WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Penn College dropped a pair of one-run games to College of St. Elizabeth in a North Eastern Athletic Conference softball doubleheader Saturday. The Wildcats lost 4-3 in the first game, and dropped the second game, 2-1, and fell to 4-6 NEAC, 10-16 overall this season.
In game one,
The Eagles took an early 1-0 lead in the first inning before Penn College took the lead with a two-run fourth.
Chelsa Gray's double in the fourth plated
Kassie Winters before
Elizabeth Asher singled home Gray to make it 2-1. CSE added two in the fifth before Gray's second double scored
Alyssa Gentile in the sixth to even the game at 3-3.
The Eagles stole the game in the seventh by stealing home and Penn College couldn't move a run home in the bottom of the seventh.
Gray, Gentile, and
Kylie Shreiner all picked up two hits for the Wildcats.
Kelsea Dangle fell to 1-2 after relieving Winters (4 IP, 1 ER, 3Ks, 4 BB) in the fifth. She allowed three earned runs, on three hits.
In game two,
Penn College went ahead 1-0 in the fourth when
Maddie Wenk scored on an error.
The Eagles plated their winning runs in the sixth with a bases loaded walk, and hit-by-pitch. The Wildcats loaded the bases in the bottom of the seventh, but could not push a run in.
Morgan Heritage fell to 5-6 after a complete-game. She allowed two runs, on three hits, with 11 strikeouts, and four walks.
Penn College honored seniors Winters and
Tiana McCormick prior to the game.
The Wildcats return to action Sunday at Cazenovia