READING, Pa. - The York College softball team suffered a narrow defeat in game two to drop a pair of games Saturday at MAC Commonwealth-leading Alvernia.

Team records

York 9-7

Alvernia 15-5

Game 1

Alvernia 6, York 1

WP: Ally Decker (6-2)

LP: Hannah Vogt (0-1)

How it happened

Alvernia scored three runs on four hits in the first inning to take a 3-0 lead. The first three batters each recorded hits, led by a two-run double by Paige Paciolla. Kerstin Koenig drove in another run for the Golden Wolves as Hannah Vogt went on to strikeout two of the final three batters she faced to leave two stranded.

Emily Netterville got one back for York in the second with an RBI-single to cut the deficit to 3-1. Vogt went on to throw three-straight scoreless innings to take a two-run game into the fifth.

Alvernia extended the lead with a solo home run in the fifth and then tacked on two more insurance runs in the sixth as the Spartans only managed to scatter three hits over the last five innings.

Game 2

Alvernia 11, York 8

WP: Emma Kropkowski (1-1)

LP: Hannah Vogt (0-2)

How it happened

The York offense exploded for six runs on seven hits in the top of the first. The first 10 Spartan batters all reached base safely, including a run of five-straight hits to open the game. Alyssa Harhigh and Emily Netterville led the way as the two combined for four RBI in the inning.

All the work the Spartan offense did in the top of the first quickly got overshadowed as Alvernia threw up nine runs on seven hits in the bottom of the first inning.

York cut the deficit to two as Harhigh scored in the second inning on a first-and-third play. The Golden Wolves regained a three-run lead in the third on an RBI ground out.

The Spartans left two runners stranded in the sixth and then stranded three more in the seventh. York had a two-out rally working in the seventh as Elle Meyer drove in Deanna Cusumano to make it a three-run game. Natalie Decena worked a walk to load the bases, but Alvernia caught  the break they needed as Harhigh grounded out to the pitcher to end the game.

Up Next

The Spartans will travel to Hood on Tuesday for a conference doubleheader slated to start at 3 p.m.

Notes

The Spartans fall to 5-6 all-time against Alvernia as the two teams met for the first time since 1999 … Emily Netterville led York with three RBI on the day as she went 2-for-7 with a run scored … Elle Meyer, Alyssa Harhigh Natalie Decena and Kaela Fritz all led the way with three hits each … Netterville and Harhigh each posted a pair of doubles on the  day.