WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – The Keystone College softball team fell twice to host King's College on Tuesday, dropping game one 6-2 before falling in game two 8-4.
The Giants are now 12-20 on the year and will host Rosemont College in CSAC action on Thursday, April 18. The Monarchs improve to 16-13.
Game One: King's 6, Keystone 2
The Giants finished with six hits as junior
Shannon Lloyd (King of Prussia, Pa./Archbishop John Carroll) and freshman
Brittany Vasquez (Pine Bush, N.Y./Pine Bush) both tallied doubles.
Junior
Kassadi Woods (Trumansburg, N.Y./Charles O. Dickerson) and Vasquez went 1-for-3 at the bottom of the lineup with one RBI. The Giants claimed a 2-1 lead following Vasquez's double in the second.
Senior
Alyssa Hughes (Sellersville, Pa./Pennridge) was pegged with the loss as the righty tossed six frames and struck out two while walking four. Hughes threw 139 pitches.
Game Two: King's 8, Keystone 4
Keystone finished with 10 hits as sophomore
Paige Mokychic (Beaumont, Pa./Tunkhannock Area) went 2-for-4 with two RBI. Lloyd also finished 2-for-4 with one run.
Junior
Mariah Loughney (Jermyn, Pa./Lakeland) ripped a two-run single to left center in the sixth.
Sophomore
Lauren Smith (Scotrun, Pa./Pocono Mountain East) suffered the defeat, throwing 99 pitches while striking out four and walking four.