Photo: Megan White
Thursday, April 26, the Elizabethtown College softball team played a doubleheader against Albright College at home at The Nest. In game one, Etown fell 3-2, but beat the Lions in the second game 3-0.
Sophomore pitcher Alyssa Wilkinson assisted in the team effort by holding the opposing team scoreless for five innings in both games.
The game was scoreless until Albright got a run in the top of the sixth. Graduate student Kirstin Blass and junior Emma Varrato, however, put the Jays up 2-1 by the end of the inning.
The Lions held strong and managed to score two more in the seventh, giving them the win 3-2.
In the second game against Albright, the Lions had two errors, allowing first-years Sarah Personette and Madeline Hamilton to each score a run. Then, first-year Wendy Header made her way to third base and, with the help of Blass, scored, giving the Jays the win 3-0.
This was enough for the win after a few close calls in the fifth and sixth innings, but with great defensive plays by Blass and Varrato the threat was invisible.
According to Blass, the center of attention for the games against Albright was to “focus on hitting and doing little things right,” she said. The team also “capitalized on the errors and got some runs across the plate.”
Junior pitcher Amber Sergas pitched all seven innings for the Jays and finished the game with two strikeouts. Even though the Blue Jays split with Albright, she said the team could improve on “hitting runners in when they get on base and bunching our hits together.”
The team got another win on Senior Day in their game against Juniata College Saturday, April 28, which ended with a score of 6-2.
Due to severe weather, game two was cut short, but game one ended in the Jays’ favor.
Sergas stuck out with holding the Eagles for five innings as well as five hits over seven innings for her 11th complete game.
Personette also hit her fourth home run of the season to start the scoring for the Blue Jays in the fourth.
Varrato and first-year Kaitlyn Whitmer also added to the scoring in the fourth to have a 3-0 lead.
The second game against Juniata got into the third inning when it was then called off for rain.
This was the end of the season for the softball team, finishing with an overall record of 18-13.
