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ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Thursday, March 18, 1999

ETOWN SPLITS DOUBLEHEADER WITH SCRANTON IN '99 HOME OPENER

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown and Scranton combined for 37 runs and 49 hits while splitting a Middle Atlantic Conference non-league doubleheader on Thursday.  The Blue Jays captured the first game, 10-8, while the Royals came from behind to win the nightcap, 10-9.  Etown, playing at home for the first time in 1999, is 4-3 on the season following the split.

Kristy Nowell (Wilmington, De./St. Elizabeth) led the Etown bats with a 6-for-7 performance on the day, including a double, triple and three RBI.  Kelly Spence (Glenolden, Pa./Interboro) went 5-for-8 with five runs scored while Vikki Detweiler (Townville, Pa./Maplewood) and Kristy Kordich (Elizabeth, Pa./Elizabeth Forward) each rapped out four hits for the Blue Jays.

Diana Zographos led the Scranton attack with two doubles and a home run among her five hits while teammate Deanne McPherson also drilled a home run in the opening game.  The Royals (1-1) scored twice in the seventh inning of game two to turn a 9-8 deficit into their first win of the season.

Etown scored four times on five straight hits in the fifth inning of game one to break open a close contest en route to the win.  The Blue Jays return to action on Tuesday, March 23 with a doubleheader at home against Lycoming College.  Game time is 2:30 p.m.

WP: Linda Milnes (3-0). LP: Dina Olympia (0-1). SO-BB: Olympia (S) 2-2, Angela Moyer (E) 1-0, Milnes (E) 6-0. 2B: Diana Zographos (S). Laura Zambuto (S), Kelly Spence (E), Melissa Reinhart (E). HR: Zographos (S), Deanne McPherson (S).

WP: Mary Leber (1-0). LP: Milnes (3-1). SO-BB: Schnibbe (S) 1-1, Leber (S) 1-0, Kristy Nowell (E) 4-2, Milnes (E) 3-1. 2B: Zographos (S), Kara Michalski (S), Spence (E), Nowell (E), Charlene Klassen (E), Laurie Morris (E), Kristy Kordich (E), Michelle Casserly (E). 3B: Spence (E), Nowell (E).