CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - The Keystone College softball team suffered a doubleheader sweep at Wilson College in CSAC action on Thursday afternoon.
With the defeats, the Giants drop to .500 at 12-12 (6-4 CSAC) and will return home to host Clarks Summit University (3-18, 1-9 CSAC) on Saturday, April 23 for Senior Day, starting at 12 p.m.
The Giants will honor Lexy Johnson (Newark, Del./Delaware Military Academy), Baylie Reed (Olyphant, Pa./Valley View), Hannah Dickson (Salisbury, Md./James M. Bennett), and Paige Mokychic (Beaumont, Pa./Tunkhannock Area) in a pre-game ceremony on Saturday before playing the Defenders.
The Phoenix rise to 16-9-1 (8-2 CSAC) and travel to Cairn University (5-15, 2-6 CSAC) on Saturday.
Currently, Wilson is in first place in the CSAC standings while the Giants are holding on to the fifth spot.
Full CSAC standings can be found here.
Game One: Wilson 9, Keystone 1 (6 innings)
The Giants tallied just three hits while the Phoenix enjoyed two runs in the third through sixth innings to take the opener.
Alyssa Booth (Holland, Pa./Council Rock North) came through with an RBI single to center in the sixth to ruin the shutout bid. Johnson and Mara Brooks (Manassas, Va./Brentsville) tallied base knocks for Keystone.
Courtney Cienki (West Milford, N.J./West Milford) suffered the loss (7-5) going five innings with three strikeouts, six flyouts, and three groundouts on 89 pitches.
Megan Potter earned her 10th win of the season, striking out 12.
Game Two: Wilson 5, Keystone 4
The Giants plated four runs in the second but gave up three runs in the final three innings to suffer the game two defeat.
Entering the bottom of the seventh tied at 4-4, Wilson's Jessica Kosheba came through with the walk-off single.
Booth went 2-for-4 with an RBI while Johnson, Brooke Staple (Carbondale, Pa./Carbondale Area), and Kabrina Birmingham (Burlington, N.J./Burlington City) all tallied an RBI each. Elle Olivero (Levittown, Pa./Harry S. Truman) and Cienki scored one run apiece.
Jordan Frye (Cheltenham, Pa./St. Hubert Catholic) earned the start and went four frames, with four flyouts and seven groundouts, tossing 49 pitches. Hannah Dickson (Salisbury, Md./James M. Bennett) appeared in relief, forcing five groundouts.
For Wilson, Katey Roth and Meghan Bradley combined to go 6-for-10 with five runs while Naomi Butterfield and Kosheba went 4-for-8 with four RBI.
