Marywood, Wilkes Split 1-Run Games in Regular Season Finale
Allie Stine picked up her team-leading 8th win of the year with a 1-0 complete-game shutout against Wilkes

Marywood, Wilkes Split 1-Run Games in Regular Season Finale

Softball - 4/29/2012 3:40:00 PM

Game 1 Box Score

Game 2 Box Score

Scranton, PA - Marywood University and visiting Wilkes University split the regular season finale for each team as each team won by a single run. Marywood won a closely contested opener 1-0 behind the arm of Alexandra Stine while Wilkes held off a late Pacers' rally to win the second game, 7-6.  Marywood moved to 21-15 overall heading into the Colonial States Athletic Conference playoffs while Wilkes saw their season come to a close with a 11-25 mark. 

In the opener, both starting pitchers threw  well and battled tough win conditions.  Stine went the distance, allowing five hits while striking out four to improve to 8-4 on the year.  Marywood got the lone run of the game in the bottom of the fourth when Mariah Runco was hit by a pitch to start the inning and then with two outs moved to second on a Alexandra Stine single to center.  An error on Stine's single allowed Runco to score all the way from second, providing the Pacers with the winning run.

Wilkes starter Laykin Hughes (6-11) had a strong game as well, going four full innings and allowing just three hits, along with no earned runs and seven strikeouts.  Alysha Bixler pitched the final two innings, allowing three harmless hits.

Kim Lope had three of Marywood's five hits, going 3-for-3 at hte plate with a triple.  Jillian Flanagan doubled while Stine singled.

In the nightcap, Wilkes built what seemed to be a safe 7-1 lead, but the Pacers rallied for five runs in the seventh before Bixler got a final strikeout to end the game.  Heather Compton (3-2) got the win for the Colonels, going 6.1 innings and allowing five runs on nine hits.  Bixler faced the last four Marywood batters and allowed one run on two hits.

Kaitlyn Jones (6-5) took the loss for Marywood after allowing seven runs on ten hits, striking out seven.  Kellsie Davis was 2-for-4 with a triple and two RBI for Marywood while Jillian Flanagan (2-for-4) and Ashley Dommes (1-for-3) each doubled.

Marywood, the number three seed in the CSAC playoffs, will host sixth-seeded Keystone College (19-15) in a one game first round matchup at 4:00pm this Wednesday. The Pacers and Giants split their regular season twinbill.  Keystone won a tight opener 4-3 before Marywood cruised to a 23-0 win in the second game.
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