest had two hits and an RBI, senior Alex Eckersen (Hopatcong, N.J. / Morris Catholic) had two hits and scored a run, and Smeltz (5-4) spun all seven innings, allowing one run on six hits with no walks and three strikeouts in an 88-pitch effort.

In the nightcap, the Warriors and Royals were scoreless for the first three innings before Gabrielle Gorzowski broke the deadlock with a three-run home run in the fourth. Scranton followed with five runs in the bottom of the fifth.

Gorzowski homered and drove in four in the second game and Emma Douglass blanked Lycoming on two hits over five innings for Scranton. 

The Warriors will return to action on Wednesday, April 15 for a Landmark Conference doubleheader against Wilkes University. First pitch from the Shangraw Sports Complex is scheduled for 3 p.m.

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