Game One Box Score
Game Two Box Score

SELINSGROVE, Pa. – The fourth-annual Cancer Awareness Cup between the Susquehanna and Lycoming softball teams went the way of the Crusaders as they won the Cup game 9-0 before going on to win the nightcap of the doubleheader 3-0.

In game one, SU (19-5) used a five-run fifth inning to end the game early in the first shutout of the afternoon. Starter Ashley Cole (Carle Place, N.Y./Carle Place) tossed all five innings and scattered three hits over her five shutout innings. She struck out eight Lycoming (10-12) batters and did not issue a walk.

Kathryn Gilbert (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley) went 3-for-3 with one RBI and a run scored while Madison Clark (Blue Springs, Mo./Blue Springs) had two hits with two runs scored, as did Bridget Rafter (Highlands, N.J./Henry Hudson Regional).

The game was scoreless until the bottom of the third when SU plated two runs via two hits and a Lycoming error. Both runs scored on a Brittany Murphy (Hazlet, N.J./Mater Dei Prep) single and a Lycoming throwing error.

The Crusaders added two more runs in the fourth, aided by two more Warriors errors.

Lycoming was still in the game before Susquehanna broke out for five runs in the fifth on seven hits. Anna Heggenstaller (Liverpool, Pa./Greenwood), Larissa Luu (Montandon, Pa./Milton) and Gilbert all came up with RBI hits, with Gilbert's driving in two to end the game.

Game two was more of a pitchers' duel with Sarah Hoffman (Laceyville, Pa./Wyalusing Valley) going the distance and allowing zero runs on six hits with two walks and two strikeouts. Amanda Neveroski (Toms River, N.J./Toms River North) accounted for half of SU's hits in the game as she went 3-for-3 with one RBI.

The Crusaders opened their half of the first by scoring the game's first run on a wild pitch that allowed Gilbert to reach home after leading off the inning with a walk.

SU tacked on another run the very next inning when Clark led off with a single and later came around to score on a RBI groundout off the bat of Stephanie Chlebove (Northampton, Pa./Northampton Area).

It remained a 2-0 SU lead until the bottom of the fifth when Susquehanna plated an insurance run on Neveroski's RBI single to right field.

Hoffman worked out of trouble in the sixth and gave up a leadoff single in the seventh before recording the final three outs of the inning.

The Crusaders are back in action on Thursday with a doubleheader at Wilkes starting at 3 p.m. The team returns home on Saturday to host Juniata in a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. The team's senior members will be honored prior to the start of the game.