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SB - Group
6
Winner Penn St.-Abington PSA 20-19
4
Penn St.-Berks PSB 20-15
Winner
Penn St.-Abington PSA
20-19
6
Final
4
Penn St.-Berks PSB
20-15
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Penn St.-Abington PSA 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 6 8 0
Penn St.-Berks PSB 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 4 12 3

W: Casale, Paula (8-6) L: M. Duff (8-6)

Game Recap: Softball |

Abington Staves Off Elimination; Defeats Berks, 6-4

Middletown, Pa. – The fourth-seeded Penn State Abington softball team eliminated third-seeded Penn State Berks with a 6-4 victory in an elimination game on day one of the United East Conference (UEC) Volt Division Championship on Friday evening at the Penn State Harrisburg Softball Field.  The Nittany Lions will now face top-seeded Harrisburg in another elimination game Saturday morning.  First pitch is slated for 9 a.m.
 
Score: Penn State Abington 6, Penn State Berks 4
WP: Paula Casale (8-6) | LP: Mallory Duff (8-6)
Records: Penn State Abington (20-19) | Penn State Berks (20-15)
Location: Middletown, Pa. (PSU - Harrisburg Softball Field)
 
How It Happened
 
* Abington wasted zero time getting on the scoreboard as a two-out single by junior Gretchen Yanss drove in freshman Marlena Hacker for the game's first run.  Hacker led the inning off with a single down the left field line.
 
* A fielding error by Berks with two outs in the top half of the second inning led to a four-run frame for Abington.  After the first two batters were retired, sophomore Emily Foxhill reached base on an error by the first baseman.  From there, Hacker followed with a run scoring triple and then scored on another fielding blunder by Berks.  Junior Hailey Gamble connected on a triple to right-center field to score freshman Isabella Antosiewicz.  Gamble scored on a base hit by freshman Ava Livingtston to cap the inning and give Abington a 5-0 advantage.
 
* Berks got on the board in the bottom of the third with a run scoring double by Lauren Ziegler that made the score 5-1.
 
* The score remained 5-1 until the seventh when the Nittany Lions tacked on another run. Yanss drove in Livingston with a sacrifice play to make the score 6-1.
 
* Berks made things interesting in the bottom of the seventh.  Ziegler delievered a two-run double to center to make it a 6-3 game.  Ziegler scored on an infield hit by Alexa Burkey to bring Berks within two at 6-4.  However, with the tying run at the plate freshman Paula Casale was able to retire Rylee Tineri for the final out to secure the victory.
 
Inside the Numbers
 
* Hacker finished 3-for-4 with two runs and a run scoring triple. 
 
* Gamble went 2-for-4 and also had a run scoring triple in the game.
 
* Livingston finished with multiple hits as she went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
 
* Yanss, who pitched two scoreless innings, finished 1-for-4 with two RBI.
 
* Casale (8-6) earned her eighth victory of the season after pitching five innings of relief.
 
* For Berks, Tineri went 3-for-4, while Ziegler finished 2-for-4 with three RBI.
 
All-Time Series
Today marked the 54th meeting between Abington and Berks since the start of the 2011 season.  Abington is now 10-44 versus Berks in the all-time series. The win this evening also was Abington's first-ever victory against Berks in the postseason.
 
Abington in the Postseason
The Nittany Lions are now 12-18 in the postseason in 11 total appearances.  The team has qualified for the postseason every year since 2013.
 
20 Win Season
Abington reached the 20-win mark for the seventh time in the program's Division III era and for the third straight season.  
 
 
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