WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Penn College won its sixth-straight game with a doubleheader sweep of Keystone College in a non-conference softball game Sunday. The Wildcats improved to 6-4, while the Giants fell to 4-6.
Elizabeth Asher totaled four hits on the day and reached 100 hits in her career.
In game one,
Keystone took an early 1-0 lead before Penn College regained the lead for good with two runs in the bottom of the first on
Kylie Shreiner's two-run single to right field.
Chelsea Gray's double and Shreiner's sacrifice fly in the third gave PCT a 4-0 lead before
Olivia Hemstock brought in a run in the fourth, Gray smacked a two-run single, and a passed ball put the Wildcats ahead, 8-1. Penn College end the contest in the fifth when Gray's fourth RBI of game invoked the eight-run rule.
Gray and Hemstock both finished with three hits for Penn College and Asher picked up a pair.
Kyla Benner improved to 4-1 after five innings in the circle, with two strikeouts, two walker and one earned run on three hits.
In game two,
Penn College jumped out to a 3-0 lead when
Taylor Brooks plated Hemstock with a sacrifice fly to left and
Jessica Brooks roped a two-run triple to left field. Keystone made it a one-run game with two in the third but the Wildcats quickly responded.
Taylor Brooks brought in a run with a single to center in the third and she belted another single to center in the fifth to bring home Gray and make it 5-2.
Maddie Wenk and Shreiner followed with RBI singles in the fifth give Penn College a 7-2 advantage.
Gray and Asher both finished with three hits for the Wildcats, while
Taylor Brooks picked up two hits.
Morgan Heritage improved to 3-2 after a complete-game effort. She allowed two runs on eight hits, with 12 strikeouts and one walk.
Penn College returns to action Saturday, 1 p.m., hosting Penn State Berks.