Game One Box Score
Game Two Box Score

ANNVILLE, Pa. – Lebanon Valley softball posted two wins over Elizabethtown Thursday afternoon to remain perfect in Commonwealth Conference play with a 6-0 record. The Dutchmen recorded both wins in dramatic fashion, scoring runs in the seventh inning of both games. LVC tallied a 5-4 win in game one and a 2-1 victory in the nightcap.

Junior Meghan Donoghue batted in three runs for LVC in the first game, while sophomore Kerri Datres and senior Caitlin Keller both notched three hits. Donoghue continued in the nightcap, going 3-for-3, and sophomore Kristen Palmerio was 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored.

GAME ONE

Donoghue opened the first with a solo home run, her third of the season, and Elizabethtown responded with a two-run homer from Elly McCarthy in the top of the second.

LVC tied the game in the bottom of the second, with senior Janey Kozlowski scoring junior Katie Freeman with a single to right field.

The Dutchmen pulled ahead, scoring two runs in the fourth to take a 4-2 lead. A double from Donoghue sent Kozlowski and pinch runner Chelsea Artz home.

Again the Blue Jays fought back, scoring two runs in the fifth inning to tie the game. LVC prevented the game from going to extra innings with senior Allie Davies opening with a double to left center and scoring off a double to right center by Keller.

Junior Val Malizzia earned the win for Lebanon Valley, pitching the complete game and striking out five.

GAME TWO

Lebanon Valley scored first in the second game with a run in the second inning. Davies drew a walk to open the inning, moved to second on a sacrifice fly and scored on a double to left field by Palmerio.

Elizabethtown reached the scoreboard in the fifth inning with a run scoring off a single.

The Dutchmen continued their late inning heroics with Palmerio opening the seventh with a double to left, moving to third on a sacrifice fly and scoring off a double by Chelsea Kehr.

Junior Laura Snyder pitched the complete game, striking out 10 of the 25 batters she faced for her seventh win of the season.

LVC hosts Kean on Thursday, April 8 at 3 p.m.