ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Sunday, April 6, 2008

Blue Jays Sweep Doubleheader at Albright

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Click here for the game two boxscore

READING, Pa. --- Sophomore Sarah Church (Aston, PA/Sun Valley) hit a grand slam in game one and first-year student Kelsea Corrado (La Plata, MD/La Plata) homered in both games to lift Elizabethtown College to a sweep of their Commonwealth Conference softball doubleheader at Albright College on Sunday afternoon. The Blue Jays won the opener 6-5 and took the nightcap 10-0 in a game shortened to five innings by the eight-run rule.

In game one, Corrado roped a two-run home run in the first inning, while Church cleared the bases with a grand slam in the sixth to give the Blue Jays a 6-1 lead.

Albright rallied in the bottom of the fifth as a three-run home run by Stevie Crouse trimmed the Elizabethtown lead to 6-4. The Lions added a run in the seventh on a two-out RBI single by Alex Keyes, but senior Alex Lee (Emmaus, PA/Emmaus) finished off the win with her eighth strikeout of the game.

Church and senior Abbie Merrifield (York, PA/Dallastown) each went 2-for-4 for the Blue Jays in game one, while junior Lauren Hoover (Reading, PA/Oley Valley) went 2-for-3 with a double and a run scored.

Crouse went 3-for-4 with four runs batted in and two runs scored in the opener for the Lions, who managed five hits off Lee. Ally Wenrich (3-4) took the loss for Albright after allowing eight hits and striking out four in a complete-game performance.

In game two, the Blue Jays (8-11 overall, 3-1 Commonwealth) took a 3-0 lead in the top of the first inning on a passed ball, an RBI single by junior Amanda Gordon (Vernon, NJ/Vernon Township) and a fielders choice.

Elizabethtown added five runs in the second on RBI singles by Hoover and Church and a three-run home run by Corrado, her third of the season, to give the Blue Jays an 8-0 advantage. The Blue Jays closed out the scoring in the third on an RBI double by Hoover and a sacrifice fly by Corrado.

Lee (7-6) pitched all five innings of game two to earn the win, allowing three hits and striking out three. Becky Moist (3-4) started for the Lions (6-14 overall, 0-4 Commonwealth) and allowed eight runs on six hits in one-plus innings of work.

Elizabethtown finished with 10 hits in game two, as Hoover finished 2-for-2 with three runs scored and Corrado went 2-for-2 with two runs scored. First-year student Shannon Marsico (Elizabethtown, PA/Elizabethtown) went 1-for-2 with a pair of runs and sophomore Paige Tanner (Waynesboro, PA/Waynesboro) also crossed the plate twice.

Game one
Elizabethtown Coll. 6, Albright College 5
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Elizabethtown Coll.. 200 040 0 - 6 8 1 (7-11)
Albright College.... 001 030 1 - 5 5 0 (6-13)
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Alex Lee and Abbie Merrifield; Ally Wenrich and Danielle Perlin. WP-Lee (6-6). LP-Wenrich (3-4). SO-BB: Lee 8-3; Wenrich 4-5. HR-Sarah Church (E), Kelsea Corrado (E), Stevie Crouse (A).

Game two
Elizabethtown Coll. 10, Albright College 0
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Elizabethtown Coll.. 352 00 - 10 10 0 (8-11)
Albright College.... 000 00 - 0 3 1 (6-14)
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Alex Lee and Abbie Merrifield; Becky Moist, Dana Parolari (2), Mary Dwyer (4) and Danielle Perlin. WP-Lee (7-6). LP-Moist (3-4). SO-BB: Lee 3-1; Moist 0-3, Parolari 0-0, Dwyer 2-2. HR-Kelsea Corrado (E).