GLENSIDE - The Arcadia University softball team swept its non-conference doubleheader against Penn State Harrisburg at Blankley Field on Thursday afternoon, taking game one 3-2 before notching game two 7-2.
FOR THE RECORD
-Arcadia improved to 12-20.
-Penn State Abington fell to 14-22.
HOW IT HAPPENED
GAME ONE: ARCADIA 3, PSU ABINGTON 2
-Abington jumped out to a 2-0 lead with a run each in the first and third innings.
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Stephanie Binek got the Knights on the board in the bottom of the third when she doubled to left scoring
Nathalia DiIanni.
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Molly Delio tied the score in the fourth with a single to right the brought in
Alexa Kozarski.
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Sydney Steiner brought in Kozarski with the winning run in the sixth with a double over the right fielders head.
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Paige Nolan earned the win, allowing two runs (one earned) on nine hits in a complete game with one walk and five strikeouts.
KNIGHT LEADERS
Hits: DiIanni (2) / Kozarski (2) / Steiner (2)
Runs: Kozarski (2)
RBI: Steiner (1) / Binek (1) / Delio (1)
GAME TWO: ARCADIA 7, PSU ABINGTON 2
-Abington again jumped in front with a run in the top of the first.
-DiIanni began the scoring for the Knights in the third with a triple to right that brought home Delio and
Grace Caldwell.
-Binek and
Dakota Fanelli notched RBI's and the Knights opened a 5-1 lead in the third.
-Abington cut the lead to 5-2 in the top of the fourth.
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Sybella Demaio increased the lead to 6-2 in the fifth when she singled to center, bringing home Kozarski.
-DiIanni finished the scoring in the sixth with a double to right plating Caldwell.
-Fanelli earned the win in the circle, allowing two runs on six hits across four innings with one walk and four strikeouts.
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Mac Champion earned the save with three scoreless innings, with one hit and four strikeouts.
KNIGHT LEADERS
Hits: DiIanni (2) / Demaio (2)
Runs: Caldwell (2) / Kozarski (2)
RBI: DiIanni (3)
Walks: Caldwell (1) / Binek (1) / Steiner (1)
UP NEXT
-The Knights return to action on Saturday when they host Lebanon Valley for their final Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom (MAC Freedom) doubleheader at 1:00 p.m. at Blankley Field.
