ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Moravian Takes Doubleheader from Elizabethtown

Click here for the game one boxscore
Click here for the game two boxscore

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Maria DeBonis and Elizabeth Python tossed complete-game shutouts as Moravian College defeated Elizabethtown College 3-0 and 6-0 in non-conference softball action on Tuesday afternoon.

In game one, Erica Klepeisz went 2-for-3 with a double, triple and two runs batted in while DeBonis pitched a five-hitter and struck out 11 as the Greyhounds won 3-0.

Klepeisz poked a two-out double in the third to give the Greyhounds a 1-0 lead, then added an RBI triple in the sixth to extend the Moravian advantage to 2-0. Jennifer Schmitt added a pinch-single to push the Greyhound lead to 3-0 in the sixth.

The Blue Jays rallied in the seventh with back-to-back singles, but Klepeisz threw out a runner at the plate following another single to end the contest.

First-year student Kelsea Corrado (LaPlata, MD/LaPlata) went 2-for-3 for the Blue Jays, while Amanda Paulus finished 2-for-3 with a run scored for the Greyhounds.

DeBonis (4-3) fanned 11 and walked just one in tossing her third shutout of the season, while senior Alex Lee (Emmaus, PA/Emmaus) fell to 4-4 after yielding eight hits and two earned runs while striking out four for the Blue Jays.

In game two, Python allowed just a pair of fourth-inning hits and fanned three to improve to 5-2 on the season, while Beth Paly went 3-for-4 with a double and two runs batted in as part of a 13-hit attack by the Greyhounds (9-5 overall).

Klepeisz finished 2-for-4 with a triple and two runs scored, while Katie Agnew went 2-for-3 for Moravian, which scored in each of the first three innings to take a 4-0 lead.

Moravian scored twice in the first on a throwing error and an RBI double by Paly, and tacked on runs in the second on an RBI double by Agnew and an RBI single by Schmitt to move ahead 4-0.

The Greyhounds scored twice more in the sixth on an RBI triple by Klepeisz and an RBI single from Paly.

First-year student Lisa Malehorn (Halifax, PA/Halifax) fell to 1-4 for the Blue Jays (5-8 overall) after allowing five hits and three runs in 1 1/3 innings.

Lee relieved in the second and gave up one earned run on eight hits in 5 2/3 innings while fanning eight. She is one strikeout away from equaling the program career record of 404 whiffs set by Michelle Morris from 2001 to 2004, and is 1/3 inning short of tying Morris' school record of 502 2/3 innings pitched.

Game one
Moravian College 3, Elizabethtown Coll. 0
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Moravian College.... 001 002 0 - 3 8 0 (8-5)
Elizabethtown Coll.. 000 000 0 - 0 5 1 (5-7)
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Maria DeBonis and Deanna Mangieri; Alex Lee and Abbie Merrifield. WP-DeBonis (4-3). LP-Lee (4-4). SO-BB: DeBonis 11-1; Lee 4-0.

Game two
Moravian College 6, Elizabethtown Coll. 0
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Moravian College.... 211 002 0 - 6 13 0 (9-5)
Elizabethtown Coll.. 000 000 0 - 0 2 2 (5-8)
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Elizabeth Python and Deanna Mangieri; Lisa Malehorn, Alex Lee (2) and Abbie Merrifield. WP-Python (5-2). LP-Malehorn (1-4). SO-BB: Python 3-0; Malehorn 0-0, Lee 8-0.