Lebanon Valley 6, Misericordia 2

LVC Lineup
1. Deardorff lf, 2. Brown dp, 3. Bost cf, 4. Johnson c, 5. Miller ss, 6. Dutton 1b, 7. Gross rf, 8. Robinson 3b, 9. Aumiller 2b, Neff p

Misericordia Lineup
1. Ellenberg ss, 2. Quintanilla 2b, 3. Hare rf, 4. Seiler 3b, 5. Hardy c, 6. Parker 1b, 7. Brennan dp, 8. Veneziale cf, 9. Kestenbaum lf, Steier p

How It Happened
Lebanon Valley ended its 2015 regular season by winning its fifth-straight game and avenging an early-season loss to Misericordia thanks to a 6-2 victory over the Cougars on Wednesday afternoon.

The Flying Dutchmen (12-21) grabbed an early lead they wouldn't relinquish and got a strong combined pitching effort from Haley Neff, Jasmine Dutton, and Haley Christensen.

Cheyanne Brown picked up LVC's first hit of the day in the bottom of the first, advanced to second on Sammy Bost's groundout, stole third, and scored when Emily Johnson lined an RBI single to center field.

Neff stranded Misericordia's Megan Hardy after she led off the second with a double before retiring the Cougars (24-13) 1-2-3 in the top of the third. Dutton took to the circle in the fourth and stranded two more MU runners in the top half.

The Dutchmen offense rewarded its hurlers with four runs in the bottom of the frame. Bost led off with a single through the right side before promptly stealing second and third. Dutton's single found the hole on the right side and drove in Bost two batters later. Elaine Gross doubled deep to right field, scoring Jordyn Miller in the process and Alissa Robinson's infield single pushed Dutton across. Gross capped the stanza's scoring when she plated on a wild pitch.

The visitors got on the board in the fifth when Whitney Ellenberg's single drove in Andi Veneziale from second base but LVC responded with a run in the bottom half when Kelli Valle's single to left field scored Brown from third base after she singled and swiped two bags.

Misericordia added one more run on a Melissa Parker sacrifice fly in the top of the sixth but it was far from enough as Christensen, second baseman Liz Bauer, and Robinson combined for the game's final outs in the seventh, sealing the season-finale victory and erasing the memory of a 14-7 loss to the Cougars in Florida way back on March 3.

Inside the Circle                            
- LVC starter Haley Neff (7-10) earned her sixth-straight win and seventh overall. She threw the game's first three innings, allowed just one hit, and struck out one Cougar.
- Jasmine Dutton spelled Neff in the fourth and allowed a lone hit before Haley Christensen sealed the victory, throwing the game's final three innings and surrendering two runs on five hits.
- Misericordia starter Alissa Steier (12-9) took the loss despite allowing just one run on two hits and striking out three in three innings of work. Relievers Bailee Schies and Maddie Stebich combined to allow five runs on six hits. Schies struck out two Dutchmen and Jordan Hoffman whiffed one.

At the Plate
- Cheyanne Brown was LVC's lone batter to have a multi-hit outing, going 2-for-3 with two runs scored.
- Elaine Gross had the Dutchmen's only extra-base hit of the day, an RBI double in the fourth inning. 
- Sammy Bost, Emily Johnson, Jasmine Dutton, Alissa Robinson, and Kelli Valle accounted for the remainder of the team's eight hits.
- Kristi Seiler and Megan Hardy had two hits and a double apiece for the Cougars. Whitney Ellenberg and Melissa Parker drove in Misericordia's runs.

Around the Diamond
- Cheyanne Brown stole a career-high three bases on the day while Sammy Bost swiped a pair of her own.
- Third baseman Alissa Robinson made a beautiful diving snag and throw to first base on a hard hit ground ball to end the top of the fifth inning.

Stat of the Day
14 – The number of career games with multiple stolen bases by Sammy Bost dating back to last season, including four of the last five contests.

Next Up
LVC plays host to the 2015 Commonwealth Conference Championship. The tourney gets underway Friday morning when the Dutchmen host Alvernia in the opener at 10 a.m.