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ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Saturday, April 24, 1999

SUSQUEHANNA REACHES MAC PLAYOFFS WITH GAME-ONE WIN AT ETOWN; BLUE JAYS WIN NIGHTCAP, BUT MISS POSTSEASON

The Blue Jays answered with a 3-2 win in the second game, but finished on the outside of the conference postseason picture.  Etown (15-18-1, 8-5-1 MAC Commonwealth League) needed a sweep of Susquehanna to reach the playoffs for the first time since 1994.

Kristen Hogan notched her 13th win of the season in game one for the Crusaders (19-11, 10-4), allowing only one earned run on five hits while striking out nine.  Tennille Shenk went 4-for-8 with an RBI and one run scored on the afternoon to lead the Susquehanna attack.

Linda Milnes (Cinnaminson, N.J./Cinnaminson) took the game-one loss for Etown, despite allowing only one earned run and fanning nine to move within three Ks of the program record for strikeouts in a season.  Kristy Nowell worked four innings to pick up the game-two win with Angela Moyer tossing the final three innings for her second save.  Vikki Detweiler went 2-for-4 with a double and run scored in the opener for Etown while teammate Michelle Casserly (Sussex, N.J./High Point Regional) cracked a two-bagger and added two RBI.

In the opener, Etown took a 2-1 lead into the sixth inning on Casserly's double, but the Crusaders answered with runs in the sixth and eighth frames to clinch a spot in the MAC postseason.

Falcone reached on a error to open the Susquehanna eighth and moved to third on a single by Lisa Stack, who immediately stole second base.  Milnes recovered to strike out Shelly Zimmerman, but a wild pitch with Shenk at the plate brought Falcone home with the winning run.  Etown held the score at 3-2 on a fielder's choice and strikeout, but Hogan retired all three Blue Jays she faced in the bottom of the eighth to seal the victory.

In game two, Etown turned a 2-0 deficit into a 3-2 lead in the third inning, courtesy of two Susquehanna errors, a wild pitch, a passed ball and a hit batter.  Melissa Reinhart (Hamburg, Pa./Hamburg) capped the rally by plating Casserly with a two-out single -- the only hit of the inning -- for the winning run.  Moyer scattered four hits and allowed no runs to close out the game.

Milnes needs three more strikeouts to set the program record for Ks in a season, held by Tammy McDonald (110 in 1998).  Etown wraps up its 1999 campaign on Tuesday, April 27 with a non-league doubleheader at Kean (N.J.) University.  Game time is 3:30 p.m.
 

Game One	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	-	R	H	E
Susquehanna	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	-	3	6	1
Elizabethtown	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	-	2	5	2

Kristen Hogan and Trisha Moore; Linda Milnes and Melissa Reinhart. WP: Hogan (13-4). LP: Milnes (7-9). SO-BB: Hogan 9-4, Milnes 9-2. 2B: Vikki Detweiler (E), Michelle Casserly (E).
 

Game Two	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	-	R	H	E
Susquehanna (19-11, 10-4)	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	-	2	9	2
Elizabethtown (15-18, 8-5-1)	0	0	3	0	0	0	x	-	3	3	2

Chrissy Falcone, Katy Alwine (4) and Moore; Kristy Nowell, Angela Moyer (5) and Reinhart, Jenn Zemba (4). WP: Nowell (6-5). LP: Falcone (0-1). SO-BB: Falcone 3-1, Alwine 2-0, Nowell 4-1, Moyer 0-0.