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SB - Ava Livingston
5
Lancaster Bible LBC 14-24, 6-14 UEC
6
Winner Penn St.-Abington PSA 19-18, 11-9 UEC
Lancaster Bible LBC
14-24, 6-14 UEC
5
Final
6
Penn St.-Abington PSA
19-18, 11-9 UEC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Lancaster Bible LBC 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 5 12 1
Penn St.-Abington PSA 2 2 0 1 0 1 X 6 11 3

W: Yanss, Gretchen (11-8) L: R. Danko (3-9)

Game Recap: Softball |

Abington Wins United East Play-In with 6-5 Victory Over Chargers

Abington, Pa. – The Penn State Abington softball team will be moving on in the United East Conference (UEC) Tournament as the fourth-seeded Nittany Lions defeated the fourth-seeded Lancaster Bible College Chargers, 6-5, in the United East play-in game on Wednesday afternoon at Huntingdon Field. 
 
Score: Penn State Abington 6, Lancaster Bible 5
WP: Gretchen Yanss (11-8) | LP: Riley Danko (3-9)
Records: Penn State Abington (19-18, 11-9 UEC) | Lancaster Bible (14-24, 6-14 UEC)
Location: Abington, Pa. (Huntingdon Field)
 
How It Happened
 
* Freshman Marlena Hacker led the bottom of the sixth inning off with a triple and then fellow freshman Isabella Antosiewicz followed with a single through the left side to score Hacker and give the Nittany Lions a 6-5 lead.
 
* In the top half of the sixth the Chargers tied the game at 5-5 after trailing by three runs to start the inning.  Noelle Martin highlighted the inning with a two-out two-run single. Martin then scored on a base hit by Alyssa Paulson to tie the game.
 
* Alyssa Hamilton led the game off with a solo home run to give the Chargers a 1-0 lead a few pitches into the game.  The Nittany Lions responded with two runs in the bottom of the inning with freshman Ava Livingston and junior Gretchen Yanss each with run scoring hits.
 
* Abington made it a 4-1 game in the bottom of the second when Hacker and Antosiewicz had back-to-back run scoring hits with two outs in the inning.  Hacker ripped a triple to right-center field to score sophomore Emily Foxhill.  Antosiewicz connected on a base hit to right-center to drive in Hacker.
 
* The Nittany Lions scored a single run in the fourth to increase their lead to 5-1 when Livingston hit a pop up in the infield with the bases loaded.  The ball fell between three fielders allowing all runners to advance.   
 
* Lancaster Bible scored a run in the top half of the fifth before scoring its three runs in the sixth that tied the game at 5-5.
 
Inside the Numbers
 
* Yanss picked up her 11th victory of the season tying her career-high set last year for wins in a season.  She also struck out eight batters and, in the process, broke her own single season mark for strikeouts.  Yanss now has 135 strikeouts this year after setting the record last season with 134. 
 
* Hacker finished the game 2-for-3 with a pair of triples to go along with three runs and an RBI.
 
* Antosiewicz went 2-for-3 with two RBI.
 
* Livingston had a three hit day as she went 4-for-3 at the plate with a run and two RBI. 
 
* For Lancaster Bible, Hamilton went 2-for-5 with her first inning home run, while Martin finished 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBI.
 
All-Time Series
Today marked the 35th meeting between Abington and Lancaster Bible since the start of the 2014 season.  The Nittany Lions are now 28-7 versus the Chargers in the all-time series. Abington has won the last 10 matchups in the series, including five wins this season.
 
Abington in the Postseason
The Nittany Lions are now 11-17 in the postseason in 11 total appearances. The team has qualified for the postseason every year since 2013 with the exception of the 2020 season when the tournament was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.  
 
Next Up
Abington returns to action on Friday, May 3 as the Nittany Lions face top-seeded and host Penn State Harrisburg to open up the double-elimination portion of the conference tournament.  First pitch is slated for 10 a.m.
 
 
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