ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Thursday, March 23, 2006

Elizabethtown Falls in Conference Doubleheader to Messiah, 7-6 and 8-0

GRANTHAM, Pa. --- Elizabethtown dropped to 4-7 overall and 0-3 in the Commonwealth Conference Thursday with a pair of road losses to Messiah College, which improves to 13-5 overall and 2-0 in the conference with the wins. Messiah nipped Etown 7-6 in the first game and defeated the Blue Jays 8-0 in the second game.

In the first game, Lauren Dressler (Duncannon, PA/Susquenita) drove in five runs for the Blue Jays while batting 2-for-3 with a three-RBI triple in the second inning. Kelli Thon (Victor, NY/Victor Central) hit 3-for-4 with three runs scored and a stolen base in the first game, and Tanya Konek (Slatington, PA/Northern Lehigh) scored a pair of runs for Etown. Marian Guzik (Greensburg, PA/Hempfield Area) hit 2-for-4 with one run batted in, and Kory McKeown (Kearny, NJ/Kearny) scored one run for Etown.

In the second game, the Blue Jays were held to two hits, both of which came from Thon. She batted 2-for-3.

Elizabethtown will return to action Tuesday, March 28 when its hosts Franklin & Marshall College in a non-conference doubleheader beginning at 2:30 p.m.

Game 1: Messiah 7, Elizabethtown 6
Elizabethtown (4-6, 0-2) 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 - 6 8 3
Messiah (12-5, 1-0)      1 2 4 0 0 0 x - 7 7 2
Pitchers: Elizabethtown – Lee. Messiah – Croft. Win: Croft (7-3). Loss: Lee (3-4). BB-SO: Lee 3-2, Croft 2-2.

Game 2: Messiah 8, Elizabethtown 0
Elizabethtown (4-7, 0-3) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 3
Messiah (13-5, 2-0)      1 2 0 1 0 4 x - 8 9 0
Pitchers: Elizabethtown – Konek. Messiah – Trotter. Win: Trotter (6-2). Loss: Konek (1-3). BB-SO: Konek 0-0, Trotter 1-2.