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kierstyn smith winds up for a pitch during a playoff win over cedar crest in 2025
4
Winner Lycoming LYCO 1-0
2
Penn St.-Harrisburg PSUH 2-1
Winner
Lycoming LYCO
1-0
4
Final
2
Penn St.-Harrisburg PSUH
2-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Lycoming LYCO 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 10 0
Penn St.-Harrisburg PSUH 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 1

W: Sage Smeltz (1-0) L: Miller, Kylee (1-1)

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Winner Penn St.-Harrisburg PENN ST. 3-1
2
Martin Luther MARTIN L 1-3
Winner
Penn St.-Harrisburg PENN ST.
3-1
12
Final
2
Martin Luther MARTIN L
1-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 R H E
Penn St.-Harrisburg PENN ST. 1 1 3 5 2 12 9 5
Martin Luther MARTIN L 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 1

W: Smith, Kierstyn (1-0) L: Chloe Berg (0-1)

Game Recap: Softball | | Thomas Klemick

Softball Splits On Second Day of Spring Break Slate

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. - Penn State Harrisburg's softball team split a pair of non-conference contests on Monday afternoon, falling 4-2 to Lycoming in the first outing before bouncing back with a comfortable 12-2, five-inning victory over Martin Luther in the nightcap. 


Emily Cutman and Aspen Walker put up big numbers at the plate in game two, with Cutman doubling twice and driving in four runs and Walker finishing 2-for-2 with two runs scored and an RBI. Kierstyn Smith earned her first win of the young season inside the circle, allowing just three hits without surrendering an earned run. 


The Lions (2-1) took an early lead against Lyco in the opener when Lauren Maguire singled to left field and drove in Ava Allison before Madisen Minney plated Walker with an infield single to make it 2-1 after one stanza. The Warriors (1-0) answered back in the fourth with two runs of their own before tacking on an insurance run in the sixth. Penn State Harrisburg brought the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the seventh but could not push any runs across.


The bats came to life in game two, however, with the Lions (3-1) using nine hits, including five extra-base knocks, and nine walks to plate a dozen runs in the victory over Martin Luther (1-3). Cutman got the scoring started in the top of the first with an RBI double that drove in Walker and an error allowed Minney to score in the second and give Penn State Harrisburg a 2-1 lead. 


Cutman stayed hot in the third and laced her second double of the day to bring Allison and Walker around and Minney added a sacrifice fly that scored Cutman to push the advantage to 5-1 after three. The Lions used a pair of bases-loaded walks in the fourth to stretch the lead and a number of errant pitches aided them in tacking on some insurance later in the frame. In the fifth, Cutman drove in Megan Foltz with an RBI groundout and Allyson Leidy came across thanks to a wild pitch. 


Both Martin Luther runs were of the unearned variety, and after the Knights scored their second tally in the bottom of the fifth, Smith got Chloe Berg to fly out to Elaina Gates in center field to end the game. 


NOTABLES
- Cutman went 2-for-3 with two doubles, a walk, four RBI and two runs scored in game two.
- Walker was 2-for-2 with a walk, two runs scored and an RBI in the nightcap.
- Minney finished 1-for-1 with a sac fly, an RBI and a run scored in the final game.
- Maguire was 1-for-3 with a double and a run scored in the second contest. 
- Smith was strong in earning her first win of the spring, allowing just three hits an no earned runs to go along with three strikeouts in five innings of work. 


WHO'S NEXT?
The Lions have a scheduled off day on Tuesday before taking on Covenant (Ga.) and Mitchell on Wednesday. 


STAY CONNECTED 
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