Wednesday, April 24, the Elizabethtown College softball team went up against Albright College in a non-conference doubleheader. Unfortunately, they could not come up with a win, but did play two hard games filled with action.

During the first game, the opponent was up by four by the end of the second inning. Although Etown did have base runners in both the second and third innings, they could not get them home to score.

The Lions then went into the fourth inning swinging, coming out with five additional runs scored, putting their lead at 9-0 moving forward.
In the fifth, the Jays set themselves up to score once again, but a fly-out gave this game an early ending.

The second game was not off to the greatest start, as the Jays were behind 5-0 after the first inning, but going into the second the Blue and Gray picked it up.

First-year Jillian Meitzler was able to assist in getting a run for Etown. Senior Christina Dark also drove in two runs to cut down the lead to 6-2.

In the fourth inning, sophomore Lindsey Fasolo was able to add to the success by hitting in a run as well.

“Our first game that day turned out better than the second,” Fasolo said.

“We played strongly as a team with tight defense and got clutch hits when we needed to. It was a great team effort all around, and that is what it takes to have success in this sport.”

The fifth inning brought up first-years Sarah Hartinger and Tess Straight, who both scored runs, leaving the score at 8-5.

In the sixth inning, first-year Catherine Amos singled and advanced junior Taylor Herman to home plate.

Unfortunately, the two-run double Albright earned in the sixth inning was enough for the opposing team to take this game too, but the Blue Jays did not give it up without a fight.