ELIZABETHTOWN, PA – The York College softball team swept Elizabethtown College on the road in non-conference action, 6-0 and 2-0. Ginger Lewis, who didn't give up a hit until the seventh inning, and Melissa Jurkiewicz pitched complete games in the circle on Tuesday for the Spartans, who have now won nine straight.

Records:

York (Pa.): 23-11

Elizabethtown: 4-20

Game One Stats
Runs: York 6 / Elizabethtown 0
Hits: York 11 / Elizabethtown 1
Errors: York 1 / Elizabethtown 1
Left on Base: York 9 / Elizabethtown 3

York Offensive Leaders 

Ashley Werner: 3-for-4, RBI, run scored

Savannah Galati: 2-for-4, RBI, 2 2B

Carleigh Ruleman: 1-for-4, 3 RBI, run scored, HR

Haley Hirn: 1-for-4, 2 runs scored, RBI, HR

Elizabethtown Offensive Leaders

Christina Dark: 1-for-2, 2B

Spartan Pitching Leaders

Ginger Lewis: 7.0 IP, 1 hit, 0 runs, 0 earned runs, 5 K (Win, 9-7)  

Blue Jay Pitching Leaders

Sara McKee: 4.0 IP, 10 hits, 6 runs, 5 earned runs, K, 2 BB (Loss, 1-5)

Ashley Hullihan: 3.0 IP, 1 hit, 0 runs, 0 earned runs, K

How It Happened

• The game was scoreless until the top of the third inning, when the Spartans busted the game open with four runs on five hits, behind two dingers. Savannah Zittle led off with a single through the left side. Katie Maloney laid down a sacrifice bunt to move Zittle over to second, and she was able to reach third on a single from Joanna Marmo. With two on and one out, Carleigh Ruleman, the all-time home run leader in school history, blasted a three-run shot to left field. Haley Hirn went back-to-back when she rocketed one to left field, making it 4-0.

• The Spartans added two more in the fifth when Ashley Werner drove home Hirn. Werner would finish with three hits on the day. She came around to score to make it 6-0 off a double from Savannah Galati, who was next up in the lineup. Galati had two doubles in the first game.

• Meanwhile, Ginger Lewis was dealing in the circle for York. She had a no-hitter going until the bottom of the seventh, the Blue Jay's last at bat. Christina Dark led off the inning with a double to record the first and only hit. Lewis finished with a complete-game shutout, giving up just one hit.

Game Two Stats
Runs: York 2 / Elizabethtown 0
Hits: York 9 / Elizabethtown 2
Errors: York 1 /Elizabethtown 1
Left on Base: York 9 / Elizabethtown 4

York Offensive Leaders

Quinn Fisher: 3-for-4

Carleigh Ruleman: 2-for-3, RBI, 2 2B, BB

Elizabethtown Offensive Leaders

Emma Varrato: 1-for-3

Kelsey Brown: 1-for-3

Spartan Pitching Leaders

Melissa Jurkiewicz: 8.0 IP, 2 hits, 0 runs, 0 earned runs, 3 K, BB (Win, 12-4)

Blue Jay Pitching Leaders

Amber Sergas: 7.0 IP, 7 hits, 2 runs, 1 earned run, 2 K, BB (Loss, 2-6)

Alyssa Wilkinson: 1.0 IP, 2 hits, 0 runs, 0 earned runs

How It Happened

• Elizabethtown's offense continued to sputter against the dominant York pitching. In game two it was Melissa Jurkiewicz in the circle for York. She didn't give up her first hit until the bottom of the fifth, when she gave up just one. Overall, the Blue Jays finished with just two hits as Jurkiewicz went eight innings, without giving up a run.

• York had some chances in regulation, leaving nine runners on base throughout the game. In the opening inning, they had two on base after Savannah Zittle singled to lead off and then Carleigh Ruleman was walked. They had two more runners on base with two outs in the second inning, when Quinn Fisher and Julie Van O'Linda hit singles. Fisher had three hits. In the top of the seventh, York had runners on second and third with two outs, but could not manufacture any runs, forcing an eighth inning with the score tied at 0-0.

• In the top of the eighth, Mia Ruffalo was placed on second due to extra inning rules. Ruleman was first up, doubling to center and scoring Ruffalo. Kara Hanson pinch ran for Ruleman. She moved to third on a sacrifice bunt from Haley Hirn, and then scored to double the York lead when Ashley Werner launched a sacrifice fly to center. The two-run lead was plenty for Jurkiewicz, who kept E-town hitless in the bottom of the eighth.

SPARTAN NOTES:

York is now on a nine-game winning streak … the Spartans are now 19-4 when scoring first … after out-hitting the Blue Jays in both games, York is 21-0 when recording more hits than the opponent … York won their second game in extra innings, improving to 2-1 this season … when York hits a home run, they are 10-2 … Carleigh Ruleman and Haley Hirn each hit a homer in the first game, and York is just 3-2 when hitting two or more homers in a game … Ruleman now has 12 homers this season, a school record, and three in the last four games … Hirn hit her fifth home run … Quinn Fisher's three hits sets a new career high … Savannah Galati also hit two doubles in a game for the first time of her career … Ginger Lewis now boasts an ERA of 2.18 and pitched her 13^th complete game … Melissa Jurkiewicz has an ERA of 2.35, and pitched her ninth complete game.

UP NEXT:
The Spartans will come home after playing four on the road to take on Salisbury on Friday at Spartan Stadium. The first game of the doubleheader is set for 3 p.m.