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Team
2
Penn St.-Abington PSAW 9-6, 4-1 UEC
9
Winner Penn St.-Harrisburg PSHW 11-6, 5-0 UEC
Penn St.-Abington PSAW
9-6, 4-1 UEC
2
Final
9
Penn St.-Harrisburg PSHW
11-6, 5-0 UEC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Penn St.-Abington PSAW 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 7 0
Penn St.-Harrisburg PSHW 0 4 0 3 0 2 X 9 13 2

W: C. Yeager (10-3) L: Bohr, Elyssa (5-3)

5
Penn St.-Abington PSAW 9-7, 4-2 UEC
11
Winner Penn St.-Harrisburg PSHW 12-6, 6-0 UEC
Penn St.-Abington PSAW
9-7, 4-2 UEC
5
Final
11
Penn St.-Harrisburg PSHW
12-6, 6-0 UEC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Penn St.-Abington PSAW 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 11 1
Penn St.-Harrisburg PSHW 3 0 0 0 5 3 X 11 15 1

W: M. Penczkows (2-3) L: Yanss, Gretchen (3-4)

Game Recap: Softball |

Abington Drops United East Doubleheader at Harrisburg


Middletown, Pa. – The Penn State Abington softball team dropped a United East Conference (UEC) doubleheader at Penn State Harrisburg by the scores of 9-2 and 11-5 on Saturday afternoon at Pollock Field.
 
GM1 Score: Penn State Harrisburg 9, Penn State Abington 2
GM2 Score: Penn State Harrisburg 11, Penn State Abington 5
Records: Penn State Abington (9-7, 4-2 UEC) | Penn State Harrisburg (12-6, 6-0 UEC)
Location: Middletown, Pa. (Pollock Field)
 
How It Happened (Game 1)
 
* Harrisburg opened the scoring in the bottom of the second inning with four runs off six hits to take a 4-0 lead.  Three different batters drove in runs in the inning.
 
* Abington responded in the third with two runs to cut the lead in half at 4-2.  Junior Maddie Duffy and freshman Hailey Gamble led the inning off with back-to-back doubles.  Freshman Gretchen Yanss then drew a walk to load the bases.  An error by Harrisburg led to Abington's first run and later in the inning Laura VanHoeven was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to score the team's second run of the inning.
 
* In the fifth inning, Harrisburg increased its lead to 7-2 with a three-run inning before adding two more runs in the sixth to cap the scoring.
 
Inside the Box Score (Game 1)
 
* Duffy went 2-for-3 with a double, while Hailey Gamble went 1-for-3 with a run and a double.
 
* For Harrisburg, Olivia Herncane went 2-for-3 with a team-high three RBI.  Steph Reider drove in two runs with a 1-for-4 performance at the plate. Carissa Yeager (10-3) earned the win with a complete game effort in which she allowed just two runs in seven innings.
 
How It Happened (Game 2)
 
* In game two, Abington opened the first with a pair of runs.  Duffy tripled to right field to score Mary Kate Smith who led the inning off with a single.  Duffy would then score on a base hit by Megan Tomoney.
 
* The lead would be short lived as Harrisburg responded with three runs in the bottom of the inning.  Reider drove in the first run with a single before McKenzie Boozel connected on a two-run double to make the score 3-2.
 
* Abington tied the game at 3-3 in the second inning with a run scoring hit by Duffy.  Two innings later Abington took the lead when Tomoney scored VanHoeven to make the score 4-3.
 
* However, a five-run fifth inning by Harrisburg turned the momentum in favor of the home team.  Boozel gave Harrisburg a 5-4 lead with a two-run homer.  Later in the inning Delaney Nevius also hit a two-run home run to increase the lead to 7-4.  A run scoring triple by Madelyn Krantz gave Harrisburg an 8-4 advantage after five innings.
 
* Three more runs in the sixth by Harrisburg made the score 11-4.  Krysten Moore highlighted the inning with a two-run double.
 
* Abington added a single run in the seventh with an infield hit by Abbi Long that scored Gamble who led the inning off with a walk.
 
Inside the Box Score (Game 2)
 
* Duffy recorded three hits in the game to tie a career-high.  She finished the doubleheader 5-for-7.  Duffy also drove in two runs in the game.
 
* Tomoney also drove in a pair of runs as she finished 1-for-4 at the plate.
 
* Freshman Grace Renninger went 2-for-4 with a run scored, while Long finished the game 2-fo-3 with an RBI. 
 
* For Harrisburg, Boozel went 2-for-4 with two runs and a game-high four RBI.  Nevius finished 2-for-4 with three RBI.
 
All-Time Series
Today marked the 17th and 18th meetings between Abington and Harrisburg since the start of the 2011 season.  Abington is now 9-9 versus Harrisburg in the all-time series
 
Next Up
Abington returns to action on Tuesday, April 5 as the Nittany Lions travel to face Penn State Berks in United East action.  Game one is set for 3 p.m.

 
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