Behrend Softball Wins Fourth Straight; Lions Down Ohio Wesleyan and Washington
The Penn State Behrend softball team has won four in a row, posting a 7-3 win against Ohio Wesleyan and 6-4 decision against Washington on day three of their Spring Break trip in Winter Haven, Florida on Tuesday.
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WINTER HAVEN, FL – The Penn State Behrend softball team has won four in a row, posting a 7-3 win against Ohio Wesleyan and 6-4 decision against Washington on day three of their Spring Break trip in Winter Haven, Florida on Tuesday.
Game One: Penn State Behrend 7, Ohio Wesleyan 3
Records: Penn State Behrend (3-2), Ohio Wesleyan (2-1)
Key Moments:
* The Lions never trailed in the game to register their third win of the season
* Chloe Nale went 3-for-4 with four RBIs, while Meghan Swain and Hannah Smith each tallied two hits and scored two runs
* Abby Tingley started the game, while Alyssa Tingley pitched 4.2 innings in relief for the win
* Behrend struck first with four runs on three hits in the second inning
* Athena Iverson walked to start the inning and Karma Malcom had a single to shortstop
* Swain singled to left field to send home Iverson off third
* Alexia Brown walked to load the bases, before Nale ripped a single to center for two more runs
* The final run was scored on a sacrifice fly by Julia Jones to knock in Brown
* Ohio Wesleyan cut the lead to one with three runs in the third
* Behrend added a run in the fourth and two more insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth
Game Two: Penn State Behrend 6, Washington 4
Records: Penn State Behrend (4-2), Washington (3-3)
Key Moments:
* Down 4-3 heading into the sixth, the Lions scored two runs in the sixth to take a 5-4 lead
* Arianna Avila scored the go-ahead run on an RBI single by Chloe Nale in the top of the sixth
* The Lions scored another run in the seventh and shut out Washington in its last three chances
* Behrend took a 3-1 lead into the fifth inning
* After coming up empty in the fifth, Washington recorded three runs on three hits to take a 4-3 lead
* Hannah Smith had sacrifice fly to score Swain before Avila got the eventual game-winning run
* The Lions had six runs on five hits
* Behrend had four pitchers in the circle, starting with Claire Bodien who threw three innings and walked one
* Julie Jones pitched the final 2.2 innings, giving up three hits for the win
Up Next:
* The Lions return to action on Thursday against Otterbein and Heidelberg.