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Game 1 #14 Lebanon Valley 4, Elizabethtown 3 (Box) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E EC 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 6 0 LVC 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 8 2 W: Derr (4-0)    L: Tomasetti (0-4) Game 2 #14 Lebanon Valley 8, Elizabethtown 1 (Box) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E EC 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 1 LVC 1 3 0 0 1 3 X 8 12 2 W: Neff (4-0) | L: Pepkowski (1-2) LVC: 9-0 | Elizabethtown: 3-9

ANNVILLE, Pa. - Allie Hartman's extra-innings walk-off won the opener, and Haley Neff helped herself at the plate to earn the win in game two as #14 Lebanon Valley improved to 9-0 with two wins over Elizabethtown.

The Dutchmen won 4-3 in eight innings before slugging out an 8-1 victory in the nightcap. Sam Derr (4-0) earned the win in game one, then had a home run as staffmate Neff (4-0) hit a pair of RBI doubles while scattering six hits in the circle.

The wins extended the best-ever start for Lebanon Valley, who were playing for the first time in two weeks since returning from Florida over spring break. LVC and Elizabethtown were in an unfamiliar place meeting as non-conference rivals; the Blue Jays (3-9) left the Commonwealth Conference for the Landmark Conference this past offseason. 

Game One
Hartman's walk-off in the eighth capped a wild ending to game one after Elizabethtown rallied back to force extras in the seventh. LVC led 2-1 heading into the inning, but Kaylee Werner's lead-off single and an error led to Laura Tomasetti singling in the tying run with two outs.

With the international tiebreaker in effect, Mandy Sheckard sacrificed Maeve McGill over to third, and Kirsten Blass' single scored her on the next at-bat to take a 3-2 lead. Derr induced a pair of outs to end the threat, and LVC wasted no time in tying the game as Sammy Bost doubled in Jorey Aumiller. Bost advanced to third on a dropped third strike to Derr, and that set up Hartman's single over the second baseman's glove to win the game.

Earlier in the game, LVC had taken a 1-0 lead in the first when Derr knocked in Tessa Deardorff following her lead-off triple, but Jess White tied it in the fourth with a single to plate Blass. Derr retook the lead with a full-count single in the bottom of that inning after Bost led off with a hit and stole second.

Derr allowed one earned run in eight innings of work, striking out five and not issuing a walk. Tomasetti (0-4) allowed three earned with a strikeout for Elizabethtown.

Game Two
Led by Neff's three RBI at the plate and multi-hit games by Bost, Hartman, and Katie Deardorff, LVC cruised in the second game, 8-1.

Bost put LVC ahead 1-0 in the first, stealing third and advancing home after a throwing error by the catcher failed to get her stealing. Neff doubled in a pair of runs in the second before Hartman plated her later in the inning to lead 4-0, and Neff added another RBI double to score Kelli Valle in the fifth.

McGill pulled a run back for Elizabethtown in the sixth, but LVC piled on the damage in the bottom of the frame with Derr blasting a two-run homer to right and Sam Ginder singling through the left side to score Kim Ortiz-Marrero.

Neff threw a strong game to improve to 4-0, striking out seven. Justyna Pepkowski (1-2) pitched 5.1 innings and struck out six with seven earned runs allowed as Keli Krause finished the game for the Blue Jays.

Next Game
Lebanon Valley will host Widener in the Commonwealth Conference opener Saturday.

Game Notes
Hartman became LVC's all-time doubles leader with her 32nd ... She also extended her LVC career record for RBIs to 98 and she has a chance to be the first Dutchman to reach the century mark in both hits and runs batted in ... Freshman Liz Bauer started the opener at second base and recorded her first career hit in the game ... Tessa Deardorff had a pair of stolen bases, extending her streak to 49 consecutive thefts without being caught dating back to March 2012 ... Neff improved to 14-0 in her career ... LVC's defense turned three double plays with a 1-3 liner/pick-off and a 4-6-3 turn in the first game, and a 6-3 ground-out in game two.