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    4/25/2009permalink Softball closes season against Messiah
    4/22/2009permalink Softball tumbles to Arcadia in doubleheader
    4/21/2009permalink Softball sweeps key doubleheader at Lycoming
    4/16/2009permalink Softball returns to action at DeSales
    4/8/2009permalink Softball edged out in doubleheader by Juniata
    4/6/2009permalink Tanner, Parr sweep Commonwealth softball honors
    4/4/2009permalink Softball posts third straight doubleheader sweep
    4/2/2009permalink Softball shuts out F&M in both ends of doubleheader


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4/25/2009
Softball closes season against Messiah

ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Saturday, April 25, 2009

Messiah 4, Elizabethtown 1
Messiah 4, Elizabethtown 2

Click here for the game 1 box score
Click here for the game 2 box score

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College's softball team dropped both games of their Commonwealth Conference doubleheader to first-place Messiah College on Saturday afternoon at The Nest, by scores of 4-1 and 4-2. The Falcons improve to 32-4 overall (12-0 Commonwealth) with the wins while the Blue Jays finish the season with an 11-25 record and 4-8 in the conference.

In game 1, Jessica Rhoads finished with 16 strikeouts for Messiah, while Abby Bergakker and Lauren Seneca hit back-to-back home runs as part of a four-run third inning for the Falcons.

Senior Marian Guzik (Greensburg, PA/Hempfield Area) led the Elizabethtown offense by going 3-for-3 with an RBI, which came in the fifth inning when junior Ryan Allard (Londonderry, NH/Londonderry) led off with a walk, moved to second on a passed ball and scored on Guzik's single to cut the Messiah lead to 4-1.

Rhoads (19-1) allowed just three hits and an unearned run to earn the win, while Elizabethtown first-year student Elaine Parr (Washington, DC/Academy of the Holy Cross) dropped to 5-12 after giving up 10 hits and four earned runs while striking out three.

In game two, the Blue Jays fell behind 2-0 in the top of the first inning, but got on the board in the second as first-year student Julie Sebastian (Broomall, PA/Marple Newtown) walked and moved to second when sophomore Kelsea Corrado (LaPlata, MD/LaPlata) singled.  First-year student Heather Peluso (Monkton, MD/Maryvale Prep) followed with a single to drive in Sebastian and cut the Falcon lead to 2-1.

Down 3-1 in the fourth inning after a home run by Rhoads, Peluso led off with a single and was safe at second on a fielder’s choice. Junior Ryan Allard (Londonderry, NH/Londonderry) then singled to right field, and the throw in from the outfield was offline allowing Peluso to score and make the score 3-2. 

Messiah added an insurance run in the seventh and Rhoads came on in the bottom of the inning to record her sixth save of the season. Megan Rice (12-1) allowed five hits in four innings to pick up the win for Messiah, while Sebastian (6-13) gave up seven hits and three earned runs for Elizabethtown.

Corrado and Peluso each went 2-for-4 for the Blue Jays along with junior Paige Tanner (Waynesboro, PA/Waynesboro), who finishes the season with 99 career hits. Allard went 2-for-2 with a walk as the Blue Jays banged out nine hits in the contest.

Messiah College 4, Elizabethtown Coll. 1
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Messiah College..... 004 000 0 - 4 10  0 (31-4, 11-0)
Elizabethtown Coll.. 000 010 0 - 1  3  2 (11-24, 4-7)

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Jessica Rhoads and Abby Bergakker; Elaine Parr and Lauren Hoover. WP-Rhoads (19-1). LP-Parr (5-12). SO-BB: Rhoads 16-3; Parr 3-0. HR-Lauren Seneca (M), Abby Bergakker (M).

Messiah College 4, Elizabethtown Coll. 2
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Messiah College..... 201 000 1 - 4  7  1 (32-4, 12-0)
Elizabethtown Coll.. 010 100 0 - 2  9  1 (11-25, 4-8)

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Megan Rice, Corinn Eby (5), Jessica Rhoads (7); Julie Sebastian and Lauren Hoover. WP-Rice (12-1). LP-Sebastian (6-13). SV-Rhoads (6). SO-BB: Rice 3-2, Eby 0-0, Rhoads 2-0; Sebastian 2-0. HR-Rhoads (M).



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4/22/2009
Softball tumbles to Arcadia in doubleheader

ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Arcadia 5, Elizabethtown 3
Arcadia 8, Elizabethtown 7

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ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Arcadia University first baseman Jamie Bee went 6-for-8 with five runs batted in on the afternoon to lead the Knights to a sweep of their Commonwealth Conference doubleheader at Elizabethtown College on Wednesday afternoon, by scores of 5-3 and 8-7.

Bee went 3-for-4 with three runs batted in for the Knights in the opener, and finished 3-for-4 with a two-run home run in game two as Arcadia nearly squandered an 8-2 lead before holding on for the win.

In game one, Arcadia jumped to a 1-0 lead in the first inning on an RBI single by Bee, and went ahead 4-0 in the third on an RBI single by Bee and a two-run double from Virginia Buechel.

The Blue Jays got on the board in the bottom of the third inning on a groundout, and added two runs in the fifth as
first-year student Julie Sebastian (Broomall, PA/Marple Newtown) hit a two-run home run, her fourth of the season, to bring Elizabethtown within 4-3.

Arcadia added an insurance run in the seventh as Bee picked up a two-out RBI single, and winning pitcher Kiersten Hughes (11-3) retired the side in order in the bottom of the inning to finish off the win.

Sebastian (6-12) allowed nine hits and five runs (four earned) in seven innings for the Blue Jays, while Hughes gave up five hits and five walks, but struck out six and stranded eight Elizabethtown runners on base.

Junior Paige Tanner (Waynesboro, PA/Waynesboro) finished 2-for-3 with two runs scored for the Blue Jays in game one, while Buechel went 2-for-4 with two doubles and Brittni Holland went 2-for-4 with a run scored.

In game two, the Knights (26-8 overall, 6-6 Commonwealth) took an 8-2 lead into the bottom of the fifth inning, but the Blue Jays (11-23 overall, 4-6 Commonwealth) scored twice in both the fifth and sixth innings to pull within 8-6, then scored once in the seventh and loaded the bases with one out before Arcadia was able to wriggle out of the jam to end the game.

After the teams traded runs in the first on an RBI double by Bee and an RBI single by Tanner, the Knights went ahead 3-1 in the second on a two-run single by Lindsey Henchinski and 5-1 in the third on a sacrifice fly by Kristen Burns and a throwing error.

Elizabethtown scored in the fourth on an error, but Arcadia tacked on three runs in the fifth on a solo home run by Bee and a two-run double by Burns to take an 8-2 lead. The Blue Jays scored twice in the bottom of the fifth on an RBI singles by Tanner and sophomore Kelsea Corrado (La Plata, MD/La Plata) to pull within 8-4.

In the sixth, the Blue Jays added two more runs on an error and a fielder's choice to trim the Knight lead to 8-6. The Blue Jays loaded the bases with none out in the bottom of the seventh, and scored on an infield single by sophomore Shannon Marsico (Elizabethtown, PA/Elizabethtown) to narrow the Knight lead to a run. However, a force out at the plate and a fly ball to shallow right-center kept the Blue Jays from knotting the score.

Kellie Reese (6-2) survived five errors in the field and 14 hits allowed to pick up the win for Arcadia, as she gave up four unearned runs but stranded 10 runners on base.
First-year student Elaine Parr (Washington, DC/Academy of the Holy Cross) fell to 5-11 for the Blue Jays after giving up eight hits and four earned runs in seven innings.

Tanner went 3-for-4 with three runs batted in for the Blue Jays, while Marsico and junior Ryan Allard (Londonderry, NH/Londonderry) each went 2-for-4 and Corrado finished 2-for-2 off the bench.

Arcadia University 5, Elizabethtown Coll. 3
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Arcadia University.. 103 000 1 - 5  9  0 (25-8, 5-6)
Elizabethtown Coll.. 001 020 0 - 3  5  1 (11-22, 4-5)

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Kiersten Hughes and Kristen Burns; Julie Sebastian and Lauren Hoover. WP-Hughes (11-3). LP-Sebastian (6-12). SO-BB: Hughes 6-5; Sebastian 1-1. HR-Julie Sebastian (E).

Arcadia University 8, Elizabethtown Coll. 7
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Arcadia University.. 122 030 0 - 8   8  5 (26-8, 6-6)
Elizabethtown Coll.. 100 122 1 - 7 14  3 (11-23, 4-6)

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Kellie Reese and Kristen Burns; Elaine Parr and Lauren Hoover. WP-Reese (6-2). LP-Parr (5-11). SO-BB: Reese 2-0; Parr 4-3. HR-Jamie Bee (A).



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4/21/2009
Softball sweeps key doubleheader at Lycoming

ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Saturday, April 18, 2009

Elizabethtown 8, Lycoming 0
Elizabethtown 3, Lycoming 0

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WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. --- For the second time this season, Elizabethtown College posted shutout wins in both ends of a doubleheader, defeating Lycoming College 8-0 and 3-0 in Commonwealth Conference softball action on Saturday afternoon.

Sophomore Kelsea Corrado (La Plata, MD/La Plata) hit a grand slam in game one and
first-year student Julie Sebastian (Broomall, PA/Marple Newtown) threw a three-hitter, while first-year student Elaine Parr (Washington DC/Academy of the Holy Cross) fired a six-hitter in game two to finish off the sweep.

The Blue Jays (11-21 overall, 4-4 Commonwealth) previously swept Franklin & Marshall College by scores of 5-0 and 1-0 on April 2. Each of Elizabethtown's last 11 doubleheaders have been swept by either the Blue Jays or their opponents.

In the opener, the Blue Jays broke a scoreless tie with three runs in the top of the fifth inning on RBI doubles by senior Lauren Hoover (Reading, PA/Oley Valley) and junior Paige Tanner (Waynesboro, PA/Waynesboro) along with a fielder's choice.

In the seventh, junior
Sarah Church (Aston, PA/Sun Valley) walked with the bases loaded to give the Blue Jays a 4-0 lead, and Corrado followed with her first home run of the season to double the score.

Sebastian (6-11) allowed three hits and no walks while striking out three in her 14th complete game and second shutout in 16 starts. Hoover and Tanner each went 2-for-3 with an RBI as all nine starters in the Elizabethtown lineup had at least one hit.

Jessica Nabholz (4-8) took the loss for the Warriors, allowing 11 hits and eight earned runs while issuing five walks over seven innings.

In game two, the Blue Jays scored single runs in the third, fourth and fifth innings while Parr (5-10) fired her second shutout of the season and struck out five.

A sacrifice fly by Tanner in the third inning gave the Blue Jays a 1-0 lead, and in the fourth a fielder's choice with the bases loaded extended the Elizabethtown lead to 2-0.

An RBI single off the bat of senior Amanda Gordon (Vernon, NJ/Vernon Township) in the fifth pushed the Blue Jays ahead 3-0, and the Blue Jay defense preserved the shutout by cutting down a Warrior runner at the plate for the first out of the seventh inning.

Shauna Starr (4-11) struck out six and allowed seven hits in taking the loss for Lycoming (10-20 overall, 2-8 Commonwealth).

Elizabethtown Coll. 8, Lycoming College 0
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Elizabethtown Coll.. 000 030 5 - 8 11  1(10-21)
Lycoming College.... 000 000 0 - 0  3  0 (10-19)
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Julie Sebastian and Lauren Hoover; Jessica Nabholz and Madalyn Smith. WP-Sebastian (6-11). LP-Nabholz (4-8). SO-BB: Sebastian 3-0; Nabholz 1-5. HR-Kelsea Corrado (E).

Elizabethtown Coll. 3, Lycoming College 0
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Elizabethtown Coll.. 001 110 0 - 3  7  0 (11-21)
Lycoming College.... 000 000 0 - 0  6  2 (10-20)
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Elaine Parr and Lauren Hoover; Shauna Starr and Madalyn Smith. WP-Parr (5-10). LP-Starr (4-11). SO-BB: Parr 5-0; Starr 6-2.



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4/16/2009
Softball returns to action at DeSales

ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Thursday, April 16, 2009

DeSales 10, Elizabethtown 2 (6 innings)
DeSales 9, Elizabethtown 0 (5 innings)

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CENTER VALLEY, Pa. --- DeSales University swept a non-conference softball doubleheader from Elizabethtown College on Thursday afternoon, winning 10-2 in six innings in the opener and taking game two by a 9-0 score in five innings.

In game one, the Blue Jays jumped to a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning as
first-year student Julie Sebastian (Broomall, PA/Marple Newtown) hit her third home run of the season, a two-run shot with two outs.

DeSales fought back with four runs in the bottom of the third, one in the fourth and five in the sixth to end the game via eight-run rule. Amanda Kensecki and Kate Steiner each went 2-for-4 with two runs batted in and two runs scored for the Bulldogs, with Steiner hitting a two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth to end the game.

Katie Morrissey (11-4) allowed four hits and two earned runs while striking out seven to get the win in game one for DeSales, while Sebastian (5-11) gave up 12 hits and just two earned runs in 5 2/3 innings for Elizabethtown.

In game two, the Bulldogs (20-10 overall) took advantage of three errors by the Blue Jays (9-21 overall) in the bottom of the first inning to score seven runs, and added single runs in the second and fourth. Kensecki went 3-for-3 with two doubles for DeSales as part of a 12-hit attack, while Jamie Pfitzenmayer and winning pitcher Jen Lococo each went 2-for-3 with a run scored.

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uniors Paige Tanner (Waynesboro, PA/Waynesboro) and Sarah Church (Aston, PA/Sun Valley) accounted for Elizabethtown's hits with singles in the fourth and fifth, respectively.

Lococo (8-4) fanned six and did not issue a walk in the win for the Bulldogs, while
first-year student Elaine Parr (Washington DC/Academy of the Holy Cross) allowed five earned runs and struck out one but fell to 4-10 on the year.

DeSales University 10, Elizabethtown Coll. 2
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Elizabethtown Coll.. 200 000 -  2  4  3 (9-20)
DeSales University.. 004 015 - 10 12  1 (19-10)
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Julie Sebastian and Sheri Hihn; Katie Morrissey and Kristin Schultz. WP-Morrissey (11-4). LP-Sebastian (5-11). SO-BB: Sebastian 0-1; Morrissey 7-1. HR-Julie Sebastian (E), Kate Steiner (D).

DeSales University 9, Elizabethtown Coll. 0
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Elizabethtown Coll.. 000 00 -  0  2  3 (9-21)
DeSales University.. 710 1x -  9 12  0 (20-10)
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Elaine Parr and Sheri Hihn; Jen Lococo and Kristin Schultz. WP-Lococo (8-4). LP-Parr (4-10). SO-BB: Parr 1-0; Lococo 6-0.



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4/8/2009
Softball edged out in doubleheader by Juniata

ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Juniata 4, Elizabethtown 2 (8 innings)
Juniata 5, Elizabethtown 4

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ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Juniata College squeaked past Elizabethtown College in both ends of a non-conference softball doubleheader on Wednesday afternoon, winning the opener 4-2 in eight innings and holding on for a 5-4 win in the nightcap.

Game one saw the Eagles break a 2-2 tie with two runs in the top of the eighth inning on an RBI single by Tara Carl and a sacrifice fly by Stacy Nagy. Elizabethtown had runners at first and third with two outs in the bottom of the inning, but winning pitcher Alyssa Erb (10-5) ended the game with her 11th strikeout of the day.

Senior
Marian Guzik (Greensburg, PA/Hempfield Area) became the 11th player in Elizabethtown program history to reach 100 career hits with an infield single in the third inning. She finished 2-for-4 in game one while first-year student Heather Peluso (Monkton, MD/Maryvale Prep) went 2-for-3 with two runs batted in, including a solo home run in the bottom of the fifth that gave the Blue Jays a brief 2-1 lead.

Juniata jumped to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning on an RBI single by Stacy Nagy, but Elizabethtown tied the game in the bottom of the second on a two-out RBI single from Peluso that knocked in
junior Sarah Church (Aston, PA/Sun Valley).

After Peluso led off the fifth with her first home run of the season, the Eagles came back in the top of the sixth as Rachel Nagy tripled with one out and scored on a sacrifice fly by Liz Schmitt.

Sarah Eckard finished 3-for-4 with two runs scored in game one for Juniata, while Rachel Nagy was 2-for-4 with a run scored.

First-year student Julie Sebastian (Broomall, PA/Marple Newtown) allowed eight hits and four runs (three earned) in eight innings for the Blue Jays in the opener, striking out three and issuing no walks.

In game two, the Eagles (17-7 overall) used a four-run fifth inning to take a 5-0 lead, only to see the Blue Jays (9-19 overall) score twice in both the sixth and seventh innings to pull within a run.

Eckard led the Eagles with a 3-for-4 performance in game two, part of a 12-hit attack, while Guzik and sophomore Shannon Marsico (Elizabethtown, PA/Elizabethtown) each went 2-for-4 and senior Amanda Gordon (Vernon, NJ/Vernon Twp) and junior Sheri Hihn (Aston, PA/Sun Valley) contributed 2-for-3 performances.

Juniata scored an unearned run in the second on an RBI double by Jackie Morley, then broke out with four runs in the fifth on RBI singles by Eckard and Stacy Nagy and RBI doubles from Rachel Nagy and Schmitt.

Elizabethtown got on the board in the bottom of the sixth as Marsico singled with one out and scored on a two-run home run by
junior Paige Tanner (Waynesboro, PA/Waynesboro), her third of the season.

In the seventh, Gordon and Hihn led off with back-to-back singles and moved up on a ground out. With two outs, Guzik singled to center to drive home both runners and trim the Eagle lead to 5-4, but a line drive to center turned into the final out.

Pam Heinrichs (6-1) surrendered 10 hits and four runs to earn the win for Juniata, striking out four, while
first-year student Elaine Parr (Washington DC/Academy of the Holy Cross) dropped to 4-9 on the season as she gave up 12 hits and four earned runs while whiffing a pair.

Juniata College 4, Elizabethtown Coll. 2
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Juniata College..... 100 001 02 - 4  8  0 (16-7)
Elizabethtown Coll.. 010 010 00 - 2  5  1 (9-18)
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Alyssa Erb and Jackie Morley; Julie Sebastian and Sheri Hihn. WP-Erb (10-5). LP-Sebastian (5-10). SO-BB: Erb 11-0; Sebastian 3-0. HR-Heather Peluso (E).

Juniata College 5, Elizabethtown Coll. 4
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Juniata College..... 010 040 0 - 5 12  0 (17-7)
Elizabethtown Coll.. 000 002 2 - 4 10  2 (9-19)
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Pam Heinrichs and Jackie Morley; Elaine Parr and Sheri Hihn. WP-Heinrichs (6-1). LP-Parr (4-9). SO-BB: Heinrichs 4-0; Parr 2-0. HR-Paige Tanner (E).



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4/6/2009
Tanner, Parr sweep Commonwealth softball honors

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, April 6, 2009

Tanner, Parr Sweep Commonwealth Conference Softball Honors

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- After leading Elizabethtown College to a 6-0 record last week, junior shortstop Paige Tanner (Waynesboro, PA/Waynesboro) was named the Commonwealth Conference Player of the Week and first-year student Elaine Parr (Washington, DC/Academy of the Holy Cross) was recognized as the conference Pitcher of the Week, the conference office announced Monday.

The Blue Jays swept non-conference doubleheaders from Alvernia University (6-1, 6-5) on Monday and Franklin & Marshall College (5-0, 1-0) on Thursday, then took a pair of games from Albright College on Saturday (9-5, 6-4) to improve to 9-17 overall and 2-4 in the Commonwealth Conference.

Tanner went 9-for-20 with two home runs and nine runs batted in, reaching base safely in all six games with three multiple-RBI games. She hit a grand slam in the 6-1 win over Alvernia, went 2-for-4 with two RBI in the 5-0 victory over Franklin & Marshall, and finished 3-for-4 with a two-run home run and three RBI in the 6-4 win over Albright.

Parr did not allow an earned run in 21 innings of work last week, winning two games and saving one. She threw her first career shutout with a 1-0 win over Franklin & Marshall, and struck out eight in the 6-4 win over Albright. Parr issued just two walks and gave up 15 hits in four appearances.

For the season, Tanner is batting .347 with two home runs and 14 runs batted in, while Parr has a 4-8 record with a 3.97 earned run average in 15 games (13 starts), with 11 complete games and 65 strikeouts in 77 2/3 innings.

The Blue Jays return to action on Wednesday afternoon hosting Juniata College in a non-conference doubleheader beginning at 3:00 p.m.



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4/4/2009
Softball posts third straight doubleheader sweep

ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Saturday, April 4, 2009

Elizabethtown 9, Albright 5
Elizabethtown 6, Albright 4

Click here for the game 1 box score
Click here for the game 2 box score

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College swept a Commonwealth Conference softball doubleheader from Albright College on Saturday, winning by scores of 9-5 and 6-4 to extend its winning streak to six games in a row.

In game 1, the Blue Jays received a 4-for-4 perfomance from junior Sarah Church (Aston, PA/Sun Valley), a 3-for-4 effort by senior Marian Guzik (Greensburg, PA/Hempfield Area) and a pair of hits and three RBI from sophomore Kelsea Corrado (LaPlata, MD/LaPlata) to pick up the victory over the Lions.

Albright scored one in the top of the first inning for their only lead of the afternoon but the Blue Jays answered with three in the bottom half of the inning. Guzik singled, moved to second on a sacrifice and scored on an error. Later in the inning, Corrado and senior Amanda Gordon (Vernon, NJ/Vernon Twp) had back-to-back singles to drive home one run each and give the Blue Jays a 3-1 lead.

Etown loaded the bases in the second inning and with two out, Church had a two-run single which scored senior Lauren Hoover (Reading, PA/Oley Valley) and junior Paige Tanner (Waynesboro, PA/Waynesboro). Corrado then ripped a two-run single to give Etown a 7-1 lead. 

First-year student Julie Sebastian (Broomall, PA/Marple Newtown) finished off the win for the Blue Jays, striking out three batters in the game while the Blue Jay defense turned a pair of double plays.

In the second game, first-year student Elaine Parr (Washington DC/Academy of the Holy Cross) finished with eight strikeouts to earn the win, and Tanner went 3-for-4 with a two-run home run and three RBI to go with three runs scored for the Blue Jays (9-17 overall, 2-4 Commonwealth).

Elizabethtown scored two in the first on an RBI single by Tanner and an error, and added one in the third on an RBI single by Gordon. After Albright (3-23 overall, 0-8 Commonwealth) scored in the top of the fourth, Tanner slugged a two-run homer to left in the bottom of the inning to extend the Blue Jay lead to 5-1.

The Blue Jays added an insurance run in the fifth on an RBI single by junior Ryan Allard (Londonderry, NH/Londonderry), which proved important when the Lions scored three runs in the top of the sixth inning courtesy of a pair of Elizabethtown errors.

Parr (4-8) gave up four hits and no earned runs to get the win for Elizabethtown, while Alex Tragno (1-6) allowed 11 hits and six runs (five earned) to take the loss for Albright.

Guzik went 2-for-4 with two runs scored in game two for Elizabethtown to increase her career total to 99 hits, one shy of becoming the 11th player in program history to reach 100 career hits.

Elizabethtown Coll. 9, Albright College 5
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Albright College.... 101 020 1 - 5 12  1 (3-22, 0-7)
Elizabethtown Coll.. 340 020 x - 9 15  1 (8-17, 1-4)
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Dana Parolari and Gloria Alfonsi; Julie Sebastian and Lauren Hoover. WP-Sebastian (5-9). LP-Parolari (1-11). SO-BB: Parolari 2-2; Sebastian 3-0.

Elizabethtown Coll. 6, Albright College 4
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Albright College.... 000 103 0 - 4  4  1 (3-23, 0-8)
Elizabethtown Coll.. 201 210 x - 6 11  3 (9-17, 2-4)
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Alex Tragno and Gloria Alfonsi; Elaine Parr and Sheri Hihn. WP-Parr (4-8). LP-Tragno (1-6). SO-BB: Tragno 2-0; Parr 8-1. HR-Paige Tanner (E).




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4/2/2009
Softball shuts out F&M in both ends of doubleheader

ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Thursday, April 2, 2009

Elizabethtown 5, Franklin & Marshall 0
Elizabethtown 1, Franklin & Marshall 0

Click here for the game 1 box score
Click here for the game 2 box score

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- First-year students Julie Sebastian (Broomall, PA/Marple-Newtown) and Elaine Parr (Washington, DC/Academy of the Holy Cross) each threw their first career shutouts as Elizabethtown College swept a non-conference softball doubleheader from visiting Franklin & Marshall College on Thursday, winning the opener 5-0 and taking game two 1-0.

It is the first time the Blue Jays (7-17 overall) have won both ends of a doubleheader by shutout since posting identical 5-0 victories at Alvernia University on March 14, 2002.

In game one, the Blue Jays scored two unearned runs in the third on a two-run triple by junior Paige Tanner (Waynesboro, PA/Waynesboro), and added three more runs in the sixth on RBI singles by junior Ryan Allard (Londonderry, NH/Londonderry), senior Marian Guzik (Greensburg, PA/Hempfield Area) and senior Lauren Hoover (Reading, PA/Oley Valley).

Sebastian (4-9), who threw her 10th complete game in 12 starts this season, scattered six hits and struck out two while not issuing a walk. Tanner finished 2-for-4 with two runs batted in for the Blue Jays, while Guzik went 2-for-2 with two walks, a run scored and an RBI.

Sara Damato (2-6) took the loss in game one for the Diplomats, allowing five runs (three earned) on eight hits while issuing four walks. Lauren Incorvaia went 2-for-3 for the Diplomats with a pair of singles.

In game two, Parr (3-8) gave up five hits and struck out five to earn the win, and the Blue Jays scored the game's only run in the bottom of the third inning as sophomore Shannon Marsico (Elizabethtown, PA/Elizabethtown) singled with one out, moved to second on a sacrifice and scored on a single by Hoover.

Elizabethtown escaped trouble in the fourth inning as the apparent tying run on a sacrifice fly was wiped out when the F&M runner left early, and again in the fifth as senior Amanda Gordon (Vernon, NJ/Vernon Township) threw out a Diplomat runner at third base who was attempting to advance on a fly ball.

The Blue Jays managed four hits off Diplomat starter Nicole Morano (5-4), who struck out three and issued three walks. Jessika Mancino went 2-for-2 and was hit by a pitch for the Diplomats, while Jessica Feldman doubled and tripled in three at-bats.

Elizabethtown Coll. 5, Franklin & Marshall 0
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Franklin & Marshall. 000 000 0 -  0  6  1 (12-11)
Elizabethtown Coll.. 002 003 x -  5  8  0 (6-17)
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Sara Damato and Lauren Incorvaia; Julie Sebastian and Lauren Hoover. WP-Sebastian (4-9). LP-Damato (2-6). SO-BB: Damato 3-4; Sebastian 2-0.

Elizabethtown Coll. 1, Franklin & Marshall 0
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Franklin & Marshall. 000 000 0 -  0  5  0 (12-12)
Elizabethtown Coll.. 001 000 x -  1  4  0 (7-17)
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Nicole Morano and Lauren Incorvaia; Elaine Parr and Sheri Hihn. WP-Parr (3-8). LP-Morano (5-4). SO-BB: Morano 3-3; Parr 5-1.





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