ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Sunday, April 20, 2008

Blue Jays Swept by Wilkes in Non-Conference Twinbill

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

EDWARDSVILLE, Pa. --- Host Wilkes University posted a pair of six-inning wins on Sunday over Elizabethtown College, winning the opener 8-0 and taking game two 9-1.

In game one, Erin Plank hit a three-run home run in the first inning and Gina Stefanelli hit a game-ending double in the bottom of the sixth for the Lady Colonels, who finished with 11 hits.

Lindsay Behrenshausen (13-5) went the distance for Wilkes, allowing two hits and striking out seven. First-year student Lisa Malehorn (Halifax, PA/Halifax) dropped to 2-7 for the Blue Jays after surrendering all eight runs on 11 hits in 5 2/3 innings of work.

Sophomore Marian Guzik (Greensburg, PA/Hempfield Area) and junior Lauren Hoover (Reading, PA/Oley Valley) accounted for Elizabethtown's hits with singles in the fifth and sixth innings, respectively.

In game two, the Lady Colonels (24-12) scored four runs in both the third and fourth innings, and finished off the contest with a run in the sixth.

Stefanelli went 2-for-4 with a double, home run and three runs batted in for Wilkes, while Kathy Dalton went 2-for-3 with three RBI and Sarah Miller hit a solo home run.

The Blue Jays (11-18 overall) scored their lone run in the top of the fifth inning when sophomore Sheri Hihn (Aston, PA/Sun Valley) slugged a pinch-hit home run.

Maureen Pelot (6-6) took the win for Wilkes after yielding one hit and no runs in four innings. Malehorn dropped to 2-8 for Elizabethtown as she gave up eight runs (five earned) on six hits in 3 1/3 innings pitched.

Game one
Wilkes University 8, Elizabethtown Coll. 0
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Elizabethtown Coll.. 000 000 - 0 2 0 (11-17)
Wilkes University... 500 003 - 8 11 1 (23-12)
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Lisa Malehorn and Abbie Merrifield; Lindsay Behrenshausen and Erin Plank. WP-Behrenshausen (13-5). LP-Malehorn (2-7). SO-BB: Malehorn 4-3; Behrenshausen 7-0. HR-Plank (W).

Game one
Wilkes University 9, Elizabethtown Coll. 1
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Elizabethtown Coll.. 000 010 - 1 3 3 (11-18)
Wilkes University... 004 401 - 9 11 0 (24-12)
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Lisa Malehorn, Kelsea Corrado (4) and Lauren Hoover; Maureen Pelot, Sarah Plavchak (5) and Erin Plank, Alyssa Ciesla (5). WP-Pelot (6-6). LP-Malehorn (2-8). SO-BB: Malehorn 0-2, Corrado 3-0; Pelot 3-1, Plavchak 1-0. HR-Sheri Hihn (E), Gina Stefanelli (W), Sarah Miller (W).