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CLERMONT, Fla. – The York College softball team suffered its first losses of the season Tuesday, dropping a twin bill to Ohio Northern, 6-5, and future MAC Commonwealth rival Widener, 3-1, in Florida. 

 

RECORDS

York 4-2

Ohio Northern 3-2

Widener 4-0

  

GAME ONE STATS

Runs: YCP 5, ONU 6

Hits: YCP 9, ONU 8

Errors: YCP 1, ONU 2

Left on base: YCP 10, ONU 9

 

YORK OFFENSIVE LEADERS

Elle Meyer: 3-for-4, 1 run scored

Taylor Coon: 2-for-4, HR, 3 RBI, 1 run scored

 

OHIO NORTHERN OFFENSIVE LEADERS

Brady Guest: 3-for-3, HR, 2 RBI, BB, 2 runs scored

Abby Davis: 2-for-3, RBI

 

YORK PITCHING

Ginger Lewis: 6.1 ip, 8 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 4 BB, 7 K (L, 2-1)

Shyla Pastore: 0.2 ip, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K

 

OHIO NORTHERN PITCHING

Stacey Walters: 6.2 ip, 9 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 1 K (W, 2-1)

Kaitlyn Hagarty: 0.1 ip, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K (Sv, 1)

 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Polar Bears jumped out to an early lead on a two-run homer with two outs away in the top of the first. The Spartans threatened in the bottom of the frame with two on and less than two outs, but the next two York batters failed to get the ball out of the infield as ONU maintained its 2-0 lead. 

• Ginger Lewis silenced the ONU bats through the next two innings, while the Spartan offense came to life in the bottom of third. Alyssa Harhigh loaded the bases after being hit by a pitch, which set the table for Hannah Vogt who came through with a sacrifice fly to left to bring in Natalie Decena as York trailed, 2-1, through three.

• The Polar Bears extended their lead to 4-1 with two runs in the top of fourth on a bases-loaded walk, followed a fielder's choice. York had two runners in scoring position in the bottom of the fourth, but failed to capitalize. The Spartans would capitalize in the fifth as Taylor Lindsay worked a bases-loaded walk to bring in Elle Meyer as York trailed, 4-2, after five.

• ONU put two more runs on the board in the top of the seventh to take a 6-2 lead, but York had one last crack at the plate. The Spartans made a strong comeback bid as Taylor Coon came through with a two-out, three-run homer to cut the deficit to one (6-5), but the Polar Bears managed to retire Decena with a fly out to center for the final out of the game and preserve the win.

 

GAME TWO STATS

Runs: YCP 1, WU 3

Hits: YCP 6, WU 4

Errors: YCP 3, WU 3

Left on base: YCP 8, WU 4

 

YORK OFFENSIVE LEADERS

Kaela Fritz: 2-for-3

Alyssa Harhigh: 1-for-4, 1 run scored

 

WIDENER OFFENSIVE LEADERS

Carli Benozich: 1-for-2, HR, 2 RBI, BB, 1 run scored

Jamie Gosselin: 1-for-3, 1 run scored

 

YORK PITCHING

Taylor Lindsay: 6.0 ip, 4 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K (L, 2-1)

 

WIDENER PITCHING

Mikayla Fedele: 7.0 ip, 6 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K (W, 2-0) 

 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• For the second time on the day, the long ball hurt the Spartans early as Widener's Carli Benozich poked a two-run homer to left. York kept the damage to a minimum as the next two Pride batters grounded out to end the inning.

• A defensive battled unfolded over the next three innings as the Spartans produced just one hit three base runners through the first four innings, while Taylor Lindsay retired 11 of the next 13 Widener batters following the home run in the first inning. 

• Widener scratched another run across in the bottom of the fifth to take a 3-0 lead as the Pride scored on a Spartan error with two outs away. 

• In the top of the sixth, the Spartans took advantage of a Widener miscue with two outs as Ellie Denlinger singled to shortstop and Alyssa Harhigh scored from second on a throwing error to give York its first run of the game.

• Trailing by two heading into the seventh, York made one last push at a comeback with two runners in scoring position, but the Pride managed to get out of the jam forcing a ground ball for the final out of the inning.

  

NOTES

Elle Meyer led York offensively on the day as she went 4-for-8 (.500) as she leads the team with 10 hits on the season … Taylor Coon also had a strong day at the dish as she went 3-for-7 (.429) with a home run and three RBI … Coon is hitting .300 for the season and is tied with Alyssa Harhigh for the team lead in RBI with nine.

 

UP NEXT

York has a day off before returning to action on Thursday in Clermont, Fla. for a doubleheader against No. 8 Trine (2:30 p.m.) and Illinois College (4:45 p.m.).